by Mark Nagi | Feb 8, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi When I was younger, I had dreams. I wanted to be the play by play voice of the New York Rangers. No, that didn’t pan out, but other dreams were realized. I have two smart and wonderful daughters, a roof over my head, a steady job… I know how blessed I am,...
by Tom Mattingly | Feb 8, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Never was John Majors happier to see a flag dropped. It was Nov. 5, 1988, and the Vols had a one-game winning streak, after a win two weeks earlier at Memphis State. That doesn’t sound like much, but the Vols had dropped six in a row to start...
by Joe Rector | Feb 8, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As Big Orange fans know, the past football season has been one filled with disappointment. We fans expected much better results from the team, even though some “cream puff” teams were replaced with an all-SEC schedule of teams. The men’s basketball team...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 8, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com February, the “heart” month that emphasizes the importance of heart health. My first story printed in this weekly column was about this very subject. On February 7, 2011, “The Real McCoy” was published in The Focus sharing about...
by Harold Black | Feb 8, 2021 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Two movements have characterized the left’s takeover of our schools, politics and media. They are the cancel culture and the muzzle culture. While most of us have heard about the cancel culture fewer of us have paid...
by John Duncan | Feb 8, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. The deployment of 26,000 National Guard troops to Washington for the inauguration was totally unnecessary and was a waste of many millions of taxpayer dollars that could and should have been spent for better things. It was done purely for...
