by Steve Williams | Aug 27, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I can’t remember a UT football season I’ve wanted to get here quicker than this one. There are a couple of good reasons why, too. The Vols under Butch Jones hit rock bottom in 2017, losing eight games overall and going winless in SEC play for the...
by Steve Williams | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Mick Gillispie, Tennessee Smokies baseball broadcaster since 2007, is on deck for a major league gig. After all, he was selected the Ballpark Digest’s Minor League Broadcaster of the Year for 2017. That’s No. 1 among hundreds of others who do what he...
by Steve Williams | Aug 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Austin-East High School’s boys basketball team will be joined by Gibbs’ team for some community service work at the Love Kitchen on Martin Luther King Avenue after school Thursday (Aug. 16), said A-E Head Coach Marcus Stanton Friday. By then, the...
by Steve Williams | Aug 6, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Let’s turn back the clock 4½ years. That’s about when Bryson Rosser was announced as Central High’s new head football coach. He had made the decision to leave Hackensack High School in New Jersey, where he was offensive coordinator in 2013 and...
by Steve Williams | Jul 30, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Preseason high school football is about getting in physical condition for the upcoming season and learning new plays and formations. And more in some cases, as building team chemistry is just as important as the Xs and Os. Not too long ago, some...
by Steve Williams | Jul 23, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Best news to come out of SEC Media Days last week was Coach Jeremy Pruitt’s announcement that Trey Smith had been medically cleared to play football and rejoin the team. The 6-6, 320-pound Smith, who missed spring practice due to an...
