by Steve Williams | Mar 19, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams When it comes to being a fan of the Tennessee Volunteers, Jim Tritt doesn’t mind going the extra mile. He proved that recently. Fired up over the success of this season’s basketball team, Tritt began planning a road trip to St. Louis five days before...
by Steve Williams | Mar 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s time to take the annual trip to Bracketville. Come along if you like. We’ll also visit Seed City and the last stop will be Pickit County. I’d like to start out this year from Thompson-Boling Arena, where we could congratulate Coach Rick Barnes...
by Steve Williams | Mar 5, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Tennessee basketball notched what was probably its second biggest win ever at Mississippi State last week. That’s not meant to be a knock on the Vols’ impressive victory in Starkville, which put them in position to capture a Southeastern Conference...
by Steve Williams | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams My favorite night at high school basketball tournament time has for years been the region semifinals. This is the game, I believe, when the pressure is the thickest. A win takes a little of the pressure off as it puts a team in the region finals and...
by Steve Williams | Feb 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams There is a scene in the popular movie Hoosiers that came to mind when I heard some fans’ reaction to Jeremy Pruitt’s first National Signing Day recruiting class as UT’s new head football coach. “We want Jimmy,” chanted students as Hickory High’s...
by Steve Williams | Feb 4, 2018 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams South-Doyle’s girls wrapped up the Knox County middle school regular season basketball championship last week and they could give the school’s boys’ team an assist for that accomplishment. Eric Brabson, who coaches both the girls’ and boys’ teams,...
