by Steve Williams | May 2, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Michael Beeler kicked off his flip flops and started buck dancing to the UT softball fans’ singing of “Rocky Top” after Megan Geer’s three-run homer finally gave Tennessee a lead in its own invitational tournament April 24. Beeler is one of the...
by Steve Williams | Apr 25, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Tennessee basketball, in a roundabout way, took a couple of gut shots when former head coach Donnie Tyndall was placed on a 10-year show-cause by the NCAA and Tyler Summitt stunned us with his announcement of having an inappropriate relationship and...
by Steve Williams | Apr 10, 2016 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams They won this one for Zae. That was my first thought after watching Fulton win the Class AA state high school basketball championship the night of March 19. Zaevion Dobson, who lost his life while protecting others, was an inspiration to the Falcons...
by Steve Williams | Mar 27, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams Charlie Byrd introduced his sons to the game of baseball years ago. He coached them and watched them play in many games. But what his eyes saw on a beautiful early spring afternoon last week was a first. Matt and Jonathan “Turtle” Byrd were on...
by Steve Williams | Mar 7, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I put in a phone call to the University of Tennessee men’s basketball office shortly after Rick Barnes was named the Vols’ new head coach last year and left him a message about Jordan Bowden, who had just finished an outstanding high school career on...
by Steve Williams | Feb 22, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams This and that: Last Friday afternoon’s unseasonably warmer weather, with the temperature in the 60s, came just in time for Tennessee’s baseball season opener against Memphis. It reminded me of how often hot summer days in late August suddenly give...
