By Steve Williams This may be the busiest sports week of the year. Coming on the heels of Sunday’s NASCAR race at Bristol and the NCAA women’s basketball finals will be the men’s title game Monday night. The Tennessee Smokies also wrap up their first home baseball series of the season Monday. Of course, major […]
By Steve Williams Grant Williams already has become one of the most popular players in University of Tennessee basketball history. But he could take that fame to a much higher level, if he were to decide to come back and play one more season for the Vols as a senior. Remember the roar we heard […]
By Steve Williams If you have a question about past TSSAA state basketball tournaments – like final scores of games, who the champions were or how far a team advanced in the bracket – Nelson Smotherman will have the answer. Starting in 1960 and every season since, he has worked the state tournament in some […]
By Steve Williams As we fill out our tournament brackets and look ahead to the start of the NCAA’s Big Dance this week, I’ve composed a little jingle you Tennessee basketball fans may like to sing. The tune goes just like The 12 Days of Christmas. A one and a two … On the […]
By Steve Williams When I walked into Clifford Ross Gymnasium at Austin-East High School last Wednesday afternoon, boys basketball head coach Marcus Stanton was finishing up a practice session. He didn’t see me enter the gym at first, as he was observing a drill on the far end of the court and getting his players […]
By Steve Williams The region semifinal game. For years it has been my favorite high school basketball game to watch at tournament time. Why that one you ask? The finality of it, something the region finals doesn’t have. Lose in the region finals and you still have a berth in the Sectionals and a […]
By Steve Williams Hospitality rooms are enjoyable to visit during high school basketball tournament time when districts and regions are played. Such rooms are usually located in a classroom close to the gym and staffed by faculty members or volunteers. Of course, there are a lot of good things to eat and drink, plus […]
By Steve Williams I hope you are enjoying this Tennessee men’s basketball season as much as I am. Going into Saturday night’s game at Kentucky, the Vols were in their fourth week of being ranked No. 1 in the nation by The Associated Press. That rare achievement sparked me to find out how many […]
By Steve Williams With 20 years of experience as a football official, I would like to share my thoughts on the most famous non-call in the history of the National Football League. You know the one. I understand the argument some make about a loss shouldn’t be blamed on one bad call and that […]
By Steve Williams It was like old times for the Tennessee Lady Vols Thursday night as they led No. 1 ranked Notre Dame at halftime. But that lead didn’t last much longer and the UT women’s basketball program chalked up another dubious distinction – its first ever four-game losing streak at The Summitt, the court […]
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