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Tennessee among several schools to offer former Carter standout

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...

Mother Nature is often a sports fan… and it’s not all bad news

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...

Despite not getting the Heisman, Peyton Manning can go out on top

by Steve Williams | Feb 15, 2016 | Columnist, Williams

Football owed him one. The celebration he was wrongfully denied when his name wasn’t called as the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1997 was replaced with an unexpected championship in Super Bowl 50. After 19 years, justice has been served for Peyton Manning. He can...

Big week includes historic win over Big Blue and signing King Kong

by Steve Williams | Feb 8, 2016 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams There were some happy moments in Big Orange Country last week. (Hey Jimmy Cheek, this is still Big Orange Country isn’t it?) While I wait on an answer to that question, let’s review the good times of the past few days … Rick Barnes, despite not...

Super Bowl stuff and a little basketball on the side

by Steve Williams | Feb 1, 2016 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Holly Warlick has lost more basketball games than she wanted to this season, but she hasn’t lost her sense of humor. In the middle of an interview on the Lady Vol Illustrated radio show last week, the night after another turnover-riddled showing by...
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