The gambling business is pouring millions into flashy fun-and-fortune advertising and university leaders are shocked, shocked I tell you, that more and more students are suddenly participating.
Researchers estimate that 75 …
How strange: SEC schools reluctant to play each other
Starting tomorrow, the Southeastern Conference will try to get serious about deciding whether to continue playing eight league football games per season or move up to nine.
The SEC leadership committee …
Tennessee softball going to College World Series
You could say Karen Weekly learned everything she knows about softball from her husband, Ralph.
Or you could say, after Ralph got out of the way, moved down from co-coaching to …
Emmanuel Okoye to learn on the job
Tennessee has the undivided attention of Southeastern Conference football foes.
They are still trying to decide what is a Josh Heupel and how does he do what he does. They have …
It’s football time in Tennessee – always
Things are going to be different from now on.
Take my word for it.
Put it in the bank.
I remember thinking, early in 2021, that Brian Kuc Jean-Mary was a very brave …
‘Paperboy’ is the real Vince Vawter story
Vince Vawter spent 40 years in the newspaper business. I contributed. I invited him to move from the closing Memphis Press-Scimitar to Knoxville.
It was self-defense.
He made a wonderful difference in …
Ralph Boston never said much about Ralph Boston
Ralph Boston, in the summer of 1960, broke the world long-jump record held for 25 years by the legendary Jesse Owens.
After that, Boston won a full set of Olympic medals, …
NCAA and honest confessions
In the beginning of the Jeremy Pruitt mess, old friend Phillip Fulmer made a mistake. He hired the wrong guy to lead the football Volunteers out of the wilderness.
In semi-summation, …