Pray for Trey

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Happiness is getting the last two gifts wrapped and the bicycle assembled with time left to light candles and sing Christmas carols.
Here is an add-on: Say a prayer for Henry …

Basketball mayhem

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It wasn’t exactly basketball. It was more like mayhem. The Memphis Tigers could have been arrested for assault.
Officials wore out their whistles. They called 35 fouls on the highly motivated …

Double Trouble reincarnated

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Double Trouble is back again.
Long, long ago, Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King were called “Double Trouble” on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The Ernie and Bernie Show was the best …

Easy weekend

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Tennessee football fans had an easy weekend. No hassle. No pressure. No consternation. Nothing invested, nothing to lose.
While the big boys were slugging it out, Tennessee fans had the weekend …

As bad as it gets

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This is George Cafego memorial day.
Let us remember the late, great Tennessee Volunteer, one of the genuine good guys who gave more than he got, an all-American, No. 1 pro …

How humbling

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For a place sort of set in its ways, football things sure do change in a hurry around here.
Gone are progress and momentum and Jeremy Pruitt being hailed as prospective …

Wonderful, wonderful

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All around town, the now words are wonderful, wonderful.
Tennessee’s traditional victory over Kentucky, more meaningful than usual, exceeded expectations. The Wildcats were thought to be the stronger team. Not so.
Facts …