Barnes wins home game

Marvin Westwestwords

Readers who become editorial supervisors when the pot gets hot are telling me what to tell Rick Barnes.
“You burned the bridge, old buddy.”
“Let him go. I’ll help him pack.”
“It’s all …

Salute to General Grant

Marvin Westwestwords

Just in case Grant Williams goes away before his time at Tennessee expires, I’d like to say a word about his first three years. Wow!
 
Williams came near enough to doing …

Cherish these Volunteers

Marvin Westwestwords

What follows is some free grandfatherly advice from a long-ago eighth-grade basketball coach at Powell, undefeated no less.
Cherish these Tennessee Volunteers. Wherever you are, tip your cap. Be proud they …

Basketball mayhem

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

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

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

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 …

Tennessee is a basketball school

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Tennessee was once considered a football school. I remember it well.
Tennessee may, in time, regain that distinction but it is currently much better in basketball. The indoor game is good …

Coach in waiting

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

This is a multiple-choice quiz just to see if you are paying attention:
James Bradley Woodson is (a) interested in physical therapy; (b) a master of the thinking man’s board game, …