Follow the leader

Marvin Westwestwords

Nic Jacobsen, assistant track coach at Notre Dame, has followed the leader, Irish distance coach Sean Carlson, to Tennessee.
NCAA 10,000-meter champion Dylan Jacobs is transferring from Notre Dame to be a …

Hall of Fame honors Randy Sanders

Marvin Westwestwords

The Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame is moving on up. On August 25, it will induct Randy Sanders.
He is football personified. He was a very good high school quarterback …

Lindsey Nelson: Face of Tennessee

Marvin Westwestwords

“Hello everybody, I’m Lindsey Nelson” became the opening line for network broadcasts and telecasts all across America and from some unusual places abroad.
For most of 40 years, more people saw …

Who the heck was Lindsey Nelson?

Marvin Westwestwords

Resident experts, at an unofficial luncheon at Aubrey’s, grumbled about the price of gas and the high-flying cost of living.
That veered sharply into a spirited discussion of Neyland Stadium renovations, …

Amazing: Ex-Vol has another job

Marvin Westwestwords

Tennessee quarterbacks are seldom obscure or ambiguous or any of a dozen synonyms.
Peyton could be governor. Almost every distraction, even sprinkles on summer Sunday afternoons, was Jarrett Guarantano’s fault.
H is very …

Not-so-old Vol John Wagster dead at 71

Marvin Westwestwords

John Wagster, a tough Tennessee tackle who fought in the defensive trenches for Bill Battle’s first three teams, has died of aplastic anemia at 71.
“Wags was a good football player …