As Michael Jordan is demonstrating, when you are one of the all-time greats, basketball fame does not fade fast.
Bernard King, Tennessee’s three-time all-American, three-time SEC player of the year, Naismith …
Big screen for Bernard King
ETSU promotes Jason Shay
Jason Shay, survivor from the Bruce Pearl crash and burn at Tennessee, is the new head coach of East Tennessee State basketball.
He is the replacement for Steve Forbes who recently …
Tennessee recruiting is a forest fire
Tennessee football recruiting addicts are in Fourth of May wonderland, floating high above the clouds, with an unobstructed view of championships to come.
Back on Earth, the Volunteers are in a …
Michelangelo’s gift but no finished paintings
A small piece of Knoxville sports history has come and gone – but, believe me, it will not be forgotten.
Steve Dalkowski, a little left-hander who could throw a baseball faster …
Vol Network brings back big games
The Vol Network has been relatively quiet for several weeks but it has made a comeback.
Radio repeats of special games is a great idea, a perfect pacifier for impatient fans …
Great moments in Tennessee sports
Long-time friend Phil Kaplan, with semi-pro assistance, came up with a list of defining moments from the history of Tennessee athletics.
Longer-time friends Roland Julian and Tom Mattingly shared their views …
Legendary Vol ‘collector’ Bud Fields has died
There are different descriptions of Bud Fields.
To some, he was a home builder and renovator. Good man.
To some, he was Knoxville’s most determined advocate of volleyball, a former player and …
Old Vols and other stuff
In my modest collection of things, from a different time and place, is a Tom Siler book, “Tennessee’s Dazzling Decade,” written 50 years ago.
It has a priceless inscription, “To the …