Hall of Fame to honor Don Rackard

Marvin Westwestwords

If you know Don Rackard, 75, as a Christian musician and songwriter in Knoxville, you might be surprised to find him in Jeffersonville, Ind., this weekend for induction into the …

Recruiting Vol legacies is uncertain business

Marvin Westwestwords

This is old news. Tennessee has offered a football scholarship to Dallan Hayden, 5-11 and 176, sophomore at Christian Brothers High in Memphis.
The offer arrived last summer, before the world …

Now is safe time for Vol optimism

Marvin Westwestwords

July is a safe month for Tennessee football optimism. Exaggerations earn winks and smiles and might even be applauded. No matter what is said, most people will forget as soon …

Coming soon: 96 for Gus

Marvin Westwestwords

Happy 96th birthday, Gus, coming soon, July 8.
Gus Manning extended a helping hand to so many people during his long life at the University of Tennessee that he may not recall …

Zeng’s impossible dream

Marvin Westwestwords

If all goes well, we may soon acquire a new American, legal, accomplished, intellectual, ambitious, dedicated.
Zhipeng “Colin” Zeng, University of Tennessee athlete of the year, three-time NCAA diving champion, is …

Tennessee football: 50 years later

Marvin Westwestwords

Note to Phillip: Please consider inviting the 1969 Tennessee football team back to campus for a 50th-anniversary celebration.
Oh, so this has been on the planning board for weeks. Yes, I …

Vol football: Back where we started

Marvin Westwestwords

Good news: Jeremy Pruitt sounds as if he understands the fans’ point of view. He says he has to give us a team that will make us proud.
Perhaps you have …