Thursday's icy dawn surrendering little of its bite later in the day, local women's basketball treasure Grace Keith was mustering scant enthusiasm to attend that night's epic clash between second-ranked South Carolina and the No. 21 Tennessee Lady Volunteers in Knoxville.
The beauty and beast of the Southern Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments has always been that only the winner is assured of a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Let's take the high road here.
Lorraine Potter was the most loyal and passionate coach's wife and mother imaginable, and McCallie football players were among those who benefited from such devotion.
Meigs County senior offensive lineman Malachi Hayden thought he was doing all the right things last summer and fall to land a college scholarship from a Football Championship Subdivision program.
My esteemed colleague Jay Greeson first broached the idea in his Tuesday morning "Five at 10" internet column for this paper.
Will the real University of Tennessee men's basketball team please stand up?
If one message can sum up the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV on Sunday night, it might be this: You're not getting older, you're getting better.
Like father like son.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball coach Katie Burrows doesn't normally embrace a warm and fuzzy coaching style. Much as she was during her days as an outstanding Mocs player, Burrows is typically filled with fire and feistiness, hard to please and never satisfied.
