The Friday Mailbag

How could school be different? The options are limitless, be them virtual and/or practical. To their credit, state school leaders offered a survey for everyone connected to local school systems.

"I'm telling you, if I don't get out of this house, I'm going to go stir crazy!"

Today's question is bigger than a "Which way Wednesday" piece. On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron hit homer 715.

Before COVID-19 changed everything in all of our lives, Monday night was supposed to be the grand finale of the 2019-20 college basketball season.

Did Monday feel kind of, dare we say optimistic?

The adage is that a picture is worth a thousand words. But what about one that leaves you speechless?

We're going to offer a few more winners this week because we all need some good news right about now.

Other than the most passionate President Trump haters among us, I'm sure most of us hope he was right in his belief that the NFL season will start on time in September.

March 25, 1978. The clock having just hit 2:30 a.m. that Saturday, the last embers fading to black on a Centre College fraternity party in Danville, Kentucky, my roommate and I were supposed to climb into my Toyota Corolla at that moment and head toward St. Louis, where the NCAA tournament's Final Four would begin later that day.

The Friday mailbag

OK, we're three weeks from round one of the NFL draft.

Turkey hunters are a hardy lot. During this crazy time we are living in, turkey hunters across the country are either already hunting or preparing to do so.

Which format should the (fingers-crossed) reported golf match with Phil, Tommy, Tiger and Peyton have: Best ball, scramble, alternate shot or some of each?

Kevin Spain had booked his flight weeks ago. The former assistant sports editor of the Times Free Press would fly to Nashville from his home in the Washington, D.C., area, then drive to Chattanooga this past Sunday for one of his favorite events of the year: The annual selection party for the McDonald Farm System fantasy baseball league.

There are actually a couple of sports-related TV options today, and a bit of promise for sports viewing in the immediate future.

Long before ever meeting Jimmy Wigfall, I felt like I knew him. Like so many people who grew up in the Sequatchie Valley, I certainly knew of him.

Almost all of us can agree that the cancellations around the sports world have been life-changing.

But what if this novel coronavirus stubbornly refuses to recede enough for the Mocs and other college football teams to play come September or October?

Greg Hopkins II had planned to spend the past four weeks eating lean meat and vegetables in preparation for his fourth mixed martial arts bout as a professional.

What in sports have you missed the most?

On this day in 1979, Bird-and-Magic met in the NCAA title game. Think about the power of that rivalry for just a second.

OK, folks, let's have a talk. This is a crazy time, and many of you are letting this coronavirus situation get to you. Yes, it's serious. Yes, a lot of people are going to get sick and some people are going to die.