Night #2 of the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model series Winternationals was a barn burner of a race at Tampa's East Bay Raceway Park, as Texan Tyler Erb (#1) denied Georgian Brandon Overton, taking the lead with less than a handful of laps remaining from Overton, with Brandon Shepard following. Ninth starting Erb (aka. T.Erb-O) rocketed through the pack utilizing the very bottom of ... (click for more)

There are a few very viable candidates for the head football coaching vacancy at the University of Tennessee.....that is, if the outspoken group of Tennessee fans don't run him off. According to reports, Minnesota's P.J. Fleck says he's no longer interested, but ESPN's Chris Low said yesterday that SMU's Sonny Dykes and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Franklin are still very ... (click for more)

Hamilton County reported 177 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 108 patients hospitalized, the lowest number since Nov. 16, 2020, and 24 in Intensive Care Units, the lowest number since Dec. 6, 2020. Five others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 45 are county residents, also the lowest number since Nov. 9, 2020. The new total of cases in ... (click for more)

University of Central Florida's Josh Heupel, the Oklahoma quarterback who led his team to the national title, and who as an assistant coach and head coach captured conference championships at Oklahoma and UCF, has been named Tennessee's 27th head football coach, Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White announced on Wednesday. "We looked at a number of potential candidates," ... (click for more)

Thank you, Hamilton County Health Department. Yesterday I received my first shot of COVID vaccine at the Health Department’s River Park site. My appointment, which was scheduled online, went as smooth as anyone would want. Even with the handicap of rain everyone there was helpful and moved the cars along in a steady and orderly way. I arrived for my 9:30 appointment and ... (click for more)

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, a-swirl in social justice reform yet sorely lacking in common sense, may be on the brink of alienating itself from the very community that supports it. Today the university will host a lecture and celebration focusing on ‘White Allies and Accountability’ when it is my view that such a distasteful folly will reversely reverberate within ... (click for more)