VOL. 43 | NO. 47 | Friday, November 22, 2019
Barnes likes what he sees from team that lost core of Sweet 16 roster
Rick Barnes isn’t one to dole out compliments very easily after games.
It’s a season of transition at Maryville College for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
One played for a Dean, the other inherited the title of dean of Nashville’s college basketball coaches. And the third may not have that connection, but he does share the last name of the King of Country Music.
JOE ROGERS: MY TAKE
Sen. Howard Baker was a little late that day for his talk on the Ole Miss campus, but we in the audience were a forgiving lot. We knew he had some pretty important business going on back in Washington. He explained the delay when he came in.
NEWSMAKERS
The University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business recently recognized the achievements of three alumni and one corporate partner.
BRIEFS
Knoxville has been recognized as the 2019 Green Leadership City, awarded by the Propane Education & Research Council to one government agency in the U.S. each year.
TENNESSEE TITANS
The Tennessee Titans are still harboring playoff aspirations with six games remaining.
The Titans return after a week off to once again face a must-win situation with Jacksonville coming to town. The Titans have been notorious in recent years for following a big win, like the one before the bye against Kansas City, by laying a colossal egg in their next game.
Titans 23, Jaguars 20: The Titans have had a bad habit of blowing games like this one against bad teams, especially when coming off a big win in their last previous outing. Maybe the bye week will help level the emotions. Whatever the case, the Titans should – and the emphasis here is on should – win this game at home. Whether they do is another matter altogether.
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Lincoln has reintroduced its Aviator SUV for 2020. This new three-row luxury SUV is spacious, comfortable and at the forefront of the brand’s efforts to introduce more attractive and desirable vehicles.
PERSONAL FINANCE
A task without a deadline is just wishful thinking. Sometimes, you can get away with procrastinating. If you never get around to alphabetizing your spices, no one’s life will change.
CAREER CORNER
Have you ever had a date with someone who had recently been through a bad breakup? There’s a good chance they were nervous about the possibility of going through the same thing again. You can practically see the fear in their eyes.