Baseball Change-ups
West Tennesseans have enjoyed AA league baseball at Jackson’s Pringles Park, named for the potato chip factory nearby. The West Tenn Diamond Jaxx will have new uniforms beginning in 2007 as the...
View ArticleFlying High for 30 Years
Today’s Chattanooga newspaper (subscription required at link below) announces the 30th anniversary of Lookout Mountain Hang Gliding. While actually in Georgia, this is close enough to Tennessee for...
View ArticleSmoky but no smoking: UT bans butts in Neyland Stadium
The University of Tennessee announced this morning that smoking is now banned in Neyland Stadium, the football Holy of Holies on the Knoxville campus. No word yet on whether the Vol mascot, Smoky, will...
View ArticleTennessean Todd Helton Triumphant
Growing up in East Tennessee in the 1950s and ’60s, I never felt much of a lure from professional baseball. The Braves weren’t in Atlanta yet, and Cincinnati seemed like a long way off. My friends...
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