2025

The Marlowe’s sophisticated vibe lives up to its Raymond Chandler-esque name. The night was as thick as a conman’s promise, and the streetlights of Knoxville’s Central Street flickered like the last gasps of a dying star. We found…
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Perhaps how we connect to the world has more to do with how we connect to ourselves Thirty years ago, I stumbled across the book Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore. I was so captivated by what I was reading that I wanted to speak with the…
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The renaissance of Knoxville’s Market Square and downtown  Downtown Knoxville was for years the equivalent of a literary dark and stormy night. Not necessarily stormy, but certainly dark. In 1987, the first time I saw downtown’s Market…
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Journeying home for an epic visit—from Transylvania’s Carpathian Mountains to the Blue Danube Underestimated. Beautiful. Complicated history. Home. That’s Romania, the beautiful country where I was born and lived until coming to the…
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Heading into tournament time, the Vols can be listless or unbeatable, sometimes both in the same game. On February 15, the Volunteers went into the locker room at halftime, down 44-31 to Vanderbilt. Coach Rick Barnes had some words for…
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A look inside the ways our medical industry is using AI—and how things could change in the future Those of you that know me are well aware of my love hate relationship with computers which borders on disdain.  I think that the greatest…
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With a new stadium with top-of-the-line facilities, East Tennessee’s Minor League team is in for a wild ride The sun was bright over the stadium last September, as the 6,632 fans in the stands looked on. It was the atmosphere you always…
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One Knoxville SC kicks off its 2025 season with a new head coach and new place to call home One Knoxville SC is preparing for a big season. One of the most anticipated changes is the club’s move to Covenant Health Park in Old City. For…
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The Dream that Built Knoxville's New Stadium Sitting across from Randy Boyd in his downtown Knoxville office on a brisk winter afternoon, it was impossible to ignore the excitement in his voice as he spoke about the new Covenant Health…
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U.S. Navy veteran Jerry Brice and his family honor military service at Halls eatery Walking in the door of The Chow Hall, a grayish one-story building at Emory and Bell roads in Hall Crossroads, feels like entering a cozy den whose…
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