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Brooks Clark has written for Cityview since 2000, when he traced the roots of Robert Mitchum's 1958 hit The Ballad of Thunder Road. He has reviewed restaurants for us since 2012, the same year his wife, Karen, started writing our elegant-home tours. Brooks was a writer-reporter at Sports Illustrated, an editor at Whittle Communications, an executive speechwriter at TVA, and writer for Office of Communications & Marketing at the University of Tennessee, where he received his MFA in nonfiction writing in 2016. Brooks teaches at UT's School of Journalism & Media.

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March Madness

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With a stunning victory over No. 1 Alabama, the Vols came together as a team. With 7:42 to play in the first half against No. 1-ranked Alabama, UT guard Santiago Vescovi dribbled down the left side of the key facing several…
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The Brass Pearl

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Oysters on the half shell and signature cocktails bring NOLA to Market Square The French poet Léon-Paul Fargue wrote, “Eating oysters is like kissing the sea on the lips.” Knoxville’s only raw bar, The Brass Pearl, opened on Market…
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Features

A World of Potential

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With a wealth of new and returning talent, the Lady Vols aim for the Final Four. In a November visit to the Rotary Club, Lady Vols Coach Kellie Harper noted that the excitement of the football season had reminded her of the late…
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A New Era Dawns

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The Volunteers’ last-second 52-49 victory over Alabama puts UT back in college football’s elite You probably saw it, either in the roaring throng of 101,915 at Neyland Stadium or as part of a CBS-TV national audience that…
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