Steve Ahillen

• Lady Diamonds press their agenda to win AAU championship Updated 07/20/2009 at 10:31 p.m.

  It's a fake diamond paperweight that coach Keith Pope's wife found.

• 'Fly35' soars, was nearly grounded Published 07/12/2009 at midnight

  Dave Link admits it was all a big gamble. Back in 2001 he had the idea for a book. He had moved to Clarksville two years earlier and was working at the Leaf Chronicle newspaper there.

• Lane Kiffin is pumping gasoline onto the sports blogoshere Updated 03/11/2009 at 11:35 a.m. 215 Comments

  What Lane Kiffin said or didn't say is becoming gasoline on an open Internet fire. No matter the facts, it just explodes.

• Mink's college career appears to be over Updated 02/25/2009 at 5:47 p.m.

  It appears the improbable college basketball career of 73-year-old Ken Mink is over. Mink made international headlines when he joined the Roane State basketball team, becoming the oldest player in history to play on a college team. He was ruled ...

• 73-year-old basketball player ruled ineligible Updated 02/20/2009 at 6:46 p.m.

  Fifty-three years after getting the collegiate boot as the fall guy on a prank-gone-bad, 73-year-old college basketball player Ken Mink is again on the suffering side of a controversy.

• Kiffin keeps them buzzing in Florida Updated 02/06/2009 at 2:57 p.m. 373 Comments

  As if the fireworks of Thursday between Tennessee head football coach Lane Kiffin and Florida needed another flashpoint, bloggers for a couple newspapers in the Gator State are buzzing about a practical joke Kiffin played on Blaze Thompson, the coach ...

• Fighting Irish: What took you so long? Updated 12/16/2008 at 12:33 a.m.

  Catholic High School athletic director Jason Surlas said it all in his opening comments. "Welcome to the first annual Knoxville Catholic state championship celebration," Surlas said Monday, addressing the Catholic student body and others at an in-school rally in the ...

• Clippards honor Fulmer; last game benefits Jason Foundation Published 11/30/2008 at 12:39 a.m. 2 Comments

  A great night for Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer on Saturday also turned into a pretty good night for the Jason Foundation.

• Knoxville loses spot for AAU Junior Olympics Published 11/26/2008 at midnight

  In Gloria Ray's business, it's all about the seats.

• Sports Buddies big help for Big Brothers Updated 11/19/2008 at 11:39 p.m. 2 Comments

  What better place than a basketball court to put a new spin on a 40-year-old community service program.

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