Marcus Fitzsimmons' Recent Columns
Lady Vols exceed expectations with No. 2 seed
After all that work in Holly Warlick’s first season as head coach of the Lady Vols the last five games are the measuring stick for the storied Tennessee program. Read more...
UT’s NCAA audition doesn’t go well
Forget what the brackets will say Sunday night, the first NCAA play-in game was Friday afternoon in Bridgestone Arena.Read more...
Looking back to look forward at state tourney
Maybe it’s that gritty effort. Maybe it’s that never quit attitude.Read more...
Now here’s the kicker: Looking forward to another prep soccer season
Blame Pepe Fernandez and Jon Baker. I certainly do.Read more...
USAC brackets allow no safety this year
There’s no such thing as safe this year.Read more...
Downing ’Dores last chance to learn lessons
If there’s anything bound to put the spirit on the bounce up in the winter doldrums, it’s Vanderbilt and Kentucky leaving frustrated from Thompson-Boling Arena on the same weekend.Read more...
Eye of the Tigers not enough against Lady Vols
Missouri came in fresh off setting new Southeastern Conference records beyond the arc with a blistering pace to get SEC win No. 1 from long distance Sunday. The Tigers dropped a conference record 18 3-pointers on Auburn and got 11 of those from sophomore Morgan Eye — who set a new SEC record of her own with the performance.Read more...
Vols dismissed: Maymon leaves much to miss
Tennessee had a lot to miss with Ole Miss in Wednesday’s loss to the Rebels.Read more...
Erratic outings show inconsistent Vols
After spending 20 minutes of demonstrating a complete inability to find the basket without the aid of OnStar, GPS and sherpa on your home court, it isn’t all that hard to be significantly better in the second half.Read more...
It’s Christmas in the Sports section
With all apologies to choirs, composers and carollers everywhere, some new renditions of familiar tunes in a medley of The Little Neyland Boy with his drum, Maryville silent night in Cookeville, Coach Martin’s a little tougher than Santa when he comes to town, and since the angels haven’t been singing good news for a few millennia here on Earth, The Daily Times tries to fill the gap in news coverage.Read more...
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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain
When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...
Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail
Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...
