Archive - Out My Way

Ending clock changes? Consider the drawbacks first

If a growing number of Americans have their way — including two who have the ear of President-elect Donald J.

Dec 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Tennessee's 10% player-pay surcharge and the rising unaffordability of college sports

The University of Tennessee’s announcement earlier this week that it will begin adding a 10% “talent fee” to the price of football tickets in order to…

Sep 19, 2024 •

June 2024

'Embarrassing ... have some class': Former Alabama QB offers awful take on Vols' Tony Vitello

If you live under a rock — or if you just don’t have Twitter, which is certainly an acceptable choice — you might not have heard former Alabama…

Jun 26, 2024 •

Yes, my fellow white Americans, Juneteenth is absolutely worthy of celebration!

In his book American Slavery as It Is, published in 1839, abolitionist Thomas Dwight Weld recounted a story told by a former Virginia slaveholder named…

Jun 13, 2024 •

April 2024

There's nothing extraordinary about Tennessee's plan to arm teachers

Did you know that 32 states — not including Tennessee — have laws allowing teachers and staff to carry firearms in schools?

Apr 27, 2024 •

Holding the Republican Party hostage for school vouchers

State political lines aren't drawn so much along conservative vs. liberal faults as along rural vs. urban faults

Apr 24, 2024 •

November 2023

Fire Rick Barnes? Are you crazy?

I remember what Tennessee basketball life was like before The Deacon

Nov 30, 2023 •

October 2023

Tennessee vs. South Carolina: Ten points

Vols 41, Gamecocks 20

Oct 1, 2023 •

September 2023

Tennessee 45, UTSA 14: Ten Points

Tennessee got back on the winning track against Texas-San Antonio on Saturday, jumping out to a 31-0 halftime lead and winning 45-14.

Sep 24, 2023 •

The death of college football's common fan

I’ve been going to University of Tennessee football games since I was a kid.

Sep 8, 2023 •

December 2022

Hendon Hooker isn't Tennessee's biggest Heisman snub — and neither is Peyton Manning

The Heisman Trophy has a long history of injustice towards Tennessee football players, dating back to Johnny Majors in 1956

Dec 7, 2022 •

October 2022

Tit for tat: Vol Network personality calls out racially-charged tweet, gets fired for racially-charged tweet

University of Tennessee sports reporter Kasey Funderburg has apparently been fired by the university following the revelation of tweets containing…

Oct 28, 2022 •

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