(7) Indianapolis Colts 24, (2) Buffalo Bills 27 The playoffs featured two teams that have won their first playoff game in over two decades, one of whom is the Bills, who have won their first since 1995. The Colts, on the other hand, had a remarkable season that just barely missed out on a division… Continue reading NFL Fieldhouse (2020): AFC Wild Card recap
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Thomas goes off for career-high scoring tally in Skyhawk men’s hoops setback at Belmont
The UTM men’s basketball squad was embroiled in a battle for the first 27-plus minutes today but a prolonged scoring run aided Belmont in an 89-69 victory at the Curb Event Center. The Skyhawks gave the Ohio Valley Conference-leading Bruins all that they wanted, holding a lead early in the second half behind a season-best 10-of-20… Continue reading Thomas goes off for career-high scoring tally in Skyhawk men’s hoops setback at Belmont
Tennessee Sportsball Roundup (2021): Nashville Predators 2021 Preview
The NHL is going to look very different in 2021. The usual divisional alignment (Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central, Pacific) has been modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaken the sports world since last March. Four divisions still exist, but the divisions are now the Central, East, West and North divisions. The most notable change… Continue reading Tennessee Sportsball Roundup (2021): Nashville Predators 2021 Preview
Skyhawk women’s hoops soar over last-place Tennessee State 80-39
The Skyhawks made short work of the last-place Tennessee State Tigers (TSU) in Nashville on Dec. 7, becoming UTM’s largest margin of victory so far this season with a 41-point 80-39 win. The Skyhawks (2-1 OVC) featured two double-digit scorers in senior forward Chelsey Perry (32) and sophomore guard Seygan Robins (18). Perry also led… Continue reading Skyhawk women’s hoops soar over last-place Tennessee State 80-39
The Year of Paranoia: how trust evaporated in 2020
The Year of Our Lord 2020 might go down as a watershed year in the history of the United States and the Western world, akin to the Fall of Rome, the Defeat of Napoleon or the start of World War I. At least, that’s how people who just lived it tend to see it looking… Continue reading The Year of Paranoia: how trust evaporated in 2020
UTM men’s hoops battles but falls 74-62 at Tennessee State
Despite another high-quality effort tonight by Cameron Holden, the UTMn men’s basketball squad fell to Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) rival Tennessee State by a 74-62 margin. A junior forward, Holden was responsible for team-highs in points (20), rebounds (8), assists (3) and steals (3). It marked the sixth time in eight games this season that the Forsyth,… Continue reading UTM men’s hoops battles but falls 74-62 at Tennessee State
2020 highlights advances in SETI, contributions of undergraduate scientists
“Where is everybody?” It is hard to imagine this simple question, uttered in a lunchroom among friends in 1950, would spawn one of the most persistent global scientific initiatives in modern history. The speaker was Enrico Fermi, an Italian nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and constructed the world’s first functioning nuclear reactor… Continue reading 2020 highlights advances in SETI, contributions of undergraduate scientists
The Three-Body Problem: Review
As a genre, science fiction is well-suited to small, one-off narratives that, nevertheless, have great impact. The Isaac Asimov Robot stories, each a self-contained narrative, nevertheless served to popularize the idea of a humanized android in popular science fiction, and his Foundation novels inspired concepts like the city-planet and the Galactic Empire found in massively… Continue reading The Three-Body Problem: Review
TWRA to restock rainbow trout Wednesday
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) will be restocking rainbow trout into the Martin City Pond on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The TWRA stocks the Martin City Pond, twice a year as part of their Winter Trout Stocking Program, in December and January. Many other small towns in West Tennessee such as Paris and McKenzie… Continue reading TWRA to restock rainbow trout Wednesday
Tennessee Sportsball Roundup (2021): Titans and Vols football update
Tennessee’s two biggest football teams, the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and NCAA’s Tennessee Volunteers, face very different fates going into 2021. At the professional level, the Titans are about to embark on another postseason campaign for the franchise’s first Super Bowl victory behind the team’s first 10+ win season since 2008, breaking the a four-year streak… Continue reading Tennessee Sportsball Roundup (2021): Titans and Vols football update