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Jamie Akins
Nov 26, 20244 min read
In the blink of an eye
I am 50 today and YES, I feel different, not because I am older, not because the cosmos shifted when the clock struck midnight, and not...
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Jamie Akins
Nov 6, 20243 min read
The Day After
We the people. Three powerful words that somehow get lost behind a cloud of rhetoric. It is November 6th, and the people have voted, but...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 21, 20243 min read
2024 World Series: Lights, Camera, Action
Major League Baseball should be thanking the baseball gods after the Yankees and Dodgers advanced toward a marquee matchup on Friday....
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Jamie Akins
Oct 16, 20242 min read
Bringin' the Noise at Neyland
If I were a brand-new coach of the number one team in the land and lost that ranking at Vanderbilt, I would not say much. I don't think I...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 14, 20242 min read
MLB Pennant Predictions
It's a pleasure to be so wrong. I last predicted which teams would make it to the Championship Series round (pennant) and was 25%...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Look on the bright side, fans
It has been 6 whole days since the Vols lost in Arkansas. Seems like a lifetime. The fiery fervor behind the team has fizzled and turned...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 10, 20244 min read
Coming Together
After the devastation of Hurricane Helene put our neighbors to our east in a state of emergency, the response of this community to help...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 9, 20243 min read
2024 MLB Division Series Predictions
I am a Yankees fan, but before you boo, I came by it honestly. Back in the eighties we lived in an area with no cable TV. In fact, they...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 8, 20242 min read
It's Nico's time
Tennessee is coming off a devastating and unexpected loss to the Razorbacks and the Vol faithful are starting to worry. Alabama took an...
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Jamie Akins
Oct 7, 20242 min read
They are still our team
This weekend's loss at Arkansas has provided much discussion and invariably the talks of 'heartbreak' and 'overrated' have begun to...
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