In October 1976, Turkey Jones slam-sacked Terry Bradshaw, throwing him on his head and leaving him with a concussion that sidelined the Steelers quarterback for weeks. Watch: The response to Turkey’s tackle led directly to the “in the grasp” and control rule which continues to govern the game, including the famous Helmet Catch of Super
The Tennessee Attorney General has issued an opinion on municipal sales of alcohol, and it’s a stiff one. Requested by the city of Clarksville and handed down earlier this month, the AG’s opinion means it’s closing time for certain beverage sales by the Parks and Rec Department at city-run festivals and venues, including its two
This fall Tennesseans will have the opportunity to vote on a proposed amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would solidify how appellate judges are selected—a measure which has seen support from both sides of the aisle, including from Governor Bill Haslam and former Governor Phil Bredesen. Dubbed “The Founders’ Plan,” this amendment provides that the
“The story of the Tennessee’s Lottery is the story of much of my life,” writes Sen. Steve Cohen in a Tennessean column this week, marking the 10th anniversary of the state’s monopoly on legalized gambling. While acknowledging the program’s imperfection, Sen. Cohen takes (and probably deserves) responsibility for legislation leading to the lottery referendum passed
Davidson County Judge Hamilton “Kip” Gayden ruled last week that the Tennessee Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, a panel set up to review the performance of Tennessee’s appellate judges, was unconstitutional because its members did not “approximate the population of the state with respect to race and gender,” as required by state law. However, Judge Gayden
The founding of the charitable Shannon Trust organization which promotes literacy education among prisoners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was fittingly funded by the royalties from a book: “Invisible Crying Tree” published by 1995 by Shannon Trust founder Christopher Morgan comprises an eye-opening pen pal correspondence between Morgan and Tom Shannon, a farmer from
An East Tennessee Judge raised debate earlier this year by refusing to allow parents to name their baby “Messiah,” reasoning that it would be against the child’s best interest to hold that name in the county, which has a large Christian population. A judge sitting over a higher court reversed her decision, finding that it
“We are witnessing today a tremendous and ominous expansion of preventive law in the area of civil liberties. More and more, our controls are being devised not as punishment for actual wrongful conduct, but with a view to preventing future evils by a series of restrictions and qualifications that seriously jeopardize freedom of expression.” Thomas
If you are active on social media—meaning that you post items to your Facebook page, Tweet or comment online—you need to be familiar with your employer’s personnel policy or your employment contract. You may think what you do online “after hours” doesn’t affect your job, and/or that you are protected by the concept of “freedom
Hawaii is on its way to become the first state to ban single-use plastic bags, the kind commonly used by customers to transport groceries. Beginning January 17, 2014, such bags will be prohibited throughout Hawaii’s most populous counties, with the exception of Oahu, where a ban has passed but won’t go into effect until 2015.