Richard Basch: "Did you know that East Tennessee tried to withdraw from its home state to side with the Union in the Civil War? Comparisons were drawn between this Appalachian section of the state and Switzerland. Switzerland is famous for ...

Gray: "As previously mentioned, University of Tennessee men’s athletic director Mike Hamilton resigned today. While not a total shock, the timing seemed a bit curious with Tennessee set to go before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions on Saturday, but then ...

Mary Rae: "It was after hearing the whistling from downtown Knoxville that I realized that I was hearing nothing but the birds in the trees and the wind rustling through the leaves."

Tractman: "I went around Market Square handing as many Gospel tracts."

Kevin: "Now I just have to decide whether I want to risk transporting firearms through Chicago on the way home."

Colin Vassallo: "John Cena had some fun with the Knoxville crowd on Monday after RAW went off the air, singing the country song “Rocky Top,” which is associated with the University of Tennessee, the site of Monday’s show."

Richard Basch: "East Tennessee is full of mountain people, Germans, English and Scots-Irish who live in the hills around Knoxville."

Here are some brief observations based on our 6 months of Knoxville, TN livin’.

Renaldo Smith: "There isn’t another city on the planet that’s quite like Knoxville, TN."

Andrea Rothe: "Ever heard someone called an “old bird”? Meet Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner of Knoxville, Tennessee."

Where did our bestselling Hardknox grow up? That’s right, Knoxville.

regurgitatin: "And it wasn’t too long before we saw the one thing that we’d been both expectant and dreading of. THE REDNECK."

Mark Remy: "Oh yeah, and: The Knoxville Marathon is a cool race."

Abby Greenhill: "Yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee a tractor trailer overturned and spilled its contents all over. Everyone in the vicinity may have developed an instant sweet tooth. The trailer was full of chocolate Easter Bunnies and other types of sweet ...

Adam K. Raymond: "Voting ended in the race for America’s Best College Sports Town: South Region at noon and Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the Volunteers, has emerged victorious."