Section 303: The Preds super fans who put the "loud" in Smashville hockey

Writer/Producer/Editor of this AP award-winning public radio feature. While the Pittsburgh Penguins eventually iced the Predators’ hot run in game six of the Stanley Cup Finals, passionate Preds fans cheered and hollered along the way. One fan in particular, Mark Hollingsworth, has led the cheers and created traditions since the first puck dropped in 1999. Hollingsworth is the proud leader of Section 303, more commonly known as Cellblock 303.

A Brief History of SEC Exceptionalsim

Author of sport history feature article. Newspapers, magazines, and talking-head television shows have lauded the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as the best collegiate football league, even alleging the SEC West division was the most dominant in the history of the game.[1] The media’s ubiquitous coverage and accolades have been warranted, however, as SEC teams have won seven of the last eight national championships, including the 2012 contest when Alabama shut out its SEC west rival Louisiana State University 21-0. The SEC’s consecutive

Perry Wallace: At the intersection of sports and race in Middle Tennessee

Writer/Producer/Editor of this public radio sports feature. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (FOLLETT) -- Perry Wallace encountered racial hostility as the first African American basketball player in the Southeast Conference at Vanderbilt University from 1966-1970. While Wallace has been honored by Vanderbilt for being a trailblazer, Pearl High School was where he developed the courage and poise to persevere through discrimination. Perry Wallace was honored at halftime of the Vanderbilt-Baylor basketball game for enduring racism on Vanderbilt’s campus and in cities thr