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with Sports in Knoxville? The
University of Tennessee, of course’Äî
and with good reason.With eight
men’Äôs teams and ten women’Äôs
teams staffed by hundreds of
student athletes’Äînot tomention
dozens of club sports’Äîthe
university is definitely the best place
in town to play’Äîor see’Äîa game.
But UT is far from the only spot
where sports takes center seat.
At the city’Äôs Civic Coliseum,
you can catch a roller derby with
the Hard Knox Roller Girls, or a
hockey game with the Knoxville Ice
Bears, or an indoor football match
with the Knoxville Nighthawks.
Just outside of town, in Kodak,
Tennessee, you can watch and
cheer the Tennessee Smokies AA
baseball team. Many of the dozens
of high schools in Knoxville, public
and private, have top-notch teams
that will inspire the sports fan with
hope for the next generation.
In addition, scores of current
and retired professional or college
athletes call Knoxville home.
Whether former Vols or former
Webb or Catholic or Bearden high
school athletes, these players take
their talents all over the nation
and the world’Äîbut always call
Knoxville their home.
The sports world of Knoxville is
also not limited to those who play
on organized teams. FromOlympic
hopefuls, to the men and women
who inspire children with a love of
sports, to the administrators and
coaches who make the experience
possible, Knoxville is overflowing
with sports lovers, enthusiasts,
and supporters.
In honor of all of these
individuals,
Cityview
presents
conversations with some of the
incredible, dedicated athletes and
coaches who live, work, and play
in Knoxville and the surrounding
area’Äîand we encourage you to get
out, see a game, and enjoy all of
the exciting and variegated scope
of Sports in Knoxville.
Wh a t d o p e o p l e a s s o c i a t e
Interviews by Adam Beckerman, Sarah Clark, Joanna Henning,
Connor Sears, and Mark Spurlock ’Ä¢ Edited by Steven Friedlander
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