Dan Fleser: Another Batch Of Coaches Tries To Revive Vol Fortunes - Minus Kevin Steele Thursday, March 11, 2021 - by Dan Fleser
Josh Heupel introduced the five coaches who will comprise his defensive staff on Monday and spoke about their backgrounds and attributes. Tennessee’s new head football coach also had to answer for someone he didn’t hire.
He was asked about Kevin Steele, who was signed by Tennessee to a two-year contract for $450,000 annually just days before Jeremy Pruitt became UT’s former head coach. The ensuing drama resulted in Heupel being hired from Central Florida by his former boss, Danny White, who replaced Pruitt’s boss, Phillip Fulmer.
Dan Fleser: Vols Land Brian Jean-Mary, But Ty Simpson Gets Away Saturday, February 27, 2021 - by Dan Fleser
Tennessee announced the hiring of football assistant Brian Jean-Mary on Thursday in a manner befitting this sort of news. Well, there was one deviation from previous announcements.
Vols head coach Josh Heupel welcomed the former linebackers coach at Michigan as “a great fit” for UT’s staff and hailed his energy and experience. In the same sentence, though, Heupel also noted Jean-Mary’s “extensive success as a recruiter.”
Jean-Mary’s association with some highly regarded recruiting classes was chronicled a few paragraphs later.
Pandemic leads many Bay Area residents to food banks for 1st time
Families that were independent now relying on help to get food
KTVU s Debora Villalon talks to working families who have been hit hard by the pandemic and now need help getting food on the table.
Hunger has skyrocketed in the Bay Area during the pandemic. Local food banks have estimated that 1.5 million are having trouble feeding themselves and their families.
Turning to food banks for help with a basic necessity is a completely new experience for many people.
Mabel Gonzales used to grocery shop. She was part of a two-income family that never needed help feeding its four children. It was abundance, Gonzalez said. But now it’s like, here we go. We have to limit.
Tampa Bay Downs All-Time Leading Rider Centeno Hits 3,000-Win Milestone Sponsored by:
Daniel Centeno with daughter Jazmyn and girlfriend Brooke Sillaman in the Tampa Bay Downs winner s circle
Daniel Centeno s first visit to the Tampa Bay Downs winner s circle came on Dec. 18, 2004 – his 33rd birthday – after he rode 39-1 shot Marked Native to victory for owner-trainer Edward T. Clark.
“Nobody knew who I was then,” Centeno said, laughing at the memory.
Painstakingly (as nothing comes easy in Thoroughbred racing, appearances notwithstanding), Centeno has built a reputation as a leading jockey up and down the East Coast, winning eight graded stakes races and capturing a record six Oldsmar riding titles. He is No. 1 all-time at Tampa Bay in total victories, with 1,377, and stakes triumphs, with 50.