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Lane Kiffin's Comedy of Eras

If you date strippers, sooner or later you wake up one morning and it hurts to pee. Last Tuesday night it hurt to pee for Tennessee fans. That's the lesson of Lane Kiffin and UT, a program without a previous history of stripper loving. Nope, in the past we've gone with the down home good ole boy as our coach. Phil Fulmer...

Volunteers' Search to Replace Lane Kiffin Is Under Way

In November of 2008, just 14 months ago, Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton (right) found himself in the exact same position that he is in today, searching for a new coach. Hamilton's search, which ended in the hiring of Lane Kiffin offers a template for the modern-day coaching search and, based on the details I...

Rocky Sucession: Kiffin's Clandestine Hiring, Fulmer's Heartache

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of FanHouse writer Clay Travis' "On Rocky Top," available today in bookstores and at Amazon.com. On the afternoon of Sunday, November 2, 2008 Mike Hamilton phones Volunteer Coach Phillip Fulmer on his cell. Hamilton asks Fulmer to meet him in his office at Stokely Athletic Center....

Steve Downie Attacks Referee, Adds to Long List of Trouble-Making

Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Steve Downie is certainly no stranger to controversy, as the 21-year-old forward has been suspended multiple times in his young career for various acts of idiocy. On Saturday, Downie, currently playing for the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL, decided it had been too long since he did something...

Was Al Davis Right About Lane Kiffin?

As we watched the Al Davis vs. Lane Kiffin saga unfold in Oakland over the past two seasons, it was difficult to not feel some sort sympathy for Kiffin. After all, he was a young, up-and-coming head coach that seemed to be trapped in the firm grasp of Davis' lair, having little to no control over what was actually going on...

Mike Hamilton News From the Web

05/29/12 Do dirty tactics put voters off? Source: Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont TX The mud-covered road to Austin for two incumbent state representatives ends at one seat.
05/24/12 Perry Campaigns In Heated Texas House Race Source: CBS - KTVT CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth TX Gov. Rick Perry is expected to campaign on behalf of state Rep. James White.
05/24/12 Gov. campaigns in heated Texas House race Source: CBS - KFDA NewsChannel 10 - Amarillo TX Gov. Rick Perry is expected to campaign on behalf of state Rep. James White.
05/22/12 Mike is walking the talk Source: Sarnia Observer While many would be hesitant to do so, Mike Hamilton is journeying to the place that changed his life forever as a child.
05/17/12 Pitted in GOP Primary, Lawmakers Fight Over... Source: Texas Tribune - Austin, TX GOP voters in Hardin County might be scratching their heads this primary season.