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Ken Sparks
Ken Sparks (February 25, 1944 – March 29, 2017) was an American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee from 1980 until his retirement at the end of the 2016 season. He is currently the record-holder for the most wins as a coach in NCAA Division II history. His Carson–Newman Eagles football, Carson–Newman Eagles won five NAIA Football National Championship, NAIA Championships (1983–1984, 1986, 1988–1989), and were three times runners-up in the NCAA Division II Football Championship, NCAA Division II playoffs (1996, 1998, and 1999). Biography Sparks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He played college football as a wide receiver at Carson–Newman and graduated from the school in 1968. He was football coach at Gibbs High School (Corryton, Tennessee), Gibbs High School in Knoxville. The next year, he received a master's degree from Tennessee Technological University where he also coached q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Divisions of Tennessee, Grand Division and the state's List of municipalities in Tennessee, third-most populous city, after Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis.U.S. Census Bureau2010 Census Interactive Population Search. Retrieved: December 20, 2011. It is the principal city of the Knoxville metropolitan area, which had a population of 879,773 in 2020. First settled in 1786, Knoxville was the first capital of Tennessee. The city struggled with geographic isolation throughout the early 19th century; the History of rail transportation in the United States#Early period (1826–1860), arrival of the railroad in 1855 led to an economic boom. The city was bitterly Tennessee in the American Civil War#Tennessee secedes, divided over the issue of sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morristown, Tennessee
Morristown is a city in and the county seat of Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. Morristown also extends into Jefferson County on the western and southern ends. The city lies within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachians, along Cherokee Lake on the Holston River. The city's population was recorded to be 30,431 at the 2020 United States census. It is the principal city of the Morristown metropolitan area, Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Hamblen and Jefferson County, Tennessee, Jefferson counties. (Grainger County, Tennessee, Grainger County was included in the metropolitan area until 2023). The Morristown metropolitan area is also part of the Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, Tennessee, Sevierville Combined Statistical Area. Established in 1855, Morristown developed into a thriving community due to its strategic location at the intersection of two major stagecoach routes. It would exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1986 NAIA Division I football season was the 31st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 17th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1986 and culminated in the 1986 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 20, 1986 at Burke–Tarr Stadium in Jefferson City, Tennessee, on the campus of Carson–Newman College. Carson–Newman defeated in the Champion Bowl, 17–0, to win their third NAIA national title. Conference standings Conference champions Postseason See also * 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season * 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season * 1986 NCAA Division II football season * 1986 NCAA Division III football season The 1986 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA at the Division III (NCAA), Division III level in the United States, began in August 1986, and conclud .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1985 NAIA Division I football season was the 30th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 16th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1985 and culminated in the 1985 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 21, 1985 at Estes Stadium in Conway, Arkansas, on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, for the second straight year. and Hillsdale played to a tie, 10–10, in the Champion Bowl and both teams were named co-national champions. It was Central Arkansas' second NAIA title (and second straight shared title) and Hillsdale's first. Conference realignment Conference changes * The Columbia Football League began play this season, with the combined football membership of the former Evergreen (NAIA Division I) and Pacific Northwest (NAIA Division II) conferences. The new league had fourteen members from British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington. Membership changes Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Carson–Newman Eagles Football Team
The 1984 Carson–Newman Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Carson–Newman College (renamed Carson–Newman University in 2012) as a member of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) during the 1984 NAIA Division I football season. In its fifth year under head coach Ken Sparks, the team compiled a 10–2–1 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the SAC championship, and tied in the Champion Bowl to become the NAIA national co-champion. It was the second of five national championships (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...) won by Carson–Newman during the 1980s. Schedule References {{DEFAULTSORT:1984 Carson-Newman Eagles football team Carson-Newman Eagles Carson–Newman Eagles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1984 NAIA Division I football season was the 15th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1984 and culminated in the 1984 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 15, 1984 at Estes Stadium in Conway, Arkansas on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Carson–Newman and played to a tie, 19–19, in the Champion Bowl and both teams were named co-national champions, Carson–Newman's second NAIA title and Central Arkansas' first. Conference changes * This was the final season for the Evergreen Conference, which disbanded at the end of the year after sixty-four years of football play. Most of its membership, along with several independent teams, would subsequently join the new Columbia Football League. Conference standings Conference champions Postseason See also * 1984 NAIA Division II football season * 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season * 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Carson–Newman Eagles Football Team
The 1983 Carson–Newman Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Carson–Newman College (renamed Carson–Newman University in 2012) as a member of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) during the 1983 NAIA Division I football season. In its fourth year under head coach Ken Sparks, the team compiled a 10–3 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the SAC championship, and defeated in the Palm Bowl to win the NAIA national championship. It was the first of five national championships (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...) won by Carson–Newman during the 1980s. Schedule References {{DEFAULTSORT:1983 Carson-Newman Eagles football team Carson-Newman Eagles Carson–Newman Eagles footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1983 NAIA Division I football season was the 28th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 14th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1983 and culminated in the 1983 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 17, 1983 at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado on the campus of Mesa College—now known as Colorado Mesa University. Carson–Newman defeated in the Champion Bowl, 36–28, to win their first NAIA national title. Conference changes * This is the final season that the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is officially recognized as an NAIA football conference. Conference standings Conference champions Postseason See also * 1983 NAIA Division II football season * 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season * 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season * 1983 NCAA Division II football season * 1983 NCAA Division III football season The 1983 NCAA Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1982 NAIA Division I football season was the 27th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 13th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1982 and culminated in the 1982 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 18, 1982 at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Oklahoma on the campus of Central State University (now Central Oklahoma). Central State (OK) defeated in the Champion Bowl, 14–11, to win their second NAIA national title. Conference standings Conference champions Postseason See also * 1982 NAIA Division II football season * 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season * 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season * 1982 NCAA Division II football season * 1982 NCAA Division III football season The 1982 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1981 NAIA Division I football season was the 26th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 12th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1981 and culminated in the 1981 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played this year on December 19, 1981 at Burlington Memorial Stadium in Burlington, North Carolina (near the campus of Elon College). Defending national champion Elon defeated in the Champion Bowl, 3–0, to win their second NAIA national title. Conference changes * This is the final season the NAIA officially recognizes a football champion from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Lone Star Conference. Both the GLIAC and the Lone Star became an NCAA Division II conferences, where both continue to sponsor football (with the exception of a ten-year hiatus for the GLIAC between 1989 and 1999). Conference standings Conference champions Postseason *† Cameron was dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 NAIA Division I Football Season
The 1980 NAIA Division I football season was the 25th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 11th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The season was played from August to November 1980 and culminated in the 1980 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl. The title game was played on December 20, 1980 at Burlington Memorial Stadium in Burlington, North Carolina Burlington is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina, Alamance and Guilford County, North Carolina, Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which en ..., near the campus of Elon College. Elon defeated in the Champion Bowl, 17–10, to win their first NAIA national title. Conference standings Conference champions Postseason See also * 1980 NAIA Division II football season * 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season * 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season * 1980 NCAA Division II foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the neoplasm, uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of the prostate tissue is usually detected through Screening (medicine), screening tests, typically blood tests that check for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. Those with high levels of PSA in their blood are at increased risk for developing prostate cancer. Diagnosis requires a prostate biopsy, biopsy of the prostate. If cancer is present, the pathologist assigns a Gleason score; a higher score represents a more dangerous tumor. Medical imaging is performed to look for cancer that has spread outside the prostate. Based on the Gleason score, PSA levels, and imaging results, a cancer case is assigned a cancer staging, stage 1 to 4. A higher stage signifies a more advanced, more dangerous disease. Most prostate tumors remain small and cause no health problems. These are managed with active surveillance of prostate cancer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
