Knoxville
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Iamaleava is building on everything — the good and the bad — he learned from his time in Knoxville and his first year in Westwood entering the new season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He was married to Laura, and they had built a "very stable, consistent, beautiful life" in the Smoky mountains in Knoxville, Tennessee.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
In interspersed interviews, Knoxville and his pals reminisce about their time together with a distinct wistfulness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In good, they’ve seen the inequality of success that’s left Knoxville in a better financial position to retire than the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
In June 1942 Vannevar Bush approved the purchase of a rural fifty-two-thousand-acre parcel about twenty-five miles from Knoxville, Tennessee.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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