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| | SI.com - SI 50th - Tennessee - Three-Part Harmony - Wednesday October 29, 2003 10:17 AM |
 | | East Tennessee, where I live and work, is a land of mountains (and mountain music) surrounding Knoxville, home to the University of Tennessee, which dominates the sports landscape. |
 | | Middle Tennessee, where I grew up, centers on Nashville and the country music industry, loves its NFL Titans and divides its college loyalties among Vanderbilt, Austin Peay and the Volunteers. |
 | | West Tennessee, where I went to college, sits by the Mississippi River; its main city is Memphis, its soundtrack is the blues, and it has fans of not only John Calipari's Memphis Tigers and the NBA Grizzlies but also Ole Miss, Arkansas and the Vols. |
| sportsillustrated.cnn.com /magazine/features/si50/states/tennessee/essay (768 words) |
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