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• Best Titan
  Kerry Collins
  In Collins' case, being Mr. Right Now is the same as being Mr. Right. The NFL star most likely to be mistaken for the Gorton's Fisherman, the Titans' starting QB is exactly what the team needs behi nd center. Unlike impetuous superstar Vince Young, the 35-year-old Collins has already cleared the... More >>
• Best Place to Avoid Driving Drunk
  West End
  When, after a few brewskis, you decide you want some Taco Bell but the closest one is on West End, just call it a night. Don't drive down West End past Electronics Express. Just choke down some Krystal's or whatever's near your house. I don't care if you live behind Electronics Express. I don't... More >>
• Best Place Paris Hilton Should Visit (4 Comments)
  Fuse
  We'd never recommend a bar sight unseen, but ever since the news of BarTwenty3's closing this Halloween, we've been scratching our heads trying to imagine where celebrity It Girls like the eternally bored heiress would lounge when she comes to town. With what could Nashville counter her serenely... More >>
• Best Mayor of East Nashville
  Chris Thompson
  George Washington had a cherry tree, JFK had a missile crisis, Giuliani had 9/11. Chris Thompson's defining moment: One week before he was scheduled to close on his 12th Street house, the 1998 tornado ripped his side porch off and knocked down a couple of his trees. Yet seven days later he... More >>
• Best Outdoor Adventure
  Kayaking the Piney
  About 45 minutes outside of Nashville rests Pinewood Canoe and Camp. With its rental canoes and kayaks, beachfront and campgrounds on the Piney River, it's a destination for country folk and city folk alike. The kayaking is the real lure into the boondocks, once you realize it consists of about... More >>
• Best Mayoral Legacy
  Music City Hot Chicken Festival
  What's hotter than the Whitland Avenue Fourth of July Picnic, the venerable display of All-American wealth and privilege in the tony 37205 neighborhood? The Music City Hot Chicken Festival, which packs thousands into 37206's East Park. The new Public Square and all those greenways are important,... More >>
• Best Civic Addition
  Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge
  Any municipal structure that is built in less than two years is a great one in my book, and it certainly doesn't hurt that the Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge provides a fairly lovely view. Connecting the easternmost point of Shelby Bottoms to Two Rivers Park, the bridge spans a placid... More >>
• Best Predator (4 Comments)
  Jordin Tootoo
  Everybody knows someone like Jordin Tootoo: the runt not to be taken lightly. On ice, the 5-foot-9 Tootoo looks like someone's kid brother, allowed a momentary chance to skate with the big boys. All that changes, however, when he drops his gloves. Call it a Napoleon complex if you like, but... More >>
• Best Commodore (2 Comments)
  Brittni Hamilton
  In the dog-eat-dog world of college sports, there's no link lower in the food chain than women's bowling—unless you're at Vanderbilt. Last year's group of pin-strikers won the national championship, the first such title in school history. And with top recruit Hamilton—yes, someone... More >>
• Best Sports Scandal
  Comrade Radulov High-sticks Preds
  In the battle of AWOLs—Vince Young's SUV joyride vs. Predators' forward Alexander Radulov's defection to a team in Mother Russia—Radulov wins by a very small, very cold nose. Sure, Young's freak-out got more pub, but it's not like he actually left the country. Enticed by the promise... More >>
• Best Baseball Prospect
  Sonny Gray
  The 18-year-old freshman with the 90-mph pitch can bring the heat, all right: His coach at Vanderbilt, Tim Corbin, calls Gray's curveball "maybe the best we've ever seen at this level." That's pretty high praise, considering that former Vandy pitcher David Price went No. 1 overall in the Major... More >>
• Best Waiter (2 Comments)
  Jaime Merthan, Las Maracas
  He's always got a smile. He treats regulars as if they're eating at his own table. He takes an interest in your kids, your pet...and especially your girlfriend. The Hugh Hefner of south-of-the-border cuisine, Las Maracas' Jaime Merthan is the ultimate host. It doesn't hurt that Las Maracas... More >>
• Best Local Boy Done Good
  Clay Travis
  The most compelling reason to crown Travis has nothing to do with what you'll find on his résumé. Sure, he writes the "ClayNation" column on CBSSports.com and recently published the book Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference—and being... More >>
• Best User of the F-Word
  Rory Dicker
  No, not that F-word—the four-letter expletive is practically polite these days. The word you can't say now is "feminism." Don't think so? Just skim through the vast media blather about women in the presidential race. You'll find endless discussions of sexism, but hardly a mention of its... More >>