Wiedmer: Good as NCAA tourney is, don't forget real madness 5,358 miles away in Ukraine
As my daughter watched the final seconds tick off the University of Kentucky's overtime loss to Saint Peter's in the opening round of the NCAA men's basketball…
As my daughter watched the final seconds tick off the University of Kentucky's overtime loss to Saint Peter's in the opening round of the NCAA men's basketball…
Turns out McCallie School didn't need to travel far to find its next varsity basketball coach.
In the afterglow of last fall's World Series triumph - the Atlanta Braves' series-clinching win over the Houston Astros not an hour old - Braves first baseman …
This year, Selection Sunday may have had less controversy than any in recent memory. Almost.
Why it's taken this long for some sort of justice to prevail in this instance is anyone's guess. After all, it is the NCAA. Logic left that building a long tim…
Nearly a month has come and gone since former Notre Dame High School and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football star Kareem Orr stood on the sideline …
They started gathering in front of McKenzie Arena a little before 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Some carried signs - "See Moc City" was my personal favorite.
Are you kidding me? Four-point-three seconds on the clock? Ninety-four feet from the basket? Down two points to reach the NCAA Tournament?
It happens almost every weekend in the Scenic City. Folks from far bigger and busier environs such as Nashville and Atlanta flock to Chattanooga for a couple o…
Want to appreciate just how close we could be to the end of men's college basketball season here in the Tennessee Valley for our hometown University of Tenness…
When David Conrady took the job as McCallie School's varsity basketball coach four years ago, his chief reason for doing so was to, in his words, "help the pla…
Five years ago, Carter Wendt didn't know the difference between a squash racquet and a yellow squash.
Hey, Braves Country. When it comes to this Major League Baseball lockout, it's time to look on the bright side.
Talk about your lost weekends in college basketball. Seven of the top 10 teams in The Associated Press Top 25 for men's basketball were beaten Saturday, the fi…
Around 6:02 p.m. Saturday, it ended.
Randall High didn't understand segregation when he was 5 years old. His family may have been Black and his next-door neighbors white, but everyone got along al…
On February 23, 2019, the Auburn Tigers traveled to Rupp Arena, where they lost 80-53 to Kentucky.
Is it a block? Is it a charge? Should it be neither?
Decades later, the UTC men's basketball team's Sweet 16 run in the 1997 NCAA tournament stands alone.
Even without winning the Super Bowl, would anyone on the planet not want to be Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow today?
There are basketball rivalries in the Southeastern Conference.
Given the overall mediocrity of this year's Super Bowl commercials and halftime show, the game itself needed to be special. And in line with what has been the …
Kareem Orr won't be between the white lines of SoFi Stadium's football field for a single snap of Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night. But he has played an importan…
It doesn't take long to figure out which team the residents of this 133-year-old town in Northeast Alabama will be rooting for during Super Bowl LVI on Sunday …
As it enters its seventh edition, the McCallie-Dr Pepper Classic has brought a number of notable prep basketball players and teams to Chattanooga. Next week's …
Quick question: What do the top four teams in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll have in common?
It just might be the trap game to end all trap games, this Southern Conference road trip the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball team must …
What some guys won't do to win a few basketball games.
To watch McCallie wide receiver Xavier Gaillardetz haul in 18 touchdowns this past season for the TSSAA Division II-AAA three-time defending state champion Blu…
In 1985, the Big East Conference sent three schools to the Final Four: St. John's, Georgetown and eventual national champion Villanova.
Never let it be said there's no danger involved in watching your favorite pro football team win its way to the Super Bowl while sitting in your den.
No one has to teach Cincinnati Bengals safety Vonn Bell, who once starred for Ridgeland High School in Rossville Georgia, what championship-caliber football te…
One new member.
No disrespect to Georgia football coach Kirby Smart, who just guided the Bulldogs to their first national championship in 41 years, but the guy he just beat to…
It's not that Alex Armstrong and his buddy Andrew Castaneda didn't like the pizza they bought at Lambeau Field on Saturday night near the start of the Green Ba…
The vast majority of the Tennessee Valley that cares about such things probably fell into a huge football funk Saturday night, when the Tennessee Titans lost t…
The voice on the other end of the phone line, that of a close friend, was venting a bit about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Coaches in any sport who are largely devoid of ego often admit, "It's not the Xs and Os but the Jimmys and Joes" that are most often the difference between vic…
It was the fall of 1977. A young artist hoping to do a University of Kentucky men's basketball print, I had been asked to meet with the team's coach, Joe B. Ha…
You win a college basketball game by two points on two free throws with 7.6 seconds to play after trailing by three points inside the final three minutes, ther…
Is University of Georgia national champion quarterback Stetson Fleming Bennett IV the best American sports story ever?
It was early Monday afternoon inside Thompson-Boling Arena and Rick Barnes was preparing his basketball team for Tuesday night's visit from South Carolina some…
Most folks determined to watch Monday night's College Football Playoff title game between Alabama and Georgia from inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis wil…
It can be difficult to explain the impact UTC basketball great Wayne Golden and his fellow Mocs who won a national championship in 1977 had on the Scenic City.
When does a good play become a bad play in a college football game?
It can be easy not to like Tom Brady. For starters, the Tampa Bay quarterback is too dang handsome; especially to be 44 years old with more than 20 seasons of …
As player after player was lost to injury this season, including the best one on the roster, Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel never whined, moaned or made ex…
Could this major college football season end any other way?
It didn't take long for SEC Network studio host Peter Burns to become the Big Orange Nation's all-time favorite talking head at the close of Tennessee's gut-wr…
The SEC may well still be a football conference, but its basketball could be must-see TV this winter starting Wednesday night.