Wiedmer: Could SEC send a record-tying three schools to Final Four?
In 1985, the Big East Conference sent three schools to the Final Four: St. John's, Georgetown and eventual national champion Villanova.
Wiedmer: Bengals’ win almost as hard on Mark Mariakis as when he was coaching Vonn Bell
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.
Wiedmer: Bengals’ Vonn Bell a big winner since his Ridgeland days
No one has to teach Cincinnati Bengals safety Vonn Bell, who once starred for Ridgeland High School in Rossville Georgia, what championship-caliber football teams look like, sound like, feel like.
Wiedmer: Hall of Shame continues for Bonds and Clemens
One new member.
Wiedmer: Auburn just might still be No. 1 after the Final Four
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 claim that crown - Alabama's Nick Saban - is almost universally regarded as that sport's best coach of this time, if not of all-time.
Wiedmer: Baylor grad’s trip to Lambeau Field was ‘experience of a lifetime’
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 Bay Packers' 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC playoffs.
Wiedmer: Fort Payne may be only town in Tennessee Valley happy that Titans lost
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 to the Cincinnati Bengals in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs.
Wiedmer: Beating COVID-19 is going to require sacrifice from us all, including famous athletes
The voice on the other end of the phone line, that of a close friend, was venting a bit about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Wiedmer: In the NFL, good coaches are important, but great quarterbacks are essential
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 victory and defeat.
Wiedmer: Joe B. Hall was coaching giant for something far more vital than victories
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. Hall, before beginning the work.
