Wiedmer: Vols’ Alontae Taylor a name, image and likeness worth rooting for
It's easy to grow cynical about the future of big-time college athletics, especially Power Five conference football and men's basketball.
Wiedmer: Amazing Grace Keith a Hall of Famer in every way
It was the summer of 1974. Beverly Narrimore had just graduated from Hixson High School and was working in her parents' bait and tackle shop, selling worms, when she got a phone call from Grace Keith.
Wiedmer: For sports to truly come back, we need to prevent a COVID-19 comeback
Is everybody still so sure we have this vicious virus where we want it? Is no one concerned those bold predictions of full football stadiums this fall and packed college basketball arenas next winter may yet come a cropper?
Wiedmer: It’s the end of college athletics as we now know it
NCAA president Mark Emmert has finally thrown in the towel. Or is it the white flag of surrender?
Wiedmer: Carlee Rogers could become Chattanooga’s next big golfer
Let's begin the story of Baylor eighth-grade golf sensation Carlee Rogers on June 17.
Wiedmer: Former UTC coaches Shulman and Long both have rooting interests in NBA Finals
As John Shulman was preparing his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball team to face Wake Forest and point guard Chris Paul in the opening round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament, he noticed one thing never changed as he watched Demon Deacons game tape.
Wiedmer: Are the Hawks capable of taking next step to finally reach NBA Finals?
In the end, the Atlanta Hawks' 2021 playoff run was like every single one that had come before it since the franchise moved from St. Louis to the Big Peach in 1965: It ended without a trip to the NBA Finals.
Wiedmer: Chattanooga’s Sergio Bianchini an 80-year-old freak of nature to treasure
Ask most folks about their preferred paths to spiritual enlightenment and soul cleansing, and you'll hear of everything from yoga, to meditation, to a day at the spa. Then there's Sergio Bianchini.
Wiedmer: UTC athletics loses its 47-year linchpin Mike Royster to retirement
Jim Reynolds, the ageless voice of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs, doesn't remember the exact year.
Wiedmer: Firecracker Invitational always a Fourth of July week treat
The Fourth of July doesn't officially arrive until Sunday.
