Wiedmer: Version of the Vols who beat Kansas can reach Final Four
There are lots of ways to look at the Southeastern Conference's 5-4 win in the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge series of men's basketball games this past Saturday.
Wiedmer: Were Jeremy Pruitt’s alleged NCAA crimes embellished to fit the punishment UT wanted for him?
The words coming from University of Tennessee chancellor Donde Plowman on Jan. 18 regarding potential NCAA violations within the football program could not have been more somber or serious.
Wiedmer: Like him or not, Josh Heupel should make the Vols fun to watch
It was there all along, if only the Big Orange Nation had paid attention.
Wiedmer: McCallie’s Dr Pepper Classic may lack fans, but won’t lack elite teams
Perhaps no elite high school basketball program in the country is in greater demand than IMG Academy, which is currently ranked third nationally and has five of the top 50 players in the country according to numerous recruiting sites.
Wiedmer: Atlanta’s MLB team should now be known as the Hammers
If Atlanta's major league baseball team has ever had a batting practice pitch to hammer out of the park regarding an opportunity to change its nickname from Braves to something more noble and less controversial, it's right now.
Wiedmer: Tom Brady cements status as NFL’s greatest of all time
It was one of those unexpected moments that revealed in one or two seconds so much about Tom Brady's outrageous professional football success the past two decades.
Wiedmer: Could new Tennessee AD possibly hire Lane Kiffin?
A week ago today, Jeremy Pruitt was still the head football coach and Phillip Fulmer still the athletic director for the University of Tennessee.
Wiedmer: Hank Aaron will always be a legend for far more than baseball
Sometime in the early 2000s, a few years after the Atlanta Braves moved to Turner Field, I got on an elevator one Sunday afternoon to make my way to the press box.
Wiedmer: Vols best long-term hire might be Charlotte’s (and Chattanooga’s) Will Healy
Talk about your Value Meals.
Wiedmer: UT football in quite a mess of its own making
The question came some 17 minutes into the University of Tennessee's 28-minute press conference to address the Monday firing of Jeremy Pruitt as the Vols' football coach.
