Wiedmer: 37 years of NCAA Sweet 16s produce a lot of memories
In a perfect world, a world not completely under siege from COVID-19, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's Sweet 16 round would begin Thursday night.

In a perfect world, a world not completely under siege from COVID-19, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's Sweet 16 round would begin Thursday night.

If you believe longtime and long respected International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound, the coronavirus outbreak will force the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to be postponed until 2021, if they haven't been already by the time you read this.

Mike Keith earns his money talking about the Tennessee Titans, but he had some thoughts on the recent roster moves made by the Atlanta Falcons, too.

Bucket list. The Masters. For sports fans the world over, those two entities go together like dogwoods and azaleas, Amen Corner and Rae's Creek, Butler Cabin and the green jacket.

Longtime Tennessee Titans season-ticket holder Dr. Trey Carico has felt a little better about his favorite National Football League team each time he's checked the incredibly shrinking sports wire heading into the start of NFL free agency, which officially begins Wednesday at 4 p.m. EDT.

Welcome to March Madness held hostage, Day Six.

It was 4:40 Sunday afternoon, and a handful of kids were about to start a pickup game on an outdoor basketball goal at DuPont Elementary on Hixson Pike.

This newspaper's Gene Henley and I had just gotten on the shuttle bus that would take us from Nissan Stadium to Bridgestone Arena on Thursday morning when the "breaking news" headlines flashed across various social media outlets.

At an important moment in the McCallie/GPS middle school performance of "Let 'Em Play!" the cast turns to the audience and implores them to join in the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."

College football coaches love to coach. Especially when they've been cooped up all winter watching it rain and snow as the wind blows cold.
