Wiedmer: With one more league win, UTC’s Katie Burrows should be SoCon’s coach of the year
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball coach Katie Burrows was all smiles at 4:14 Saturday afternoon.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball coach Katie Burrows was all smiles at 4:14 Saturday afternoon.

Bill Cherry, the former longtime athletic director of McCallie School, died early Thursday morning. He was 78.

Stanley Lawrence, 58, who had worked for the Atlanta police since 1990, had been working most recently with the department's Police Athletic League.

Every good college basketball team needs a John Fulkerson. A guy who's all arms and legs and heart. Especially the heart part.

Professional baseball's pitchers and catchers began reporting last week. The Atlanta Braves' first preseason game is scheduled for Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles. Our own Chattanooga Lookouts are set to open their regular season at AT&T Field on April 9, against Jackson.

Until just before 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, my plan was to watch the entire XFL game between the Dallas Renegades and the Los Angeles Wildcats, then share my thoughts on the new league.

The NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket will be announced four weeks from today.

So it's come to this, has it?

When the last of Saturday's Southeastern Conference men's basketball games were completed, the league's 14 teams were officially one game past the midway point of conference play.

Rare is the weekend during college basketball's regular season that has almost too many riveting storylines to review in a single column.
