Wiedmer: McCallie/Dr Pepper Classic speaker Gary Brackett brings a message worth hearing
In some ways, the memoir Gary Brackett penned eight years ago says it all: "Winning: From Walk-On to Captain, in Football and Life."
Wiedmer: David Climer was a sports-writing giant taken too soon
The bad news first reached me three or four weeks ago. David Climer, one of the best sports writers the South has seen during his 38 years at The (Nashville) Tennessean, was struggling with stage 4 cancer.
Wiedmer: Are the Titans willing to spend the money to keep Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill in the Music City?
Admit it, Titans Nation. For a moment or two during the first half of Sunday's AFC title game at Kansas City, when your Tennessee Titans twice led the Chiefs by 10 points, you surely thought this Super Bowl dream just might come true.
With AFC title on the line, the Tennessee Titans might gain comfort from recent (and not-so-recent) history
Mike Keith, the longtime radio voice of the Tennessee Titans, isn't necessarily predicting a victory for the many hues of blue crew when it visits Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium to face the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Wiedmer: The Vanderbilt men’s basketball program has now lost the one thing that still made it special
Through 1,080 men's college basketball games, whatever Vanderbilt did or didn't accomplish, it always walked off the court having done at least one thing right.
Wiedmer: Mike Vrabel’s coaching philosophy consistent with building a champion
Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel entered the interview room at the franchise's training facility just north of town on Thursday morning looking pretty much the same as he had a week ago.
McCallie-Dr Pepper Classic has nation’s best boys’ basketball teams hoping for spot in talented field
Check out the latest MaxPreps national rankings for boys' high school basketball teams, and you'll find Chattanooga's Hamilton Heights Christian Academy at No. 2 and Sunrise Christian Academy of Bel Aire, Kansas, at No. 5.
Wiedmer: Classic 150’s Honeycutt Toast a generous gift to youth baseball
The typical Classic 150 fundraising event celebrating a famous athlete or supporter of athletics from the Chattanooga area is typically as much roast as toast, a perfect mixture of humble pie and high praise regarding the honoree of the evening.
Wiedmer: The SEC might need to get used to hearing ‘Geaux Tigers’ for awhile
It appears that the Louisiana State University Tigers are exactly who we thought they were, which is the best college football team in the land.
Wiedmer: If the Titans can keep walking the walk, they won’t need to talk
The last team to win three road playoff games as a sixth seed? The 2010 Green Bay Packers, who finished as Super Bowl champs that year.
