Wiedmer: Josh Dobbs doesn’t need football to be one of UT’s all-time greats
In a few minutes, Josh Dobbs would do what he does as well as anyone who has ever played football for the University of Tennessee.
Wiedmer: Politicians should worry more about college athletes’ health than wealth
It sounds great.
Wiedmer: Local Firecracker golf tournament celebrates America at her best
It's 7:45 Monday morning and Lee Greenwood's modern anthem "God Bless the U.S.A." is blaring from loudspeakers placed just outside the Brainerd Golf Course clubhouse, loudly serenading every squirrel, robin and black snake that calls the venerable layout its home.
Wiedmer: A good showing at Wrigley could prove these Braves are for real
When you play 162 regular-season games, it's tough to circle a dozen or so that seem more important than the others.
Wiedmer: Girls Preparatory School’s Jay Watts an international lacrosse coach, too
If this international coaching experiment doesn't work out, Jay Watts might consider moonlighting as a travel agent in the future.
Wiedmer: Whether Admiral Schofield is picked or not, it’s time to rethink the NBA draft
A little over a week ago, as he was about to dazzle this newspaper's Best of Preps banquet, former Tennessee basketball star Admiral Schofield was asked which team he'd like to be selected by during tonight's NBA draft.
Wiedmer: Red-hot Braves still need a closer to cool down opponents’ bats
Buy the Atlanta Braves or sell the Braves? That is the question on this 18th day of June, the season 45 percent done and the Bravos all alone atop the National League East.
Wiedmer: Southern League Hall of Fame a well-earned honor for Sal Rende
Sal Rende won't be in Biloxi, Mississippi, this week when the Southern League inducts its newest Hall of Fame class during its all-star game festivities, even though he's part of that group.
Wiedmer: UTC’s Rusty Wright gets it right as father and father figure
We have never needed fathers and father figures more.
Wiedmer: Admiral Schofield delivers one of the best Best of Preps Banquet efforts ever
This newspaper's Best of Preps Banquet has had more than a few nationally known speakers over the years, ranging from tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams to the poster boy for Olympic gold medals in swimmer Michael Phelps, to Atlanta Braves Hall of Famers John Smoltz and Chipper Jones.
