Wiedmer: Sunday’s win one to remember if Braves reach playoffs
If the Atlanta Braves make the playoffs this year, circle Sunday's 10-9 victory over the Miami Marlins as the moment all of baseball may have begun to believe in this team's potential.
Wiedmer: Legalized gambling could hurt the college sports experience
Feb. 15, 1978, inside the University of Kentucky's Rupp Arena won't mean much to most college basketball fans. It was a cold, snow-covered Wednesday, not unlike most other winter days that year in the Bluegrass.
Wiedmer: Signal Mountain’s Tuckers have special tie to Justify
Until two weeks ago today, Andy Tucker had never been to a Kentucky Derby despite his Bluegrass cousins - the Walden clan of Midway, Ky. - having long been major players in the thoroughbred horse industry.
Wiedmer: Saying a final goodbye to Stump Martin
It was a long-ago Dec. 26 at a high-end shopping mall north of Atlanta. I was taking a brief break from my annual quest to purchase half-price Christmas ornaments when what to my wondering eyes should appear inside the requisite Starbucks but Atlanta Braves skipper Bobby Cox.
Wiedmer: Despite peers’ slight, Boston Celtics’ Brad Stevens is one very special coach
And Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens got how many votes from his peers for NBA coach of the year?
Wiedmer: Mother’s Day a special time for these UTC coaches
There's no way one day a year is enough to honor the mothers in our lives. Honoring them 365 days a year might not be enough.
Wiedmer: Jeremy Pruitt is Big Orange Caravan’s biggest star [photos]
It was tough to say which member of the University of Tennessee's Big Orange Caravan got the loudest ovation Thursday night at the First Tennessee Pavilion.
Wiedmer: Foster as much a Hall of Fame person as coach [photos]
Only Jim Foster would make the final decision of his 40-year coaching career while standing on Cape Reinga, the northernmost point of New Zealand.
Wiedmer: It’s time to help Stump Martin
I first met Marvin "Stump" Martin on a cold autumn Friday night in 1988: Oct. 21, to be precise. Though we worked for different media outlets at that time, we had both come to cover the last-ever home football game of Rossville High School, which also just happened to be Martin's alma mater.
Wiedmer: A Hall of Fame class that doesn’t come along every year
Unlike most such entities, the Lookout Mountain Sports Hall of Fame doesn't elect a new class every year.
