Staff List
Mark Wiedmer (Reporter) |
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| Phone: | 423-757-6390 |
| E-mail: | mwiedmer@timesfreepress.com |
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Bio:
Mark Wiedmer started work at the Chattanooga News-Free Press on Valentine's Day of 1983. At the time, he had to get an advance from his boss to buy a Valentine gift for his wife. Mark was hired as a graphic artist but quickly moved to sports, where he oversaw prep football for a time, won the "Pick' em" box in 1985 and took over the UTC basketball beat the following year. By 1990, he was the newspaper's lead sports columnist, a title he still holds today after a couple of Tennessee Sports Writer of the Year awards and a box full of other honors. He joined the staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press when the Free Press and Times merged in 1999.
Mark hails from Hopkinsville, Ky., and graduated from Centre College.
Contact Mark at 423-757-6273. or mwiedmer@timesfreepress.com.
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Wiedmer: NCAA Selection Committee kind to Vols
Sometimes the NCAA tournament selection committee serves you lemons. Sometimes it serves you big, fat, juicy oranges.
Wiedmer: This win over Kentucky might be Vols' greatest ever
This game should justifiably live forever with the Big Orange Nation, whatever happens against Auburn.
Wiedmer: LSU without Will Wade could have short NCAA stay
Maybe it was the 26 free throws Florida shot to only 11 for the bigger, deeper Southeastern Conference regular-season champion...
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Wiedmer: Would you pay $6.2 million for a fake athletic scholarship?
Tired of being bombarded with stories about ethically challenged college basketball coaches attempting to bribe financially challenged players with fairly...
Wiedmer: Murray State assistant Casey Long fondly remembers 2005 with the Mocs
In the long, proud history of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball, it would be tough to find a more...
Wiedmer: LSU basketball fans are angry at the wrong guy
If LSU men's basketball players have remained cool, calm and composed, their fans most definitely have not
Wiedmer: Maybe Will Wade isn't who we thought he was
Will Wade, did we hardly know you?
Wiedmer: David McKinley keeps hoops Mocs running smoothly
Everyone officially tied to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball program this week will have very defined roles...
Wiedmer: Terrell Owens happy to join Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame
To prove that truth is stranger than fiction, Terrell Eldorado Owens entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame before he...
Wiedmer: Good to see both Allan and Wade Houston back at UT
Allan Houston received a phone call from Tennessee men's basketball coach Rick Barnes at the start of this season.
Wiedmer: Vols out-dominate Kentucky in big home win
Anything you can do, we can do better.
Wiedmer: Wofford's Fletcher Magee teaches UTC how to become a champion
Technically speaking, Wofford's 80-54 dismantling of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball team ended at 8:46 Thursday night.
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Wiedmer: Whether or not it wins SoCon tourney, Wofford deserves NCAA bid
It's not that Wofford basketball coach Mike Young isn't appreciative of having his No. 24 Terriers earning a Top 25...
Wiedmer: UT's Hot Seat Holly needs a miracle fast
It's never easy to see someone's dream job become a nightmare for that person.
Wiedmer: UT-LSU basketball game highlighted flaws of officiating reviews
Too many. Too long.
Wiedmer: Have the Vols peaked too soon?
College sports teams rarely stay the same over the course of a season. They either get better or worse.
McCallie falls to Ensworth in Division II-AA quarterfinal
Five times previously, Ricky Bowers has guided the Ensworth Tigers to a TSSAA Division II state basketball championship.
Wiedmer: Joe Smith rooting for both LSU and UT this time
It won't be hard to spot Joe Smith in the crowd at today's Tennessee-LSU men's basketball game.
Wiedmer: With NCAA tourney four weeks away, Duke still the team to beat
The NCAA men's basketball tournament starts exactly four weeks from today in Dayton, Ohio, with the opening two games of...
