Sometimes I wonder if my memory plays tricks on me. I was 12 years old when the year 1990 smacked the world in the face. It was a Guns N’ Roses universe (we were just living in it), but Nirvana […]
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Explain this. A team from the Colonial Athletic Association ekes into the NCAA tournament with a 23-7 record, suddenly becomes a giant killer, makes the Final Four, and is never seen or heard from again. Sigmund Freud? Bueller? Every year,
Several years ago, I invited a couple of friends over for an Alabama football game. (For reference, this would have been Texas A&M-Alabama in 2013 in College Station. You’ll remember this was the 49-42 game when Johnny Manziel nearly brought
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It’s time for Alabama basketball to stop being nice. If the Crimson Tide fails to make the NCAA tournament this year, it should decline a bid to the NIT. “But Al, that’s not the proper thing to do. What will
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Legion Field in Birmingham, like any great venue, has a way of separating the champions from the chaff. Such was the case for University of Florida running back Emmitt Smith. In only his third college game, Smith rushed for 224
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In this second installment of our interview with former USC and Los Angeles Rams head coach John Robinson, he talks about his friendships with Bo Schembechler and Bill Walsh, about his experience with the Oakland Raiders, about playing Alabama at
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He won a national title at USC and had many great years with the L.A. Rams. In this two-part interview, John Robinson opens up about football legends John Madden, Paul “Bear” Bryant, John McKay, Kenny Stabler, Eric Dickerson, and O.J. Simpson.
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Miles, Stillman, Jax State, and UAH are also having good years
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Gosh, this is so hard. Historically, Alabama basketball is nowhere close to being as good as Alabama football, but along the way, Bama hoops has cranked out some really good players and really good teams. Wimp Sanderson was largely responsible
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Diaper dandy. ESPN announcer Dick Vitale coined the phrase to describe the best young talent in college basketball. This year, without question, the freshman that has caught America’s stare is Duke’s Zion Williamson. From high-flying 360 jams to swatting shots
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