Imagine volunteering for an art project when a buddy from school asks you to help him out. Maybe you do so begrudgingly; maybe it produces a few laughs as you pose as the subject of his work. After it’s over, […]
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After 82 years of awarding the Heisman Trophy, a quarterback from the University of Alabama could finally win the award this Saturday. Three quarterbacks– Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, and Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins–will travel
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There’s an old expression that says, “fatigue makes cowards of us all.” But for the Alabama defense this Saturday, fatigue made character more so than cowardice in a 35-28 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. There were no interceptions, no fumble
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Reflections on the greatest of SEC Championship games: the first one
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1967 – Alabama 7, Auburn 3 Any Iron Bowl list just wouldn’t be complete unless the great Kenny Stabler was mentioned. Stabler’s famous “Run in the Mud” was a finger-pointing, gut-checking, earth-splashing 53-yarder to beat Auburn in 1967. It is
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Subtle is not normally a word used to describe Emmitt Smith’s career. There was nothing subtle about his career with the Dallas Cowboys, one that produced the glimmer of three Super Bowl rings and eight Pro Bowls. There was nothing
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Alabama has become the Walter Johnson of college football. Across 21 seasons in baseball, the man known as “Big Train” threw 110 shutouts, which still stands as a Major League record. Since Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, Alabama’s
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In 1984, Donald Trump marched his New Jersey Generals football team into the Football Capital of the South.
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Tabbed the “most important midterm of our generation,” Election Day is this Tuesday. Baseball just finished up another splendid season, where the Swocks won their fourth World Series championship since 2004. College football and the NFL are in the middle
A November to remember, but does anyone care? Read More »
When discussing college basketball blue bloods, the Texas A&M program does not come to mind. In fact, the Aggies often get about as much respect as comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who got none. But over the last few years, you get
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