Reno Benson was confused. Benson, the equipment manager for the Vanderbilt Commodores, hadn’t an iota why new defensive coordinator Bill Parcells wanted five-gallon buckets placed strategically around the McGugin Center. “Don’t worry about that,” Parcells piped. “They’ll be used.” […]
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Bo Jackson sat at a bus station in Opelika, Alabama, waiting to catch a Greyhound. It was November 19, 1982. Jackson, dejected from his un-Bo-like performance in a loss against Georgia, had been overshadowed by Herschel Walker, running back for
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In 1966, former tobacco lobbyist and politician Joe Robbie linked up with comedian Danny Thomas to raise the $7.5 million expansion fee for a professional football franchise. Robbie planted his team in Miami called them the Dolphins. From 1966-’69, George
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While the Southeastern Conference is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished conferences in the NCAA in most major sports, occasionally something occurs that has never happened before. For an organization that was founded in 1932, those occurrences are
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Jim Valvano, Louie Carnesecca, Wimp Sanderson, Jerry Tarkanian, Bobby Knight. Why college basketball misses the zany coach.
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He’s been running for most of his life. For a time, he ran away from tacklers in the SEC and the NFL. He also ran away from his faith. Now the 48-year-old banker runs for another type of goal
Eli Gold’s fifty-year romance with the world of sport has left him with no regrets…and a lifetime of memories.
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In 1984, Kerry Goode was projected by many as the University of Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner. Today, he’s fighting for his life.
“Most people would kill…to be treated like a god, just for a few moments.” – Hoosiers A long time ago, in a stuffy gym in Centreville, Alabama, a god walked among them. He stood six-foot-five, his lean, heaven-carved frame
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by Al Blanton “I never learned to handle losing….I won’t apologize for that because a fear of failure has driven me since my youth and I think a winner gives up something important when he compromises the desire to be
