In the 1960s and 1970s, it was not unusual for a handful of Southeastern Conference teams, most notably Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss, to play college football doubleheaders. That’s right folks! A twin-bill on the same Saturday in […]
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Unlikeliest of college basketball upsets spawns Maui Invitational
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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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Hurricane Andrew, small in size but ferocious in nature, barrelled in from the east. “A Mike Tyson storm,” one veteran National Hurricane Center specialist called it. “It has a hard blow, but it’s not very big.” By the standard of
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Ole Miss-Vandy is a series that has been marked by heartbreak. On October 28, 1989, the Rebels won 24-16, but all the team could focus on is what it had lost. That day, Vanderbilt was in the red zone in
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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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Miami great answered questions about his health, ability in historic 1994 NFL opener against Patriots
Auburn-Georgia is famously known as the “Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.” In a series noted for teams winning on the road, there was a time when Auburn dominated in Athens. But no more.
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The Ohio State-Michigan State football series is one that feels older than it really is. Though it might seem like the Buckeyes and Spartans have been playing since right after somebody first put air in a pigskin bladder and started
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A 24-16 loss in Tuscaloosa led to the greatest era in Alabama football history
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