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
Former University of Alabama and NFL Quarterback Brodie Croyle is writing another chapter in his life that has nothing to do with football. What he says might astound you. by AL BLANTON A mile or two down a picturesque road,
Philip Lutzenkirchen’s life may have ended abruptly at 23, but his father is carrying the Auburn Tight End’s legacy and message to high schools all over the South by AL BLANTON A note was on the door. It
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