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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In 1984, Donald Trump marched his New Jersey Generals football team into the Football Capital of the South.
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NBA Great Kenny Anderson Paying It Forward at Fisk University
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When LSU and Alabama square off this weekend, the Tigers will not only be contending with Alabama’s successful tradition in Death Valley, but also the fact that the Tide has the best quarterback in the country. The most-asked question in
LSU battling history – and now Tua! – this weekend in Baton Rouge Read More »
Dan Reeves was 37 when he took over as the head coach of the Denver Broncos in 1981. By then, he’d had a lifetime of coaching.
