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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 […]

“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

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

Birmingham’s favorite son Bobby Bowden reflects on Deion Sanders, Steve Spurrier, THE U, Bear Bryant, political correctness, and the faith that’s carried him through the years By AL BLANTON   Shorty White leaned up against a streetcar and watched Ann