Alabama’s streak of SEC road dominance is over. On Wednesday, the Crimson Tide suffered a 110-98 defeat to the Missouri Tigers (20-6, 9-4 SEC) in a hostile Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. Alabama (21-5, 10-3 SEC) fought and clawed, but […]
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Now that the biggest basketball game in the history of the state of Alabama is over, what are some takeaways from Auburn’s 94-85 victory over the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa this past Saturday? Are we left with more questions than
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I must admit: I have become a Jalen Hurts fan. Several years ago, when there was a quarterback battle between Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa at the University of Alabama, I was in the Tua camp. That seems like a lifetime
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Saturday’s 102-97 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington was somewhat of a rarity for Alabama Crimson Tide basketball. An impressive feat, no less, but still a rarity, as Alabama is 11-57 all time versus Kentucky on the road. There
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It may be winter, but the UAH men’s basketball team is absolutely on fire. Winners of 14 straight, the Chargers are led by first-year head coach Mick Hedgepeth. Talegate’s Al Blanton recently interviewed Coach Hedgepeth in the middle of his
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Are you a Nate Oats trivia buff? Could you crush the “Ball & Oats” category on the game show Jeopardy!? Do you regularly talk All Things Nate Oats while at the coffee shop or in the barber’s chair? Well, this
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It’s been said that there are two sides to every story, but the opinion of many is that Alabama bungled an opportunity to hire one of the greatest coaches in college football history in 1987. Bobby Bowden grew up listening
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Mia Hollingsworth is a freshman guard at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and former all-state player at Jasper High School. The daughter of Vess and Faith Hollingworth, Mia talks about the challenges of her freshman year and more
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The papers offered no mercy. The Times-News out of Hendersonville, North Carolina, ran the story, cobbled together by the Associated Press: “Bill Battle Resigns As Tennessee Coach.” On November 22, 1976, when Bill Battle met his professional nadir, he was
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Caleb Barnett, a Mountain Brook senior and University of Alabama baseball signee, is considered the top baseball prospect in the state of Alabama. Al Blanton of Talegate recently sat down with Caleb at the Mountain Brook baseball complex to talk
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