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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The Season-Opening Upset that Began a Football Dynasty, and Revealed a Surprising Principle for Success Beyond the Game College football fans awaiting the 2008 season were looking forward to a new treat from Chick-fil-A to debut on August 30 and
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In this latest episode of The Talegate Podcast, Al Blanton sits down with Houston Rockets PA announcer and Jasper, Alabama, native Jonathan Sanford. To keep up with our podcast lineup, please hit “SUBSCRIBE” on the BMG YouTube channel!
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Recently, Al Blanton sat down with former Cullman Bearcat and Alabama Crimson Tide basketball player Lawson Schaffer, who now works at Byars|Wright Insurance in Cullman, Ala. Al and Lawson discuss growing up in Cullman, his high school and college basketball
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Back in early 2018, Talegate owner Al Blanton sat down with former Alabama and NFL running back Kerry Goode at his home in suburban Atlanta. Goode discussed his upbringing in Town Creek, Alabama, his football career, his post-football life, and
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For younger fans, the words “Alabama versus Georgia” conjure up images of national championships, Southeastern Conference titles, and two programs that have dominated college football for nearly two decades. Older fans will recall, however, a series that features its fair
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Before we get started on our little time travel journey, we need to take a course called “Big Ten 101.” If you’d been asleep for the last couple of years and woke up in the year 2024, you might be
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Paul W. Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa is the foremost museum that celebrates the history of football at the University of Alabama. As it turns out, the museum itself has a rich history of its own. In 1981, longtime Crimson Tide
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There’s an unwritten warning among coaches that says it’s simply not a good career move to follow a legend. Better to be the guy after the guy who replaces him. Or, better yet, the guy after that. This past January,
Rams defied all odds in 2011 to make one of the wildest tourney runs ever
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