Dynasty Man
The mechanics of his brain would not allow him to be content, even as the hoots and hollers echoed into the sky. The players stepped out of the confines of the team bus and were met with a sea of […]
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The Spectrum
“Reverently bathed in spotlights, its concrete walkways and stair steps kept tidy, its prim interior virtually untouched, the Spectrum looks as if it could reopen tomorrow, even though it played host to its last event six months ago and
As the Football Turns
A word almost never used in conjunction with Nick Saban is the word “vulnerability.” In the state of Alabama, to suggest that there is a chink in the Alabama armor is almost verboten. Yet even in Alabama football’s unprecedented
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Top 10 Plays of the Malzahn Era at Auburn
When the wheels came off of the Gene Chizik tenure, Auburn turned to a familiar face to steer the bus. For the 2013 season, former offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn was chosen as the 26th head coach in school history. Malzahn brought
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From Anniston to Cooperstown
Ty Cobb was striking out on a baseball career until he got a second chance in, of all places, Anniston, Alabama… A memorial to him stands on the corner of 10th Street and Quintard Avenue in downtown Anniston. Inscribed on it
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Top Ten Plays of the Saban Era at Alabama
Go ahead, Alabama. Pinch yourself. This isn’t a dream. Yes, this is the greatest run in the history of college football. Yes, your program has captured 5–say it again, 5–national championships in the last 9 years. Yes, Nick Saban
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A-Day tradition continues at Alabama on April 21
Nearly four months removed from the 2017 national championship, its fifth of the Saban era, the University of Alabama football team took to the gridiron for its sixth practice of the spring. The day included a two-hour work session
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The camp that was worse than Junction
Bear Bryant’s practices in Junction, Texas, in the summer of ’54 have been broadly documented and sensationalized, but one would be remiss to believe that this grueling week was an outlier. A fledgling and perhaps more pitiless precursor occurred while
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Bobby Bowden’s Brief Career at Alabama
It almost didn’t happen. Just a few months after American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, Bobby Bowden enrolled at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham. Bowden, who had grown up a sports fanatic, had been, at thirteen, diagnosed with the
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The Throw: Remembering Bo Jackson’s throw versus the Seattle Mariners
Baseball is known for signature moments. The Willie Mays basket catch. Babe Ruth’s called shot. Kirk Gibson’s fist-pumping walk off in the 1988 World Series. Sid Bream’s miraculous race around the bases. And on June 5, 1989, when the
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