Remember the Fiesta!
The 34-7 trouncing of Alabama by Louisville on January 1, 1991, in the SunKist Fiesta Bowl was a shock to the nation and one of the worst bowl performances in Alabama history.
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The Case for Foster
Alabama native George Foster was an integral part of the 1975 and ’76 World Series Champion Cincinnati Reds. A power hitter, Foster hit 348 career home runs and batted .274 over a 17-year MLB career. He is the only player to hit over 50 home runs in the decade of the 1970s. Here’s Foster’s case for Cooperstown.
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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
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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