The college baseball season got underway over the weekend at Plainsman Park as the Auburn Tigers hosted the Flames from Illinois-Chicago.
The Alabama basketball team may have turned the corner — again.
With the NBA All-Star game coming up this weekend, it’s time for one of my favorite things of the year: The Dunk Contest.
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots have had more success in a 20-year span than any other team in the NFL’s 100-year history. Super Bowl trophies, MVP honors, AFC Championships — what hasn’t the Bill Belichick and Brady combination accomplished?
It was only three weeks ago the Auburn Tigers appeared to have hit a wall.
I’m certainly not going to advocate for a 106-6 victory.
Every year after National Signing Day, I like to put together a list of superlatives for Alabama’s recruiting class. Below are those superlatives.
The Kansas City Chiefs stunned the sports world when they came back from a 20-10 deficit in the fourth quarter over the San Francisco 49ers. For the first time in half a century, the Chiefs are world champs and for the city and for Andy Reid, a huge weight has been lifted — no pun intended.
I am not sure how many times it has to be written about for people to start changing what they say but until I see those changes happen, I am going to keep writing about it. It used to just be a lazy way to insult someone and you could brush it off as a one-time thing but at this point, it’s…
It turned out to be a pretty incredible weekend in the Loveliest Village on the Plains.
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And, in just a short week, the Robinson kiss of death takes full effect.
Recently, I’m sure you’ve seen find plenty of stories of baseball writers pointing their fingers, condemning the managers, general managers and players with the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox for their sophisticated electronic sign-stealing methods that enabled each franchise to win a Wor…
In July 2019, Gus Malzahn took the podium at SEC Media Days and did something rarely ever seen before. He admitted he made a mistake.
It couldn’t be real.
Sunday afternoon, the world stopped.
The Alabama men’s basketball team has had many opportunities to lose its last four games. In each of those contests, the Tide took a large lead, only to see it dwindle to near nothing.
Kobe Bryant was a hero. Period. Point blank. There are no arguments.
When I first moved to Alabama, some friends and family were wary.
I am not the type of person to doubt a woman’s word in a situation involving an unwanted sexual advance. Women have a hard enough time coming forward about a bad sexual experience without people coming out of the woodwork questioning their motives.
The table has been set in Miami for Super Bowl LIV with the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers punching their tickets to the big dance in dominant fashion.
ESPN color commentator Todd Blackledge used to do a segment every time he called a football game known as “Taste of the Town.” He went go around to all his favorite local eateries in various college towns and pig out on a vast array of culinary delights.
“Men don’t care what’s on TV. They only care what else is on TV.”
It was recently brought to my attention someone overheard a fan say “Girls don’t count” when a local wrestler pinned a female during a match last week.
The LSU Tigers are National Champions for the first time in over a decade. With a 42-25 victory over Clemson, LSU capped off a record-setting season with a very impressive win over the defending champions.
With the 2020 National Signing Day rapidly approaching, I have seen several high school athletes make last-ditch efforts on social media to get their clips watched by coaches and recruiters from across the country. I enjoy seeing that passion come out of young student-athletes who do not wan…
Until I can properly digest the outcome of the national championship game between LSU and Clemson and this week’s basketball game between Auburn and Alabama, I’m taking a look back to 2019 and remembering some of the legendary sports figures who are no longer with us.
When you have written a weekly column for more 11 years, you are bound to be wrong a time or two — maybe a little more than that.
As you have probably gathered, I love basketball. I advocate for the sport from youth leagues to the NBA and I want to see it grow as much as possible, especially in a state dominated by football.
We’ve all heard the cliché, “Nothing is guaranteed.”
As we come to the close of 2019, it’s only natural to look back at what has transpired over the past year. I made some annual predictions about college football back in April and it’s time to revisit those prognostications.
As if you won’t see this type of article hundreds of times as Jan. 1 approaches, here are my thoughts on various sports-related New Year’s resolutions.
With Christmas officially behind us and the new year right around the corner, it’s that time of the season when you start to see people making lofty goals.
The 2019 season has been a down year for the NFC East Division in the NFL. Historically, the NFC East has some of the greatest players, teams and moments in NFL history, but none as popular as the world famous Dallas Cowboys.
The field is set for the College Football Playoff. Good sportsmanship often involves wishing, “May the best team win!” But the best team does not always win, which illustrates an important element of economics.
First of all, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
An assortment of Christmas Eve thoughts for you to read as an excuse to get away from your intrusive family who is visiting. Consider it my gift to you:
No one likes to fail.
There may not be a lot of attention on the baseball diamond right now but there are plenty of things happening behind the scenes that have made the news and should probably be talked about more. Major League Baseball had another terrific postseason with plenty of excitement, including a seve…
The NFL is star-studded league that has many household names like Deshaun Watson, Julio Jones, Odell Beckham Jr. and others who have supreme athletic talent everyday people on the street gush over in awe. One-handed catches and 360-degree touchdown passes are fun to see, but they don’t usual…
This past season wasn’t exactly the best one in Alabama Crimson Tide sports history. In fact, in terms of expectations versus results, it could go down as one of the more disappointing in memory.
If there’s one thing “Last Chance U” star Brittany Wagner said at a recent speech at Benjamin Russell that stuck with me more than anything else, it’s one of the uglier realities about the sports world.
As preparation continued for another week of the NFL season last week, I saw a quote from Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield that rubbed me the wrong way. I’m not sure what exactly he meant by it but it didn’t the attention it should have gotten and it became a joke on ESPN talk shows.
The New England Patriots were caught “cheating” this past Sunday at the Cincinnati Bengals versus Cleveland Browns game, or were they?
The College Football Playoff is now set and for the first time since its inception, Alabama will not be a participant thanks to the Auburn Tigers. You’re welcome America.
We are on the heels of yet another incredible Iron Bowl. What a game it was! Both teams played their hearts out. I’m just thankful the good guys came out on top. It got me to thinking of my most memorable Iron Bowl matchups throughout my lifetime — that I remember.
There was a lot to unpack from a busy last few days in sports, so here are my scattered thoughts.
“Hurt.”
I said last week this year’s Iron Bowl was going to be very difficult to predict. There were several unknowns that made it nearly impossible to truly know what to expect.
I cannot be certain but since I have not seen a college football game from the time the Iron Bowl ended to the time I am writing this, I can only assume the season has ended and we can now move on to the hardwood. And yes, maybe I am a little bitter but I also just love basketball and the am…
The Carolina Panthers fired coach Ron Rivera on Tuesday after nearly a nine-year tenure. After starting the season 0-2 and losing Cam Newton to injury, the Panthers reeled off four straight wins with undrafted second-year quarterback Kyle Allen and Rivera was in the discussion for NFL Coach …
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