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Book publisher HarperCollins announced Monday that Paul Finebaum’s upcoming book, My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football, is now available for pre-order. Here’s how Harper Collins describes the book: An all-access pass into the powerhouse teams and passionate fanbases of the legendary Southeastern Conference, from one of the most […]
The World Series, Wimbledon, The Masters, the NCAA Final Four and the Super Bowl — each of those events represents the pinnacle of its sport, and each appeared on USA Today’s “10 best bucket-list sporting events” that sports fans should attend before they die. Conspicuously missing from the list was the BCS Championship, or the […]
This video ended the memorial service for Philip Lutzenkirchen Wednesday night. Well done, Auburn. Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims
Former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen tragically died early Sunday morning in a car accident, but his legacy as a great player — and even even greater person — lives on. “I’d much rather be known for what I’ve done off the field in impacting other people’s lives than how many touchdowns or how many […]
The U.S. Men’s National Team stumbled into the knockout phase of the World Cup in spite of a loss to Germany, thanks to Portugal knocking off Ghana in the final match of the group stage. The Americans are now set to square off with Belgium, who were dominant in their first three matches. Here’s what […]
Starting in 2017, when baseball fans in Atlanta close out the national anthem with “…the home of the brave(s),” that home they’re singing of will have been built in part by Alabama-based construction juggernaut Brasfield & Gorrie. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to approve a contract naming American Builders 2017 the […]
When Bama fans all over the country go to the polls to vote this year, the overwhelming majority of them will be pulling the lever for a Republican. The chart below, which was created by National Journal after an analysis of over 200,000 interview by Scarborough Research, shows the Alabama Crimson Tide with the most […]
(Above: Gary Palmer recalls playing for Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant) Gary Palmer, congressional candidate in Alabama’s 6th District, today released a video discussing his experience as a walk-on football player at the University of Alabama under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant in the 1970s. Even though Palmer never played football in high school, he tried out […]
Well-known Internet troll Charlie Zelenoff got what was coming to him earlier this week when he met Tuscaloosa, Ala. native and undefeated heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder. A TMZ article accompanying a video of the meeting said that Zelenoff has been trolling Wilder online and over the phone for years, spewing racism and even ridiculing […]
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon entertained his audience on Wednesday night with a segment called “Meet the Players — NFL draft edition.” Fallon brought out a handful of the top college players in the country and introduced them to the crowd one by one. “We’ve actually got some of the top college players in the […]

