Stars have aligned for quite a football weekend in our patch of paradise, Alabama and Auburn sold separately. Read the full story
TALLADEGA — Doesn't it seem appropriate that Dent Wizard sponsors the car Ryan Blaney drove to Victory Lane at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday? Read the full story
TALLADEGA — So, why did they just race earlier in the day? Read the full story
TALLADEGA — On Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1978, a piece of cement fell from the garage and almost crashed on top of Lennie Pond’s car. There were fears, according to reports, “the ceiling could eventually collapse.” Read the full story
TALLADEGA — Doesn't it seem appropriate that Dent Wizard sponsors the car Ryan Blaney drove to Victory Lane at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday?
TALLADEGA — So, why did they just race earlier in the day?
TALLADEGA — On Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1978, a piece of cement fell from the garage and almost crashed on top of Lennie Pond’s car. There were fears, according to reports, “the ceiling could eventually collapse.”
TALLADEGA — Let’s see. In no particular order, and frequently unprovoked, Clint Bowyer offered observations on:
What’s worse for an Atlanta sports fan, losing a Super Bowl after being up 28-3 or blowing a playoff series like the Braves did this past week?
Auburn gets a break, but Alabama and Jacksonville State must hit the road.
Wellborn faces its biggest test yet.
Most of the time, fans in attendance in the grandstands or the infield of Talladega Superspeedway are always on the lookout for the multi-car pileup known as ‘The Big One,’ but history might be easier to spot during this weekend’s race.
The bill of his cap. Silly, but that’s what I’m always going to remember.
The Anniston Star has done recent stories on the lives of coaches’ wives, and FNN Network will do a special show to honor them Oct. 22.
Before the luxury motorcoaches, before the jets and the Sunday morning charter flights, before name-brand hotels and boring lifestyles of health and abstinence, there was The Alabama Breakdown. And there was Marty Robbins, pool-side in the wee hours.
Don’t look now, college football fans in Alabama, but another one of those seasons is taking shape … the kind with Iron Bowls that actually mean something.
Nick Saban says the relatively new NCAA redshirt rule wasn’t intended for college football players to play the first four games of a season, then decide they’d rather redshirt and go elsewhere.
No. 1 Alabama is off, and so is No. 2 Clemson. Even so, there’s a terrific game to watch when Auburn plays at Florida.
It’s hard to top the sermon John Grass gave Monday, following Jacksonville State’s loss at Austin Peay last week.
Rock, paper, scissors. And DeVonta Smith.
He has a Talladega trophy. He is the third-most successful driver there over the past nine races. He has more restrictor plate victories than Kurt Busch and Martin Truex. He has more wins at Talladega and Daytona than half the original 16 contenders for this season’s championship.
The email subject line says, “Jalen Hurts’ Heisman Odds improve; Tua remains the favorite.” The source is BookMaker.eu.
Is the Southeastern Conference still No. 1? Does the league really have the best college football?
Alabama, Auburn and Jacksonville State face important conference games Saturday, and all three are favored.
In less than a week, we all get to witness the glory of postseason baseball, and I think October is going to end with the Los Angeles Dodgers finally winning their first World Series since 1988. I mean, third time’s the charm, right?
JACKSONVILLE — So much for the ol' trap game.
The defensive struggle everyone expected? Kevin Steele’s unit delivered, but Gus Malzahn had other ideas.
The standards for employment on a NASCAR pit crew were somewhat less strict, to put it lightly, 36 years ago. That’s when such employment might simply be a perk of spending the occasional evening in the company of a race car driver, with frosty mugs on the table and music in the air.
