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Crimson Tide hopes to avoid complacency in 2012 with leadership, focus

Crimson Tide hopes to avoid complacency in 2012 with leadership, focus

Marc Torrence April 2, 2012

The 2010 season wasn’t that long ago. That year, Alabama posted a 10-3 record — underwhelming for a Tide team that may have been more talented than its national title-winning predecessor. At times,...

Sarah Patterson “RoboCoach” coming soon

Marc Torrence March 29, 2012

They called for a statue. They cried for a monument. They called for anything to remember Alabama’s five-time national champion gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson. Well, they’re getting their wish....

The mystery of Duron Carter: where is the high-powered recruit?

The mystery of Duron Carter: where is the high-powered recruit?

Marc Torrence March 27, 2012

“Where is Duron Carter?” Go to any Alabama football event ­— a game, practice, press conference or even just a discussion among passionate fans — and you’re almost guaranteed to hear that question...

Alabama finishes second at SEC championships

Alabama finishes second at SEC championships

Marc Torrence March 25, 2012

Alabama had a chance to win its second Southeastern Conference title in as many years in Duluth, Ga., on Saturday but fell short, finishing second behind the Florida Gators. Here’s a closer look at the...

Road to the SEC Championship

Road to the SEC Championship

Marc Torrence March 21, 2012

The Alabama gymnastics team had a successful regular season by any measure. The team finished with an 11-1 record and is ranked No. 3 in the country, according to its Regional Qualifying Score. But the...

March Madness and tournament work for basketball, not football

Marc Torrence March 20, 2012

Upsets. Excitement. Heartbreak. Those are just three qualities on the endless list of reasons why the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the greatest spectacles in sports. By now, I’m sure...

Tide defeat Tar Heels on senior night

Marc Torrence March 16, 2012

It was senior night on Friday in Coleman Coliseum and the Alabama Crimson Tide’s two seniors didn’t disappoint fans. Geralen Stack-Eaton and Ashley Priess, competing for the last time in Tuscaloosa,...

Tide rebound against Tigers, 197.175-195.325

Marc Torrence March 9, 2012

Welcome to the SEC, Missouri. Competing against Alabama for the first time since it was announced that the Tigers would join the SEC next season, the No. 14 Tigers fell to the No. 4 Crimson Tide 197.175...

Tide ready to host soon-to-be SEC member Missouri

Tide ready to host soon-to-be SEC member Missouri

Marc Torrence March 8, 2012

The most recent wave of conference realignment saw the SEC add two new teams beginning this past fall: Texas A&M and Missouri. For Missouri, they will get their first taste of SEC action this weekend....

Which Alabama basketball team will show up in NOLA?

Which Alabama basketball team will show up in NOLA?

Marc Torrence March 7, 2012

Alabama basketball is not on the bubble of the NCAA tournament – for now. Many pundits (or bracketologists, as they’re also called) have the Crimson Tide penciled in somewhere between the eight and...

Gymnastics travels to Oklahoma for road test

Gymnastics travels to Oklahoma for road test

Marc Torrence March 1, 2012

Talk about a tough schedule. Fresh off of a convincing road win at LSU, the No. 5 Alabama gymnastics team will travel to Norman, Oklahoma this weekend to take on the No. 2 Sooners. Of the eight teams...

Crimson Chaos makes its presence felt

Crimson Chaos makes its presence felt

Marc Torrence March 1, 2012

Grayson Martin Senior Public Relations Dothan, Ala.   College basketball has seen it all: big heads, posters, signs – anything to distract the opposing team. But Grayson Martin wanted to do something...

Fifteen minutes of face

Fifteen minutes of face

Marc Torrence February 29, 2012

For many Internet sensations, fame comes from a YouTube video or a television gaffe. But for Alabama freshman Jack Blankenship, the attention comes from something completely different: a face. It all...

Bama travels to hostile LSU for rivalry meet

Bama travels to hostile LSU for rivalry meet

Marc Torrence February 23, 2012

Alabama and Louisiana State have always been rivals, but this season, things became extra tense between the two teams, particularly because of the drama surrounding the 2011 football season. This week,...

Sledge succeeds in and out of classroom

Sledge succeeds in and out of classroom

Marc Torrence February 22, 2012

For junior Ashley Sledge, balancing her pursuit of an advertising and public relations degree as well as competing on the Alabama gymnastics team is a daunting task. Her key to success? A planner. “I...

Time for Alabama basketball to look ahead, not back

Marc Torrence February 22, 2012

The last few weeks have certainly been a whirlwind for the Alabama men’s basketball team. The team was riding high after a double-overtime win against Ole Miss in early February. Since then, however,...

Tide crushes Arkansas to stay perfect on season

Tide crushes Arkansas to stay perfect on season

Marc Torrence February 20, 2012

Still undefeated in the Southeastern Conference. Still undefeated on the season. Still undefeated in pink. The No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks 197.65 – 196.125 in front...

Power of pink

Power of pink

Marc Torrence February 16, 2012

The Alabama gymnastics team is usually only concerned with two colors: crimson and white. This week, though, they’re all about pink. No. 6 Alabama will host the No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks for the Tide’s...

Tide needs to 'keep fire burning'

Tide needs to ‘keep fire burning’

Marc Torrence February 9, 2012

On the surface, it would appear that Alabama’s gymnastics meet with Kentucky this weekend would fall into the “trap game” category. The Crimson Tide put together its best team score since 2004 last...

Releford's speed key to success

Releford’s speed key to success

Marc Torrence February 8, 2012

Trevor Releford has the ball at the point. There are five seconds on the shot clock. Releford has to make a split-second decision. He looks for a pass; there’s nobody open. Four seconds on the shot clock....

Gutierrez dominates on the mat and in the classroom

Gutierrez dominates on the mat and in the classroom

Marc Torrence February 8, 2012

Junior gymnast Marissa Gutierrez has been a standout for the Alabama gymnastics team. Along with being a top athlete, Gutierrez earned placement on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for two years. During our...

Tide defeats Ole Miss in double overtime

Tide defeats Ole Miss in double overtime

Marc Torrence February 6, 2012

It wasn’t a dominant performance. It certainly wasn’t pretty. But the Alabama Crimson Tide will take it. Alabama found a way to beat the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday night in Coleman Coliseum in a game...

Tide vaults to victory over No. 3 Gators

Tide vaults to victory over No. 3 Gators

Marc Torrence February 6, 2012

The Million Dollar Band typically reserves “Rammer Jammer” for football and basketball games. After Alabama gymnastics’ convincing win over one of the top teams in the country, it just seemed too...

With Stack-Eaton out of the lineup, Tide aims to get Gators back

With Stack-Eaton out of the lineup, Tide aims to get Gators back

Marc Torrence February 2, 2012

It doesn’t get any easier for the No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team. After facing the current No. 4, No. 10 and No. 13 teams nationally in a row to start the season, the Tide returns home to...

Iron Bowl rivalry takes to the mat

Iron Bowl rivalry takes to the mat

Marc Torrence January 26, 2012

Whether it’s football or hopscotch, when the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers square off, there is a level of animosity unmatched by any other rivalry in sports. Gymnastics is no exception....

Patterson reflects on Bryant's death

Patterson reflects on Bryant’s death

Marc Torrence January 25, 2012

For the University of Alabama gymnastics team, last weekend’s meet in State College, Pennsylvania was supposed to be another ordinary trip. However, during the middle of its competition, the weekend...

Strong effort from Tide not enough in loss to Kentucky

Marc Torrence January 23, 2012

The Alabama Crimson Tide played one of its best games of the season after two straight losses in SEC play. Unfortunately, that’s not always enough against the Kentucky Wildcats. The No. 2 Wildcats...

Tide gymnastics heading to State College for meet

Tide gymnastics heading to State College for meet

Marc Torrence January 19, 2012

The Alabama gymnastics team will go on the road for the first time in the 2012 season for a quad meet in State College, Pennsylvania. Besides the Nittany Lions, the Crimson Tide will compete against the...

After ankle surgery last season, Priess back to anchor the Tide

After ankle surgery last season, Priess back to anchor the Tide

Marc Torrence January 18, 2012

Last offseason, the University of Alabama gymnastics team brought in a highly touted freshman class who played a major role in winning Alabama’s fourth national championship. Head coach Sarah Patterson...

Gymnast returns with a vengeance

Gymnast returns with a vengeance

Marc Torrence January 17, 2012

When Ashley Priess stepped onto the floor for Alabama’s final round of the night, she knew it would take a great routine to seal the Tide win. Competing in her first meet since ankle surgery forced...

Tide gymnastics to open season vs. Georgia

Tide gymnastics to open season vs. Georgia

Marc Torrence January 12, 2012

  In 2011, the University of Alabama gymnastics team won it all. The Tide took home its seventh Southeastern Conference Championship and fifth NCAA Championship to cap one of the most successful seasons...

It's the SEC's world--everyone else is just living in it

It’s the SEC’s world–everyone else is just living in it

Marc Torrence December 9, 2011

Stop if you’ve heard this one before. Team A’s defense is overrated because they play in the SEC, a conference with middle-of-the-road offenses. Team B’s high-flying offense is the best they’ll...

Different styles with Saban, Miles

Marc Torrence December 8, 2011

In a way, the Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers are mirror images of each other. Strong running game. Nasty defense. Explosive kick returners. But calling the shots on the sidelines, you could not...

Alabama awaits its postseason fate

Alabama awaits its postseason fate

Marc Torrence November 30, 2011

Playing the waiting game this week   While a select group of teams will be playing for a conference championship this weekend, the Alabama Crimson Tide finds itself in an awkward situation. The Tide...

Alabama looks to keep home winning streak alive

Alabama looks to keep home winning streak alive

Marc Torrence November 30, 2011

For most people, Feb. 27, 2010 doesn’t have much meaning, but for the Alabama men’s basketball team, it was the last time the team lost a game in Coleman Coliseum. Alabama has played 24 home games...

Tide basketball: a team we can all get behind

Marc Torrence November 22, 2011

What a difference a year makes. This time last year the Alabama men’s basketball team had hit rock bottom. It had lost to Seton Hall, Iowa and a team whose actual mascot is a peacock. It was hard to...

State of Alabama awaits Iron Bowl's traditions

State of Alabama awaits Iron Bowl’s traditions

Marc Torrence November 22, 2011

A lot of things didn’t go right for Alabama last season, but the biggest disappointment was easily the final game of the regular season. Alabama jumped out to a 24-0 lead on in-state rival Auburn, only...

Georgia Southern brings triple option

Georgia Southern brings triple option

Marc Torrence November 15, 2011

Power run game. Short throws. Move the chains. That’s what Alabama has seen in recent weeks from opposing offenses, but it will face an entirely new system when Georgia Southern comes to Bryant-Denny...

New kids on the SEC block

New kids on the SEC block

Marc Torrence November 9, 2011

Texas A&M ready to yell for the SEC               They say everything’s bigger in Texas, so it makes sense that one of the state’s flagship schools would want to join one of the most...

Tide looks to put LSU loss behind them

Tide looks to put LSU loss behind them

Marc Torrence November 8, 2011

The so-called “Game of the Century” lived up to its billing. It may not have shown on the scoreboard, but players and coaches both think that it was it was one of the toughest games they’ve been...

Tide prepares for season with exhibition game against UAH

Tide prepares for season with exhibition game against UAH

Marc Torrence November 7, 2011

Finally, the Alabama men’s basketball team can play someone other than themselves. The Tide will take to the hardwood tonight and square off against the University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers in...

Green stepping up as senior leader for men's basketball

Green stepping up as senior leader for men’s basketball

Marc Torrence October 31, 2011

Every great team in college basketball has one thing in common: a leader. Last year, it was Kemba Walker at UConn. The year before that it was Kyle Singler at Duke, and before that it was Tyler Hansborough...

Tide prepares for game of the year

Tide prepares for game of the year

Marc Torrence October 31, 2011

You can’t escape it. Everywhere on campus people are talking about the big game in Tuscaloosa this weekend. LSU. Alabama. Number one. Number two. College Gameday. Primetime on CBS. Many are billing...

Tide prepares for big season

Tide prepares for big season

Marc Torrence October 24, 2011

Tide ranked 17 in preseason coach’s poll Alabama may be in the middle of a memorable season on the gridiron, but just across from the football practice field at Coleman Coliseum, the Alabama men’s...

Tide looking to overcome slow starts

Tide looking to overcome slow starts

Marc Torrence October 17, 2011

Defense working to eliminate big plays   Alabama puts an emphasis on the fourth quarter and finishing games. But lately, the issue hasn’t been with the fourth quarter, but the first drive of the first...

Tide sees to player’s injuries

Marc Torrence October 11, 2011

Halftime Adjustments Critical in Tide Win In describing his team’s performance against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Alabama head coach Nick Saban referred back to high school English class. “I think that...