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A-Day showcases new talent

Marquavius Burnett April 15, 2012

The 2012 A-Day offered fans one last opportunity to be engulfed in the football atmosphere until the fall. It gave coaches one last chance to evaluate the team before summer workouts begin in a month...

Yeldon runs away with MVP title at A-Day

Yeldon runs away with MVP title at A-Day

Zachary Al-Khateeb April 15, 2012

In the Alabama Crimson Tide’s annual A-Day game Saturday, freshman running back T.J. Yeldon proved Alabama still has some talent in the backfield after the departure of Trent Richardson. In front of...

White team wins steak dinner, A-Day 24-15

Zachary Al-Khateeb April 14, 2012

The Alabama football team wrapped up its spring training Saturday with its annual A-Day game in front of 78,526 fans. The White team, led by the first-team defense, defeated the Crimson team, led by the...

If the Tide were the X-Men

Zachary Al-Khateeb April 11, 2012

I’ve been thinking. With all the excitement surrounding the upcoming A-Day game this Saturday, it seems like a lot of the fans have hyped up the players as much as they can. Not to say there’s anything...

Football duo brings basketball background to field

Football duo brings basketball background to field

Marc Torrence April 10, 2012

Tight end Brian Vogler and linebacker Adrian Hubbard are not strangers by any means. The two often find themselves lined up opposite each other in practice, whether they’re in coverage on a passing play...

Leadership key to not creating a 2010 repeat

Brett Hudson April 9, 2012

In part one of this three-part series of columns, you (hopefully) read my take on the football team’s new class of young guys, which was highly positive, in summation. This presents a problem. You could...

Tide scrimmages for last time before A-Day

Marc Torrence April 6, 2012

The Alabama Crimson Tide took to the field for its second scrimmage of spring practice on Friday, the last time it will practice in Bryant-Denny Stadium before April 14’s A-Day game. “I would say...

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...

Players compete for starting positions

Brett Hudson March 26, 2012

While real depth-chart decisions will not be made until the season-opener against Michigan, there is certainly some battling going on with the goal in mind of having an upper hand heading into the fall....

Players adjust to practice after break

Players adjust to practice after break

Brett Hudson March 19, 2012

The Alabama football team finished its second day of spring training Monday after the Tide took a 10-day hiatus from its last practice on March 9 for spring break. Head coach Nick Saban said he thought...

Alabama stars shine for scouts

Alabama stars shine for scouts

Marquavius Burnett March 8, 2012

The University of Alabama held its annual pro day for former Crimson Tide players Wednesday with 12 draft-eligible players participating and all 32 NFL teams in attendance. Kevin Colbert, the Pittsburgh...

‘Finishing’ a good theme for football, but every sport?

Tony Tsoukalas February 8, 2012

I had a talk with chief copy editor John Davis on Monday about how, at Alabama, football is so entrenched in everyone’s mind that there is little room for other sports to develop their own identity....