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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

The Closer

The Closer

Kelly Ward September 3, 2015

Somehow — between the demands of fall camp and football season, the demands of his position, perhaps the most demanding in the state — Nick Saban has time. Time to help, time to work with other coaches...

Dana Duckworth continues championship legacy

Dana Duckworth continues championship legacy

Kayla Montgomery April 15, 2015

Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth doesn’t like 
to lose.After falling off the balance beam in the 1991 NCAA Championships, Duckworth learned her lesson.“She didn’t win the balance beam,”...

Senior close out careers in Coleman

Senior close out careers in Coleman

Kayla Montgomery March 11, 2015

In their career, the Alabama gymnastics seniors have seen a conference championship, three regional championships and a national title. They’ve seen the end of one era and the beginning of another as...

Alabama-Georgia gymnastics rivalry starts new era

Alabama-Georgia gymnastics rivalry starts new era

Kayla Montgomery February 19, 2015

It was, for decades, the biggest rivalry in college gymnastics.The University of Alabama versus The University of Georgia pitted two rival coaches – Alabama’s former coach Sarah Patterson and UGA’s...

Mainz Mania: UA women's tennis coach enters nineteenth season

Mainz Mania: UA women's tennis coach enters nineteenth season

Kayla Montgomery February 18, 2015

Much has changed around the UA Athletics Department in the span of almost two decades. Facilities have grown grander as budgets have gotten bigger, handfuls of coaches have come and gone and come again...

Gymnastics posts season-high score to beat Boise State

Kayla Montgomery February 14, 2015

Not even Friday the 13th could stop the Alabama gymnastics team.On the famously unlucky evening, Alabama gymnastics followed several personal-bests and two team-best apparatus scores to beat Boise State...

Power of Pink

Power of Pink

Kayla Montgomery February 12, 2015

For 36 years, coach Sarah Patterson was the face of the Alabama gymnastics team. Her 1,006 wins, 43 postseason championships and six national championships with the Crimson Tide, as well as her philanthropic...

A Lasting Legacy

A Lasting Legacy

Kelly Ward February 12, 2015

If football at Alabama is king, then Sarah Patterson was queen. No other Alabama figure led with such grace and charm as Patterson. She isn’t the most legendary figure – not even she could come close...

Gymnastics team opens Duckworth era with win

Gymnastics team opens Duckworth era with win

Kayla Montgomery January 10, 2015

Much was the same for the Alabama gymnastics team's season opener against Arizona Friday night. The team took the floor to the same pyrotechnic introduction, Coleman Coliseum still recorded 12,000-plus...

Taking the Floor: Duckworth prepares for first meet after Patterson retirement

Taking the Floor: Duckworth prepares for first meet after Patterson retirement

Kayla Montgomery January 8, 2015

For the first time in 36 seasons, the No. 4 Alabama gymnastics team will take the floor with a new face at the helm of the program. In the first meet of the season against No. 21 Arizona at 7 p.m. Friday, Dana...

Thanks for the memories

CW Editorial Board July 15, 2014

Sarah Patterson was named head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team in 1978. She was hired by legendary Alabama football coach and athletic director Paul “Bear” Bryant, who was in the...

An open letter from Sarah Patterson

Sarah Patterson July 15, 2014

After much thought and prayer, and after much consultation with Athletics Director Bill Battle and our President, Dr. Judy Bonner, I have decided to step down from the only job I have ever known since...