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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

Useful lessons I learned as an Alabama athlete

Alexis Paine February 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: Alexis Paine is a member of The University of Alabama’s track and field team and works as a staff reporter for the Crimson White. For the past four years, I have spent the majority...

Crimson Tide looking to reverse 3-game skid against LSU

Caroline Gazzara February 28, 2013

The Alabama women’s basketball team will travel to Baton Rouge, La., Thursday to face the LSU Tigers, hoping to end their eight-game losing streak. Alabama sits in the No. 13 spot in the Southeastern...

Stop overreacting about NFL Combine, Alabama basketball NCAA tournament hopes

Billy Whyte February 28, 2013

Around this time of year, with the NFL Draft and March Madness looming, sports fans and sports media start to overreact to everything that happens. In particular, we are too focused on the NFL Combine...

Feel-good sports stories allow escape

Andrew Clare February 28, 2013

It seems like every year in sports there are always feel-good or comeback stories, and every year, sports fans fall in love with these stories. Why do we always embrace and pay more attention to these...

Baseball team to host Green Wave

Kevin Connell February 28, 2013

After posting their fourth come-from-behind victory of the season against Samford Tuesday, the Alabama baseball team will complete their four-game home stand with a three-game series against the Tulane...

Alabama, LSU both offer 8th grader scholarship money to play for their team in 2017

Zachary Al-Khateeb February 28, 2013

As much as I’m a fan of college football, every once in a while a story pops up that just makes me shake my head in disbelief, whether for good or bad. Sometimes, a story is simply so unbelievable,...

Grant getting ready to face Gators in Gainesville

Charlie Potter February 28, 2013

Alabama men’s basketball head coach Anthony Grant lives by telling his team to approach its schedule one game at a time. But a monumental matchup with the No. 8 Florida Gators is anything but just another...

US athletes are no longer diplomats

Kelly Ward February 28, 2013

On Feb. 22, 1980, a team of amateur hockey players represented an entire nation deeply embedded in the Cold War. This team took on the Soviet hockey team, but more importantly, this team took on communism...

Alabama to clash with UCLA in top-ten matchup

Marquavius Burnett February 28, 2013

When Alabama and UCLA take to the mats, the stakes are always high. Between the two programs, there are 12 total national championships. Alabama has taken the last two in a row and UCLA won its last title...

Tide still undefeated after routing Bulldogs 11-0 in 5 innings

Kelly Ward February 28, 2013

The Alabama softball team routed Samford 11-0 Wednesday in front of a crowd of 2,602 people. It was the still-undefeated Tide’s 17th win this season. Leslie Jury pitched a one-hitter through five innings....

Softball team consistently selling out Rhoads

Adrienne Burch February 28, 2013

Thousands of Crimson Tide fans made the trip to Tuscaloosa last weekend to see a national championship team return to their home field for the first time this season. This time, the fans didn’t come...

Alabama women’s tennis team’s grit and chemistry contribute to success

Andrew Clare February 28, 2013

For the first time in school history the Alabama women’s tennis team is ranked in the top five in the country. The Crimson Tide has started the year off with an 8-1 record; the only lost the Tide has...