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On the legendary Ray Perkins and an unlikely friendship
Not many people knew Ray Perkins better, or shared a mutual respect with him longer, than Charles Hollis. This is astounding when you...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Dec 16, 2020


Auburn finally gets that Gus had to go
Auburn was right. Late but right. After eight years of spectacular but temporary firework displays tempered by longer stretches of...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Dec 13, 2020


BuckyBall blasts off at Samford
One day we'll say we were there, those of us in greater Birmingham who love basketball, who ventured out to the Pete Hanna Center on...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Nov 26, 2020


Saluting UAB football's epic home run
You lose, you bitch. That's the way it works most places, more so here when it comes to football. The more you win, the more you bitch...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 28, 2020


Birmingham's hoops legacy is back, baby!
First, Auburn shattered the state's inexplicable Final Four barrier. Now, Birmingham is reviving the city's rich NCAA Basketball...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 15, 2020


When that kid scored, this coach melted
The little boy was just that. Little. Even for a 9-year-old. He was kinda short and a bit on the thin side, couldn't run all that fast or...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 10, 2020


No one vexes Gus like Kirby Smart
Of all the unsolved mysteries of the Auburn football universe, there is none more mysterious than this: Gus Malzahn has more trouble with...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 1, 2020


The reward for patience: SEC football
You can ascribe any number of virtues to Southeastern Conference football. (Vices sold separately.) Excellence and abundance spring to...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Sep 25, 2020


I called him Pat: Rest in peace to the man who made Auburn ... Auburn
It's been hard enough to imagine the next football season these past few months. Now we have to imagine it without Pat Dye. As if there...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Jun 2, 2020


That time Michael Jordan came to town
New rule. Call it a Jordan rule in honor of "The Last Dance." If you ever breathed the same air as Michael Jordan, no matter how...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Apr 27, 2020


E.J. Brophy looks for his next professional challenge
If the world hadn't changed and the sports world hadn't stopped thanks to the COVID-19 crisis, E.J. Brophy would've been all about...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Apr 11, 2020


Faith, family and UAB football fuel a timely new book
There is no bad time to read a good book, but there's never been a better time. We are medically threatened, physically distanced and...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 21, 2020


Andy Kennedy right where he should be back at UAB
You can discuss how good the job actually is. You can deliberate on the state of the program, the state of the conference and the state...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 21, 2020


Kids and sports endure
We all need reasons to smile during this challenging time in our lives. Nothing makes us smile like kids playing ball. Enjoy....

Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 19, 2020


On the day sports stopped
The next time you're tempted to buy into the notion that this is all about the money, see Greg Sankey. See him on March 12, 2020, in...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 12, 2020


Who's afraid of Big Blue Bully Kentucky? It ain't Auburn
Two very good college basketball teams, the two very best teams and programs in the Southeastern Conference, will tango Saturday in Rupp...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Feb 28, 2020


Be glad Tua passed this way
Before he said a word Monday, you could tell it was over and Tua Tagovailoa would never pass this way again. You could tell by the look...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Jan 6, 2020


Raise a glass to Auburn hoops, the 2019 state team of the year
In the last 310 days, the Auburn men's basketball team has played 25 games. Strange-but-true fact: The Tigers have won 24 of those 25...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Dec 30, 2019


Bill Clark chooses UAB and Birmingham again, and everyone wins
Bill Clark left town Wednesday. It's true, but don't be alarmed. He simply took his UAB football team to New Orleans to finish preparing...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Dec 19, 2019


The Iron Bowl in Auburn: Ain't nothin' like it nowhere
Ray Perkins warned you. He warned all of you whose all-purpose exclamation is Roll Tide. Nothing good can come of it if Alabama goes to...

Kevin Scarbinsky
Dec 2, 2019
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