The Jumbo Package | 5.10.12

Top Seed Alabama Hosts Eighth Seeded Mississippi State – rolltide.com The third ranked Alabama softball team (47-7 overall, 23-5 SEC) enters the Southeastern Conference Tournament as the top seed after winning its third straight and fourth overall, SEC title over the weekend. The Crimson Tide will open tournament play on Thursday, May 10, against eighth seeded Mississippi State at 7 p.m., on ESPN

This is a copy of a letter written by Bear Bryant to an Alabama player over summer break that has…

This is a copy of a letter written by Bear Bryant to an Alabama player over summer break that has been making the e-mail rounds lately (a larger version is here ). It seems legitimate as the stationary matches what was used by the UA athletic department at that time. Chattanoogan sports columnist Roy Exum even did a piece on it last Tuesday.

The Jumbo Package | 5.11.12

Alabama advances to SEC Tournament semi-finals with 5-2 win over Mississippi State : CW Sports The Alabama softball team continued its winning streak against Mississippi State Thursday in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Tide gets commitment from state’s top junior hoops star

Anthony Grant and the Crimson Tide basketball team received a huge commitment on Friday from 6’9″ forward Jimmie Taylor of Greensboro.

The Jumbo Package | 5.12.12

Dont’a Hightower looks, sounds like Belichick’s type of player – The Boston Globe It wasn’t that [Dont'a Hightower] was gruff when he met with the media Friday before an on-field session at rookie minicamp, and he did crack a smile or two, but for the most part Hightower was matter-of-fact when talking about acclimating himself to the playbook, the coaching staff, and learning how to do whatever it takes to help the Patriots win. In other words, he’s a Belichick kind of guy. Bryant had E.J.

SEC Softball Tournament Championship Game Open Thread | Them Again?

Crimson Tide Softball attempts to secure both the regular season and tournament championships in a half hour, facing the Florida Gators one more time. Alabama defeated Georgia yesterday thanks to a solo shot homer from Courtney Conley in the third inning and some solid defensive play to keep the Bulldogs scoreless despite giving them several opportunities. Jackie Traina pitched a complete game, giving up six hits and striking out five, to improve to 33-2 on the season : “I wish she’d get three up, three down, for sure, with nobody on,” Murphy said

Three Arkansas football players have been arrested for residential burglary this afternoon,…

Three Arkansas football players have been arrested for residential burglary this afternoon, according to the Washington County Detention Center website. Wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey and tight end Andrew Peterson have been booked into the Washington County Detention Center after being arrested by the University of Arkansas Police Department. All three players have been charged with residential burglary.

Twitter: Cecil Hurt Kudos to softball and all, but baseball keeps seeing how far this cellar…

Twitter: Cecil Hurt Kudos to softball and all, but baseball keeps seeing how far this cellar descends. At this point we ought to hire a modern day Walter Matthau as manager and have him drive around in an old yellow convertible while chugging cheap canned beer. If you’re going to be this bad you ought to at least be mildly entertaining.

Magic City Art Connection IV- Caughtcha!

My friend Clark Scott and I run into each other all over town.  Last Sunday we did it again.

Magic City Art Connection V – Young Picassos

” Every child is an artist.

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