“My country when she is right.’ Because patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It had been awhile since I entered the hallowed corridors of Bryant-Denny Stadium, one of the premier cathedrals…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson – The scariest thing about this Halloween is that Donald Trump is still president. The good news on Thursday is that the Washington Nationals stunned the betting favorite Houston Astros in game seven of the World Series Wednesday night, bringing home a maiden national championship to the nation’s…
By Glynn Wilson – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Nothing gets the people of Alabama fired up like football. It’s even been called the state religion. But in the best piece of journalism ever published on the subject, Rick Bragg debunked that notion a few years back in Sports Illustrated. “They say college football is religion in…
Bear Bryant was interviewed by students at Birmingham’s Parker High School in 1973 – Please click on this link and hit subscribe to our YouTube channel to help save us from losing advertising revenue (see explanation below). Students interview University of Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant at Parker High School in Birmingham the day…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — After spending the past five months living and working in the nation’s capital, and the better part of the past four years in Washington, Maryland and Virginia, I took a break on Saturday to get an up close look at football Saturday in the…
By Walter Simon – I’m not much of a football fan. But due to circumstances beyond my control, I ended up in a house watching the Alabama-LSU game last night and something dawned on me. In American football, we have it all ass backwards. The defense should be called the offense, and the offense is…
