Alabama Crimson Tide

To understand how the recession will affect college sports, scan the headlines. On Monday, Florida coach Urban Meyer agreed to a six-year contract that will pay him $4 million a year. Earlier this year, the Alabama...

Last week, media from across the country convened in Hoover, Ala., for what amounted to three days of gushing over Tim Tebow, Eric Berry and the league's new multi-billion dollar TV deal. I wasn't even there and...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- I just spent the past hour asking recruits if they were virgins. OK, I'm kidding. I only asked the ones who had committed to SEC schools.

I had a feeling no matter what I wrote about the NCAA's penalty against Alabama for Textbookgate, a ton of mail would follow. Crimson Tide fans didn't disappoint. As we try to slog through the longest months of the...

Barring an appeal, the NCAA will put Alabama on single-secret probation for three years and force the Crimson Tide to vacate 21 football wins from the 2005-07 seasons because several players used their textbook money...