tide Page 12 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
I Wrote The Nick Saban Biography. Come Ask Me Stuff About Him.
Monte Burke is the author of Saban: The Making of a Coach, which was excerpted here last week and is available for purchase now. He’s going to be hanging out in the comments section below, answering any questions you might have about Saban, or anything else for that matter. Go ask him stuff!...
Former Raiders QB Ken Stabler Dead At 69
Former NFL quarterback Ken Stabler, who led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI in 1977, died yesterday at the age of 69. According to his family, Stabler died due to complications with colon cancer, and donated his brain and spinal cord to Boston University to study degenerative brain diseases....
Another Batter Catches Ball After HBP, Throws It Back To Pitcher
Just days after we watched Arizona State’s Johnny Sewald catch his own hit by pitch, it happened again last night as Norfolk Tides outfielder Dariel Álvarez snagged Manny Delcarmen’s errant pitch and returned it back to the former Red Sox hurler himself....
![Jonathan Taylor Is No Longer Enrolled At Alabama [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/hjkifnnbu16ttv3tdenp.png)
Jonathan Taylor Is No Longer Enrolled At Alabama [Update]
Jonathan Taylor is no longer enrolled at Alabama, and the defensive lineman can’t re-enroll, AL.com reported today. It also pointed out that although the university isn’t calling this an expulsion it sure sounds like one....
Jonathan Taylor's Accuser Recants; Cops Still Investigating Incident
The woman who told police that Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor assaulted her has recanted her story, according to AL.com. Taylor was arrested Saturday on domestic violence charges, and was subsequently kicked off of Alabama’s football team. ...
Nick Saban Says Alleged Woman-Beating D-Lineman "Still A Good Person"
Alabama head coach Nick Saban refused to apologize for signing defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor, saying the player's "still a good person" despite facing charges in two separate domestic violence cases in two different states. ...
Jonathan Taylor Kicked Off Football Team At Alabama
After a second domestic violence arrest in as many years, Alabama DT Jonathan Taylor has been kicked off the team, the school announced Sunday. Taylor was arrested on two domestic violence charges Saturday. ...
Alabama DT Jonathan Taylor Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges
Alabama Crimson Tide defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor was arrested on charges of domestic violence third-degree assault and domestic violence third-degree criminal mischief Saturday night. ...
Why An Alabama Recruit Is Channeling Zac Efron In <i>High School Musical</i>
You could say Richie Petitbon III's senior year took a dramatic turn....
Fake Kevin Steele Twitter Account Caught Sliding Into DMs To Recruit
Earlier this month LSU hired Alabama linebackers coach Kevin Steele to be their new defensive coordinator. He quickly started up a Twitter account and hit the road recruiting, trying to help LSU bounce back from a disappointing 8-5 season. Former LSU baseball player (and two time World Series champi...
Three Players Ejected After Punches Thrown In Auburn-Alabama Fight
Alabama's Breanna Hayden and Meoshonti Knight and Auburn's Hasina Muhammad all earned ejections during the first half of the Crimson Tide-Tigers game in Tuscaloosa tonight after a fight that featured a few punches and one tumbling referee....
Please God Let Adam Silver Be Serious About An NBA Version Of The FA Cup
NBA commissioner Adam Silver had the integrity to witness for himself the crime against sport that was the Knicks-Bucks game in London yesterday. While Brits probably didn't learn anything useful about our sports by watching the worst of what we have to offer, Silver might've taken something posit...
Ohio State Beats Alabama And The College Football Final Is Set
Ohio State and Urban Meyer exorcised some demons tonight. ...
Your 2015 College Football Playoff Cheat Sheet
College football begins a new era today. After years of frustration with the Bowl Championship Series, there's finally a playoff to crown a national champion. If you haven't followed the season closely to this point but want to follow along, here's a quick rundown of what you should know about each...
Dad Removes Son's Tooth With A Golf Ball And Some String
We've got a few dads on staff, and so I asked them if this video, in which a dad whacks the hell out of a golf ball that is attached to a string tied around his son's loose tooth, is an example of good or bad dadding. ...
No Sexy Hangers: The Ask A Clean Person Holiday Gift Guide Rejects
Each year since I became a professional Clean Person—as opposed to what I was prior to that, which was a regular old compulsively clean and weirdly knowledgeable person—I've taken great joy from compiling a guide of holiday gifts to give to loved ones, clean or dirty. This year's version appears o...
Alabama, Oregon, FSU, And Ohio State Make College Football Playoff
Your college football playoff selections are here, and Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, and Ohio State will face off to decide this season's national champion....
Brawl Between Auburn And Alabama Fans Ends With Guy Pulling A Gun
You can't really make out a whole lot in this video of a fight between Auburn and Alabama fans, save for the typical shirtlessness and hollerin', but if you pay real close attention you can see, as the YouTube description states, a dude popping out of the car at the 30-second mark and brandishing ...
Notorious Finebaum Caller Tammy Joins Iron Bowl Simulcast [UPDATE]
Paul Finebaum's radio show has long had its cast of compelling, crazy, or cretinous callers, and Auburn fan Tammy is one of its most famous. She joined the SEC Network call-in simulcast of tonight's Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa, and let loose with her usual flow of.. words, sort of....