It was Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, the millionth day of a 100-year, shadow-of-death drought that the Associated Press voted the state of Alabama’s top news story that year, bigger than that horrible tornado in Enterprise, bigger than the governor going to federal prison for bribery. Nearly 2 million residents were living under water restrictions, including folks in Tallapoosa … [Read more...] about The Fall and Rise of Pat Dye’s Pants
The great Auburn University pigeon extermination of 1972
Things sure have changed in Auburn. These days, all we do is coddle lazy owls and provide eagles with free cataract surgery so they won't trigger PETA alarms by crashing into windows or whatever. Those days, April 1972 to be exact, were were just walking around killing pigeons with our bare hands. It was the poop. Charles Simmons, Auburn's assistant director of … [Read more...] about The great Auburn University pigeon extermination of 1972
‘Like a herd of buffalo’: Keith Hernandez on Bo Jackson
Nolan Ryan talked about Bo saving his life in 2014 biography "Nolan Ryan: The Making of a Pitcher." Keith Hernandez talked about Bo nearly ending his life in an interview about his 2018 memoir "I'm Keith Hernandez." "The only time I was ever scared, when I was older, in my last year in Cleveland, Oakland Raider running back that played for Kansas City, … [Read more...] about ‘Like a herd of buffalo’: Keith Hernandez on Bo Jackson
So Dee Ford and Jay Jacobs walk into a bar…
It's about time Jay Jacobs bought Dee Ford a glass of rosé. He is, after all, the man responsible for getting her into this whole thing—going on five years of waking up at 4 a.m. to ride the Auburn football roller coaster as eagerly as anyone across the pond... "Whatever Dee wants, Dee gets," he says, and they all laugh. I have them on Skype. They're at a pub called The … [Read more...] about So Dee Ford and Jay Jacobs walk into a bar…
It’s Pronounced Jordan: Investigating Shug’s links to the Sausage King of Vestavia
Where exactly did Kess Fabian live? Was he married? Was he not? Somebody had to do it. If you like TWER, please consider becoming one of the 100. Thanks! … [Read more...] about It’s Pronounced Jordan: Investigating Shug’s links to the Sausage King of Vestavia