My dear friends and neighbors in the Crimson Nation: you do realize that under Coach Saban, a critical mass of success has been handily achieved, right? I’m talking about that level of winning at which people hate you just for that. I’m talking about that plane at which even fans peripheral to the sport pay … Read more
I just wrote a piece for Rocket City Mom’s Offbeat Hobbies series about the Rocket City Rebels—our own hometown children’s roller derby team. The more I learned about it, the more I thought “wow, this is really neat!” Then I thought about how much I might have liked to try it as a child (which … Read more
Well, some of you called it. Though my feelings about the chronic traumatic encephalopathy epidemic remain strong, I will not be altogether saying goodbye to football this fall. For one thing, I’m physically going to football games for at least four more years. You see, it seems they play football before and after my sons … Read more