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Opinion | It’s time to end the protein craze
When I went shopping last week, I saw something that many of us have grown more and more used to over the past few months: protein-enhanced products that don’t seem to have any right to the label. Protein chips, protein cereal, protein popcorn and even protein ice cream. Out of…
Opinion | Stop making excuses for unhealthy habits
So much of college culture, especially at a big SEC school, is tied up in unhealthy habits. Not just minorly detrimental habits like limited sleep and stress, but more serious ones such as alcohol and substance abuse. We live in an environment that not only does not encourage…
Opinion | Debating away the stereotype of Trump’s America, one meal at a time
When I sat down for dinner on the first night of my homestay in France, dinner debate began immediately. Chats about the upcoming French presidential election, midterms in the United States and energy prices all hit the table early. Not unexpectedly, my host mom posed the…
Saturday Slate: Picking Alabama-Mississippi State and other Week 5 matchups
No. 7 Alabama football made quick work of South Carolina last week but will encounter its first ranked test of 2026 as it travels to Starkville, Mississippi, in the first of three Top 25 opponents in a row. Here’s who I am riding with in Week 5, as the Crimson Tide looks for its…
Aden Holloway’s possession of marijuana charge dismissed
Alabama men’s basketball guard Aden Holloway cleared another legal hurdle in his bid to return to the court. The senior’s possession of marijuana charge was dismissed Sept. 17 after he completed the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s second-chance drug program, AL.com reported…
Recapping the history of the Battle for Highway 82 rivalry
The Alabama Crimson Tide will head to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on a Mississippi State team with a surging offense under star quarterback Kamario Taylor. An introduction to the rivalry itself Mississippi State’s campus is located exactly 86.1 miles away from The University…
Setting the stage for Keelon Russell vs. Kamario Taylor
October 1, 2016, gave us one of the best regular-season quarterback matchups in college football history between No. 3 Louisville’s future Heisman Trophy and multi-time NFL MVP winner Lamar Jackson and No. 5 Clemson’s future top-10 pick and Heisman finalist Deshaun Watson. The…
Alabama Volleyball slips to 0-2 in SEC play
Alabama volleyball’s SEC record falls to 0-2 after losing in three sets to the Ole Miss Rebels in the Crimson Tide’s SEC home opener. The first set was close at the beginning, but the Rebels’ defense and attacking skills were too much for the Crimson Tide to handle, and they…
Opinion | Women in sports are more than something to look at
“Think you know sports? Prove it.” That is the challenge Sydney Sweeney delivers in Novig’s latest sports-betting advertisement. On its surface, there is nothing wrong with challenging sports fans to prove what they know. The sports world is full of debates, statistics and…