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Alabama vs Kentucky: A Historical Retrospective
Since Alabama and Kentucky first met on the gridiron 92 years ago, the Wildcats have garnered a victory on just two occasions; in 1922 and in 1997 (the two teams battled to a 7-7 tie in 1939). While...
An Interview with Mike Vigilant
The suggestion seemed logical enough at the time. As the premier theatrical voice in the state, shouldn’t the Alabama Shakespeare Festival produce a play about the life of the state’s mos...
"Bear Country" Begins this Week
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival production of "Bear Country" - a play depicting the life of Coach Paul W. Bryant - comes to Birmingham on Thursday at the Virginia Samford Theatre. Our...
RBR Reading Room: The Junction Boys
Jim Dent’s 2001 book The Junction Boys has pretty much become required reading for understanding the peculiar methods of leadership employed by Coach Paul W. Bryant during the first half of his...
'Bear Country' Ain't Nothing But A Winner
Last week I made my way to Montgomery to view the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Bear Country, a play about the life of Paul "Bear" Bryant. I will confess up front that I went into this ...






