2011 College Football Preview: Can the No. 1 Crimson Tide Roll to a Second National Title in Three Years?
Posted: August 16, 2011 Filed under: Weekly Issue | Tags: Andrew Luck, college football Top 25, Cornhuskers, Crimson Tide, Gamecocks, Sooners, Sports Illustrated Cover, Stanford Cardinal Comments Off
Five teams share the honors of gracing the cover for Sports Illustrated’s 2011 College Football Preview (dated Aug. 22 and on newsstands tomorrow): No. 1 Alabama (RB Trent Richardson), No. 2 Oklahoma (QB Landry Jones), No. 4 Stanford (QB Andrew Luck), No. 7 South Carolina (WR Alshon Jeffery) and No. 9 Nebraska (DT Jared Crick).
Those are just five team’s in SI’s preseason Top 25. To find out the rest, go to Sports Illustrated’s official Facebook page and, if you’re not already a fan, click the “Like” button. Then, on the lefthand side of the page, click “Fan’s Only” (third option from the top) to see our Top 25, which includes video previews of Teams 1-9 from SI.com senior writers Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples.
Crimson Tide Athletes Help Heal a Community That Has Always Cheered Them On
Posted: May 17, 2011 Filed under: Lars Anderson, Magazine, Weekly Issue | Tags: Alabama Relief Auction, American Red Cross, Crimson Tide, Lars Anderson, Tuscaloosa Comments OffI’ve worked at the magazine for nearly 17 years, and this was the most emotionally-charged, heartbreaking story I’ve ever written. But from the piece I hope the readers take away a sense of hope, which is a very real, prevelent feeling right now in Tuscaloosa. – Lars Anderson
Crimson Tide Athletes Help Heal a Community That Has Always Cheered Them On
Bid on Items in Sports Illustrated Alabama Relief Auction to Benefit the American Red Cross
(NEW YORK – May 17, 2011) – The cover story of this week’s May 23, 2011, issue of Sports Illustrated—on newsstands tomorrow—documents both the aftermath of the deadly tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 27 and how the Crimson Tide athletic community is helping in the relief effort. To download a hi-res JPEG of this week’s cover, click here.
When the most powerful tornado in the history of Alabama ripped through “T-Town” with winds of up to 190 mph, it caused damage that will take years to recover from. Senior writer Lars Anderson (@LarsAndersonSI), who lives in Birmingham and taught a sportswriting class at the University of Alabama this spring, spoke with several students and Tuscaloosa residents, each of whom has their own story from that tragic day. The outpouring of support from the Alabama athletic community has included but has not been limited to:
• More than $1 million in donations to the relief effort from the school’s athletic department.
• Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Javier Arenas, a member of the Crimson Tide’s 2009 national championship team, bought $1,600 worth of supplies and Tweeted that he would give it away outside of a mall.
• 15 members of Alabama’s baseball team helped a mother of one of the six students killed search the wreckage for a white dress that the mother wanted to bury her daughter in.
Says football coach Nick Saban: “We can create a psychological escape for the people of this town. They have a great passion for sports, and we’ll be there for them.”
Sports Illustrated is helping with the recovery effort with an Alabama relief auction to benefit the American Red Cross. Users can bid on items such as a dinner anywhere in the continental U.S. with Peter King, two tickets to the 2011 Sportsman of the Year Celebration in New York later this year, classic Crimson Tide cover reprints and custom print photographs of Joe Namath and Bear Bryant signed by legendary photographer Neil Leifer. To bid on an item, click here. Items will be open for bidding between now and 2-3 pm EST on May 25.
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