Oxford running back Racean Thomas is a finalist for Class 6A Back of the Year. (Photo by Trent Penny)
Dec 29, 2012 | 
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Oxford’s Racean Thomas is a finalist for Class 6A Back of the Year, and Piedmont’s Jamie Major is a finalist for 3A Lineman.
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Bran Strickland
Bran Strickland is the sports editor for The Star. Follow him on Twitter @bran_strickland
Oct 08, 2012 |
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TALLADEGA --- Denny Hamlin’s approach to Talladega Superspeedway was not sexy. And he was apologetic. Hamlin hung out in the back of the field and avoided Sunday’s last-lap crash to come home with a clean car and a 14th place finish. With the finish, Hamlin preserves his hopes as a contender in the Chase for the Sprint Cup sitting third, 23 points behind leader Brad Keselowski.
Oct 07, 2012 |
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The key to winning at Talladega Superspeedway over the years has been having a good car. But Matt Kenseth won Sunday’s Good Sam Roadside Assistance, albeit indirectly, because he had a bad one.
Oct 07, 2012 |
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Twenty cars involved in late wreck; Stewart takes the blame
Oct 07, 2012 |
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While the stands will be co-ed today when the green flag drops on the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500, it will have a pink hue to shed light on October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Oct 04, 2012 |
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Who'll win this week's games? Jacksonville at Anniston? Piedmont at White Plains? Saks at Glencoe? Read on to find out what our resident prognosticator thinks.
Oct 04, 2012 |
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There was nothing generic about the rides that raced around the 2.66-mile tri-oval at Talladega Superspeedway on Wednesday. In a test for the 2013 models, there were different humps and curves to the sheet metal of the Fords, Chevrolets and Toyotas.
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Bran Strickland's prep picks column for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
Sep 20, 2012 |
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The picks contest in a nutshell: Go with what you know, but don’t overextend yourself. Oxford, Anniston, Fultondale. By and large, those were the three who doomed the picking public. But not everybody.
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Bearcats trying to find themselves after Jekyll and Hyde start
Sep 08, 2012 |
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Potential shone through in the form of 11 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.
But at times in the Yellow Jackets’ 25-16 loss to No. 2 Clay-Chalkville on Friday, the inexperience was blinding.
Sep 07, 2012 |
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With the deep belly laugh John Grass let out after Thursday’s practice, it may go down as one of the dumbest questions he’s ever been asked.
But to avoid assumption, it was asked nonetheless.
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Late starts are nothing new to Maurice Dupree. And neither are awards.
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Interstate systems today represent what the railroads did more than a century ago. As the main mode of transportation to take people to and fro, cities spring up the same way along both.
May 13, 2012 |
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HOOVER — Frazier Taylor’s face was drenched in sweat and plastered with a smile.
May 12, 2012 |
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Outside of a 10-run lead, the situation couldn’t have been any more perfect for Spain Park. Or any worse for Oxford.
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