Joseph Goodman, Sports Donk 🎟🍺
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Lead sports columnist @ALdotcom. Author of "We Want Bama," a book about togetherness, hope and rum.
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Joined March 2009
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Reminder: NBA reporters work every Christmas. Thank you, NBA reporters.
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Lane Kiffin adds some valuable insight on Saban's "deez nutz" jokes. Says it started with @marlon_humphrey, who introduced Saban to the jokes. Saban took it from there. Deez nutz are a process.
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This time LAST YEAR, a kid named Tyler Johnson was playing for his life in the Orlando Summer. Now, $50 million contract. America.
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Oklahoma brought their kicker instead of Kyler to Orange Bowl media availability. This is the kicker.
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Alabama center Bradley Bozeman just proposed. She said yes.
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USC would lose to Alabama by 30 points.
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Army won 10 games this season and its offense completed 20 passes.
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Y’all, Auburn is still the best team in the country. They don’t need to be defended anymore. They just lost. It happens. Carry on. 🦚.
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Alabama starters Brandon Miller and Jaden Bradley are expected to play tonight against South Carolina. They shouldn't be on the team.
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BREAKING NEWS: There has been a significant outbreak of the coronavirus among construction workers at Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium, and a lack of transparency has put many others at risk.
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This is infuriating. LeBron James is one of the smartest people I've ever covered. His advocacy and social awareness have defined a generation of American athletes. He's also going to be a billionaire before he's 40. This anchor is pandering, obviously.
Laura Ingraham says #LeBronJames should "shut up and dribble" and leave political comments to people who didn't leave high school a year early.
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Henry To’oTo’o said this more than once in post game: “We’ll see them again.”.
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Auburn will go into the Iron Bowl as a completely new team than it was two weeks ago. Just think about that for a moment. Just think about what Carnell Williams has accomplished in such a short period of time. People might try to discount or downplay it, but this legendary stuff.
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Please read and share today, and help me celebrate the life of my wonderful son. Joseph "Taylor" Goodman, 22, was such a good boy, and inspiring young man.
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Reaction of Derrick Henry’s family from a hospital in Jacksonville. Family gathered with Derrick’s grandmother.
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Just learned that my mom, who has been locked on the floor of her senior facility since March, is getting the vaccine on Dec.21!.
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The U.S. awakens to Dear Alabama trending on Twitter. In the word of the Alabama A&M marching band:
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Bo Nix: Four completions in the first half. Tua Tagovailoa: Four touchdown passes in the first half.
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Alabama A&M’s band with one final message at the largest HBCU Classic in the country. #MagicCityClassic
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Jamea Harris' stepdad reached out to me on Wednesday. We talked for a long time. The man had things to say. Here's the column. Joseph Goodman: Jamea Harris family hurting after comments by Alabama’s Nate Oats .
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It is absolutely criminal the way the fraudulent College Football Playoff Committee is treating BYU. This system is a joke and this pandemic has only magnified that fact. Not only are they killing all the Title IX sports, they’re locking out everyone that’s not in the cabal.
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FINAL: Auburn 83, Georgia 60. A Wednesday night basketball game in February in Auburn, Alabama, feels like a Knicks playoff game at MSG. What is happening at Auburn is the wildest shit in sports.
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Alabama should be ahead of Georgia. Georgia has a loss to South Carolina, which is 4-6 with losses to Mizzou and Appy State. Alabama scored 47 points on South Carolina. Everyone realizes this is nonsense, right?.
@espn @BroncoSportsFB @CowboyFB @NavyFB @KStateFB @AppState_FB @NDFootball @GoBearcatsFB @MemphisFB @TexasFootball @HawkeyeFootball @GatorsFB @AuburnFootball @BUFootball @BadgerFootball @UMichFootball @Utah_Football @GopherFootball @PennStateFball @OU_Football @LSUfootball @OhioStateFB @ClemsonFB @GeorgiaFootball @AlabamaFTBL @oregonfootball Here’s the full #CFBPlayoff Top 25 rankings for games played through November 9. Is your team in? 👀. 🏈🏆
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Spent the news conference with Alabama’s Nate Oats trying to ask a question entire time. Had hand raised, following the protocol of Alabama’s PR staff of waiting to be called on. News conference came and went. Never called on. Not a good look for Alabama. Disappointed in them.
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Alabama is loaded. Arkansas has a cat named John Calipari. Duke is getting all the hype. But rugged Auburn is my pick to win the national championship. Time to hoop!.
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Look at this crazy fun. This is sports heaven. Auburn basketball is something different because Auburn Arena is a little gym of 9,121 Hall of Fame fans.
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Cecil Hurt was a national treasure, man. He was a national treasure from our own little corner of the map. He was brilliant. He was a master. But most importantly Cecil was kind and cared. He believed in the power of good people and I’m really going to miss our time together.
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Here in Atlanta covering the college football awards stuff, and Thorpe Award finalist Greedy Williams was asked the difference between LSU and Alabama: "Just being real, they can score the ball and we can't.".
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I know why Bruce Pearl is trending, and I have a message for Auburn University. The message is this: PAY HIM ALL THE MONEY. 🦚.
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FINAL: UAB 31, No.13 BYU 28. Easily the biggest victory in UAB football history.
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Anderson Cooper just really laying into the rioters: "They're going to go back to the Olive Garden.".
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I have concerns about Auburn football, but being able to replace a 32-year-old, first-time OC isn't one of them.
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This is happening at an away match for Birmingham City FC right now. Fans of the club are heckling Birmingham Legion FC's rival at the end of the match. Birmingham Legion FC is in Alabama, USA. I just can't . this is a crazy damn rock we're on circling the sun. Hold on, boys.
@BCFC @SkyBetChamp Blues go 1-0 up and shouts of ‘Shit on the Memphis!’ can be heard in the away end at Oakwell #bcfc #HammerDown.
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FINAL: Auburn 80, Kentucky 71. The statement was made last night. The game was a deep fried War Damn peacock knuckle sandwich. 🦚.
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FINAL: No.1 Auburn 100, Alabama 81. Auburn Arena was the center of the CBB universe tonight and the shooting stars screamed and soared. What amazing scenes. I've never seen anything quite like this confluence of crazy at any level. The little gym is sports heaven.
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Saban: "Pretty unfair play at the end of the game.".
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Miami players were asked about Jabari’s dunk. Sam Waardenburg of New Zealand, the Canes’ 6-10 big man, notes that Miami “has seen guys like that all season.” ALRIGHTY THEN.
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The family of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa tells me that over 400 of their clan are going to the national championship game. Column on Alabama's "home-feel advantage." #NationalChampionship #CFBPlayoff #RollTide
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Michael Beasley rapping loudly in pregame locker room. LeBron: "Shut up. This ain't Coachella.".
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The route he took to the car, though.
Bryan Harsin exits the SEC coaches meeting with no comment.
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This morning, I wanted to say thank you to everyone for helping me and my family through the first year of losing my son, Joseph Taylor Goodman. This past week was especially difficult. Miss you, Tay. Your memory gives me courage. Your kind and selfless soul is a guide.
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In Auburn today for the beginning of spring football practice. Love this pic in the Athletics Complex. Cadillac’s four weeks as the interim head coach of the AU football team was an important moment for the SEC that I’m not going to forget.
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Has there ever been a collection of men who have had so little sex?.
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Furious with the mismanagement of Auburn football on Friday, I gave myself 24 hours to cool down. Bryan Harsin's failure of leadership is so much worse.
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On a team with the potential No.1 pick in the NBA Draft, Auburn center Walker Kessler is the SEC’s Player of the Year. Helluva frontcourt.
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Learned today that @bhmlegion will have a ceremony on Sunday for Taylor, my son who passed away. It’s the team’s first @USLChampionship game @ProtectiveStdm and will be on ESPN2. Tay will have a permanent seat, jersey and plaque and will represent the 12th Man. No words. 😔🙏✨.
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If you’re a freshman in college and you leave school for the NBA Draft and aren’t selected in the first round, then you got awful, terrible advice. JD Davison of Alabama got awful, terrible advice. I feel bad for him.
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Intel from Bama camp. 1. Brian Robinson has been outperforming Najee Harris. 2. X. McKinney has emerged as this team's alpha-dog leader. 3. Jahleel Billingsley (TE) is poised to be a breakout star. 4. Ben Davis is doing things at LB!.5. "Waddle best player on the team." 🧐.
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UAB football coach Trent Dilfer today: "We’re looking for the best players in Alabama. If they go to the University of Alabama, that’s awesome. But we’re going to be the next best option.".Well, well.
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Two Baton Rouge natives at inside linebacker for Alabama heading back home to play LSU next season after Orgeron’s “Roll Tide, what? F-U!” Should be fun.
Huge news for Alabama. Dylan Moses is passing on the NFL draft and is instead returning to Alabama
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Small plane pulling a huge banner above Talladega right now. Banner features big Confederate flag and reads “defund NASCAR.”
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HARSIN IS IN THE BUILDING. Just went in the back door.
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Auburn coach Carnell Williams has me feeling some kind of way on this conference call. Oh lord. My soul is full. Maaaaaan, Coach Caddy gets it.
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Alabama has the best player in college football. I know y’all understand how that stuff matters to the committee and TV ratings. I will not be surprised when they put Alabama in the playoff.
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FINAL: No.1 Auburn 86, Oklahoma 68. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE YOUR SHORTS.
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Bo Nix goes 12th overall to Denver, solidifying Bryan Harsin as the worst coach in the history of the SEC.
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Fun stuff alert. Fresh off his Nations League championship, #USMNT star Chris Richards will be at Birmingham Legion's game on Wed. at Protective. Begin the autograph line now. Legion will honor Richards with a video tribute at halftime of the game.
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The New Orleans Pelicans have signed former Auburn guard Jared Harper to a two-way contract. Harper fills NOLA's open roster spot after guard Jose Alvarado signed a multi-year deal with NOLA on Monday. Big congrats to Harper.
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The extent to which human brains will rationalize things to serve their interests will never cease to shock and horrify me.
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Auburn fires worst football coach ever…Bruce Pearl…hold my beer. “I love Candace Owens.”.I JUST WANT SANITY FOR ONE DAY, AUBURN.
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I picked Clemson to beat Alabama before arriving in New Orleans, but I'm not so sure about that after being around these Alabama's players the last two days. So, so angry.
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Derrick Henry's grandmother Gladys Henry, from her hospital bed: "It was one of the biggest moments of my life.".
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Heat is 4-1 with the lone loss being the second night of a road back-to-back at Minnesota. And, LEMME TELL YA, this team, from personnel to scheme and attitude, is like a direct manifestation of every Spoism ever conceived. Like a bunch of Spobots running around out there.
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Obama: “Let’s hurry up and take this picture before someone starts yelling at Mario.”.
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So, Dan Enos to Miami. Jalen Hurts probably goes with him. Enos transformed Hurts' game this season, and another year with the coach would only make sense.
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Kyler Murray of Oklahoma is here, and isn't he just a flowing fountain of information. I asked him his first impressions of Alabama, and he said, "They're a good team.".And anything else, Kyler?."They're a good team.".👌👌👌👍👍👍.
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I'm happy Harsin is gone, but I am more thrilled for Carnell Williams to be the Tigers' interim coach. Auburn already upgraded from a Pinto to a Cadillac.
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Should we all get wasted and start recording ourselves?.
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LOL this is awesome. My adopted English club is Birmingham City FC because their fans are the best and never quit. Bluenose for life. #KRO.
Ed Sheeran partying in The Roost Pub in Small Heath, Birmingham yesterday. Class 😂👏.
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Here it is. Sweet Home Alabama live from St. Andrew's. Birmingham City FC's nod to Birmingham Legion FC in Alabama.
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Sunday's column on Alabama basketball, where every new game feels like a compounding of mistakes. How do you measure pain? A 922-word text message was the only thing that counted. Joseph Goodman: At Alabama, the calculus of shame continues to grow.
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Auburn fans, how dare you be great fans LOL.
Well, Auburn fans, at least you didn’t spend the entire season being complete dicks by endlessly annoying us all with ridiculous memes on behalf of your fraud ass basketball team. Because that would suck if you had done that and turned out to be overrated clowns.
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I was embedded in the Auburn locker room for Coach Cadillac’s Iron Bowl. A column on what it looked like from the inside on a day for history. Joseph Goodman: For Cadillac, hope and a prayer at the Iron Bowl
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Something really strange happened after Birmingham Legion FC's game against Atlanta United. Behold, the power of sports in the social age. (Here you go, lads. Have fun.) @bhmlegion @bcfc @MCBrigade14 @Nic_Gulas @BCFC_News #UptheLegion #HammerDown .
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Tulane is in Birmingham this morning in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Team practices at Legion Field at 10 am. Great gesture by Bill Clark and UAB to help out a team they play in a few weeks. Thoughts with our family and friends on the Gulf Coast.
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Alabama linebacker Rashaan Evans says it’s remarkable how Saban’s system produces good coaches, then adds: “Even Lane Kiffin.”.
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Well look what just arrived from across the pond, a Birmingham City FC jersey. The Bluenoser Brummies are cool as hell. Thanks, y’all! This growing story between @BCFC and @bhmlegion has been a great joy to experience. #KRO #SOTV #3Sparks #HammerDown #SOTMDryRub
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Fulfilled a dream this year. “We Want Bama” was dedicated to the spirit of my son, Taylor, and today in 2018 was our last day together. It does not get easier, but he is always with us. Please consider donating a small gift to @RuffnerMountain in his name.
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No fouls for Gonzaga? Came all the way back and not a single foul, huh? OK.
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Taking a #DeepFriedHeatCheck this morning. 🦚🦚🦚.Column on new-blood Auburn basketball, which blue-blood college basketball doesn't know quite what to do with.
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Wait…Auburn didn’t sign ANYONE today? 😬.
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Hmmm . deep-fried Calipari. New column on Auburn's unprecedented rise to No.1, and what it means for the blue bloods of college hoops.
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Luka to Miami seems like the perfect way for this to end.
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Heard from someone today that UF's coaching staff has been complaining about having to add Alabama to their schedules. If this is true, then Alabama will have non-division games against UF, UGA and UT. Tough road.
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My column from Jordan-Hare Stadium. Is Cam Newton what we want college football to become?.
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Column on the Birmingham-Southern baseball team, the end of Birmingham-Southern College and final message of a school. This was baseball in its purest form. This was love for the sake of loving something one last time. It was an honor to cover this story.
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OK, y’all have to check this out. Egypt’s coach goes OFF after his sumo wrestler is disqualified after seemingly winning the lightweight gold. His protests prompted a rematch, and Egypt won again. Ball don’t lie.
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A really sweet event in Auburn today. Mascot Aubie was at the airport accepting letters to Santa and taking pictures. Aubie then got on a plane and flew off to the North Pole to deliver the wishes. (Hearts and minds, man. Get them young. No one does it better than Aubie.)
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Column on a tarnished SEC championship for Alabama.
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Was going to take the day off, but had to write this one. Y'all pass it along for me.
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Paul George checking in. Standing ovations.
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Alabama basketball player John Petty takes a poster of himself as a keepsake just before walking out of Bridgestone Arena to the team bus. The SEC canceled the SEC Tournament in Nashville less than two hours before Alabama’s game against Tennessee. So many sad faces today.
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Complete transcript of LeBron's response on Donald Sterling. So powerful. So raw. (Read to very last sentence) http://t.co/fqPS2B2UNu.
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