Our Writers

TonyOrlando | Editor

Alabama native, lifelong Tide fan and barbeque evangelist, Tony is the author of The Hater’s Guide to Auburn, and the occasional short story, if you know where to look.

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John Mitchell | Associate Editor

Alabama native and sweet tea enthusiast, John covers the ins and outs of Tide basketball and football.

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BanditRef | Writer

The Bandit Ref is the sports cartoonist, comic, and internet humorist persona of Charles Evans. Bandit has had his work featured on ESPN, and has done radio interviews in such exotic locations as Arizona and St. Louis.  Bandit enjoys long walks on the beach and laughing at Auburn.

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William Boot | Writer

Alabama grad and Tide fan since meeting Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant at the Birmingham Airport. PR professional, Apple enthusiast and amateur theologian, WB comments on the social aspect of Tide fandom, from tailgating to the gameday experience.

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Kevin Connell | Writer

Kevin is a freshman at The University of Alabama from Northern Virginia. When not writing, watching, playing or tweeting about sports, he enjoys listening to music, playing video games, and hanging with friends. Besides UA athletics, Kevin is a diehard fan of all Washington, D.C. sports franchises.

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Robert Cooper | Writer

My father was born and raised in Tuscaloosa where he also attended the University of Alabama, so my allegiances never stood a chance. If I’m not in front of the TV watching Alabama Football or Basketball I’m probably somewhere outdoors looking for a new place to hike, camp, or kayak.

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Chris Dodson | Writer

Chris is a University of Alabama grad who has done radio for WVUA-FM and currently works for WVUA-TV. When not raving about Alabama football or other Crimson Tide sports, he likes to chase severe storms, read the latest on Apple products and play video games.

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Jeff Henthorn | Writer

An Alabama fan living in Tuscaloosa but originally from Richmond, Virginia, Jeff talks all things Alabama, Atlanta Braves, and pretty much any other sport, while trying to bring an interesting perspective to the Alabama fan base.

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Nick Jones | Writer

The youngest BamaHammer team member covers Alabama basketball in between classes, broadcasting, running, and being a storm-chasing weather geek.

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Kevin Ross | Writer

A lifelong Tide fan, Kevin writes from a fan’s perspective and tries to find the humor in sports. In addition to Alabama football, Kevin enjoys guitars, smoked meats, bourbon and studying finance.

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Caleb Turrentine | Writer

A student at the University of Alabama and all-around sports fanatic, Go Sixers, Yankees, Juventus, Rams and of course… Roll Tide.

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David Wasson | Writer

A multi-time national award-winning sports writer and editor in Florida and Alabama, Wasson has been covering Crimson Tide sports going on 20 years. He occasionally uses all 26 letters to form nouns, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech into compound sentences. Or simple ones. Like this.

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Thomas Watts | Writer

An Alabama grad with a Bachelors Degree in History, Thomas is also a Senior Writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. Currently living in Mobile, he covers the University of Alabama, as well as high school athletics in and around Mobile County.

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ZenMaster | Writer

Auburn Zen is his lifeblood, and the Zen Master will take every opportunity to point out how “special” Awbun Weegle athletics is different than Bammer. His stylings live here as proof of his double-agent ways.

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