Christopher Walsh

Tuscaloosa

Writer and Editor at Bama Central

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Sportswriter at Sports Illustrated

Writer, Author, Husband, Father, Hockey Freak

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Articles

History of the SEC: LSU Tigers

2 weeks ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

The history of Louisiana State University football is about as rich and colorful as the purple and gold uniforms the team sports, with home game played in an atmosphere so electric that it’s one of college sports’ most unique venues to visit. While the school can brag of Pete Maravich, Dale Brown and Shaquille O’Neal in men’s basketball, and has a baseball program the envy of entire nation, there’s nothing quite like a Saturday night in Death Valley (aka Tiger Stadium).
Road to Women's College World Series Always Has Surprises: Inside the SEC

2 weeks ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy knows that the road to the Women's College World Series can be a treacherous, but what happened during last weekend's Tuscaloosa Regional went a little beyond that. Early Sunday morning a really nasty storm blew threw the area, and Murphy lives on the side of town that got hit the hardest. When he got up he found a mess and immediately started cleaning up and helping his neighbors.
History of the SEC: Ole Miss Rebels

3 weeks ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

When it comes to the University of Mississippi, its football team reflects both the small-town charm and big-time sophistication that the Oxford campus is know for. No home to big-time college football is quite as quant, gracious, charming or Southern, and not in a geographical way.
We've Reached the Crossroads for College Football's Soul: Inside the SEC

3 weeks ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

A quote from legendary Missouri men's basketball player John Brown came to mind this week, but not necessarily in the way that he intended. Let me backtrack for a moment. Mississippi State athletic director Zac Selmon is already feeling the heat in Starkville after recently firing the only baseball coach to win a national championship, Chris Lemonis, and his first-year head football coach Jeff Lebby went 2-10 with the only wins against Eastern Kentucky and UMass.
History of the SEC: Vanderbilt Commodores

4 weeks ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

As an academic institution, Vanderbilt University is among the nation’s leading four-year universities, and is particularly known for its engineering, law, business, and education schools (among others) along with the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. The private research university was founded in 1873 and grew into what some consider the South’s equivalent to an Ivy League college.
Saban Giving an Opinion to Trump? There's Nothing Wrong With That: Inside the SEC

1 month ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

Nick Saban would probably never admit it publicly, but he was tiptoeing through a perception minefield last week — something he's been very good at over the years. This was a little different, though. When President Donald Trump invited himself to speak at the University of Alabama commencement, and school officials had to scramble to set up a special ceremony to accommodate him (it hasn't had a commencement speaker for years), Saban was tapped to make the introduction.
The History of the Southeastern Conference

1 month ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

Even though the Southeastern Conference didn’t become reality until 1933, its roots go back into the late 1800s, when football was barley a blip on the athletic radar screen, especially in the South. With the game just having been introduced on most the campuses which would eventually form the alliance, most Southern schools were small and baseball was usually the sport of choice.
What's The Biggest Baseball Series This Weekend? SEC Daily, April 24, 2025

1 month ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

We're down to the final four weeks of the SEC baseball regular season and predictably there's a logjam at the top of league standings and national rankings. Texas is No. 1 in the polls, and eight teams are on pace to possibly host regionals depending on which rankings you're using. That was normal for this conference before the league added the Longhorns and Oklahoma this year, so no one should be surprised to be see half of the SEC in any top 25 ranking.
Conference of Champions? SEC Wants Covets Title, Reputation

1 month ago | si.com | Christopher Walsh

In late July of every year, the Southeastern Conference officially kicks off the upcoming football season with a journalistic smorgasbord called Media Days at the Wynfrey Hotel, just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Since 1985, reporters have descended on the posh locale and helped turn it into something resembling a toy store the day after Thanksgiving.
Bama in the NFL: Active Crimson Tide Players by Team, Position

1 month ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Christopher Walsh |Kristi F. Patrick

How many former Alabama Crimson Tide players are in the NFL? The number changes on a regular basis, and for years BamaCentral has continually updated its Bama in the NFL Database to provide the latest on who is listed on NFL rosters, active and inactive players, status, and by team. There is one one time of the year, though, when there's an official answer to that question.