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Michael Casagrande

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Senior Sports Reporter at AL.com

Senior sports reporter at @aldotcom. Covering college sports since 2009. WKU grad. 🏆🏆

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  • 1 week ago | al.com | Michael Casagrande

    Deal’s done. Settlement approved. For years, you’ve heard about this lawsuit, House vs. NCAA, and we’ve written countless pieces about this very dense and sometimes hard-to-follow legal matter. It’s gone on so long, frankly, that I’ve forgotten who the “House” is in “House vs. NCAA.” Bet some of you thought it was the House of Representatives. Be honest. (He is an Arizona State swimmer, Grant House, who originally filed the suit in 2020). But, as of late Friday night, the case was settled.

  • 1 week ago | al.com | Michael Casagrande

    We wrote this week about the Hugh Freeze era at Auburn, how it’s stagnant and the need for urgency. He’s lost more than he’s won through two seasons, so it feels like something needs to change. In the interest of fairness, we can dig deeper into the context of the situation as Year 3 approaches. We’ll take a look at other coaches hired in the same cycle, Freeze’s history and how other new hires handled inherited brush fires. To set the baseline, Freeze is 11-14 in two Auburn seasons.

  • 2 weeks ago | al.com | Michael Casagrande

    This is an opinion column. Auburn’s better than this. At least it should be, and if you’re being honest, this isn’t the conversation we forecasted entering Year 3 of Hugh Freeze. This guy’s been the master of the quick flip — the HGTV of distressed college football programs. Yet after two seasons, Auburn’s modern farmhouse is still a blueprint, a pallet of shiplap. Looks promising on paper, but are they building for today’s world or an old one? And is the urgency there?

  • 2 weeks ago | deepnewz.com | Michael Casagrande

    Batt's been at GT for about 3 years and it has seemed he was destined to move into a B1G and SEC job for a while. https://t.co/XWZvh69e6b

  • 2 weeks ago | deepnewz.com | Michael Casagrande

    5 posts • GPT (4.1 mini)Published May 30, 2025, 11:58 PMIn the NCAA baseball regional game held in Hattiesburg, the Miami Hurricanes defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 5-3 in their tournament opener. Miami took an early lead with a three-run homer by Daniel Cuvet in the first inning, supported by a walk from Jake Ogden and a single from Max Galvin. Alabama nearly responded with a potential walk-off home run but ultimately fell short.

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On June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse ‘public enemy number one,’ beginning America’s ‘War on Drugs’ https://t.co/jgB8EsiiDI

Michael Casagrande
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17 Jun 25

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The Redemption of Jeremy Johnson Once considered a Heisman Trophy darkhorse, Jeremy Johnson's career as an Auburn quarterback took a turbulent turn when he was benched three games into the 2015 season. In this documentary, Johnson revisits his time at Auburn, explains how it https://t.co/Y11wUHDdFG

Michael Casagrande
Michael Casagrande @ByCasagrande
16 Jun 25

The University of Alabama names its new president. https://t.co/aEMm0qOqjQ