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By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For the Birmingham Times Wanda Dickens would admit to a bit of bias, but she thinks her late husband was the number-one fan of the Magic City Classic—at least among those wearing Alabama State University’s (ASU’s) black and gold. “He never missed a Classic that I’m aware of. He always supported it wholeheartedly,” she said of her husband, Reginald Dickens, who passed away on Nov. 24, 2020. “He took off a whole week every time they had a Classic.” The 79th...

Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter) By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. It’s more than a game. That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola. The annual fall gridiron meeting at Legion Field between Alabama State...

Alabama’s Magic City Classic different this year, but rivalry the same By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. April 14, 2021 Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter) It’s more than a game. That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic pr...