ASU Lost Its No.1 Fan, But He'll Attend Classic in Spirit, Says Family
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 McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola will be held on Saturday, April 17, at Birmi...