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Jay Busbee is a senior writer for Yahoo Sports, where he’s covered the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Masters, the Daytona 500, the Kentucky Derby and, of course, the Iron Bowl. He is also the host of NASCAR Studios’ “Home Turn” travel/history show, and he writes a weekly Southern culture Substack newsletter, Flashlight & A Biscuit. Jay’s work has been honored by Best American Sports Writing, and his book Earnhardt Nation, a biography of NASCAR’s Earnhardt family, won praise from both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly for its in-depth research and narrative scope.

A graduate of the College of William & Mary and the writing program at the University of Memphis, he lives in Atlanta with his family and worships at the church of SEC football.
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    • Iron in the Blood

    • How the Alabama vs. Auburn Rivalry Shaped the Soul of the South
    • Written by: Jay Busbee
    • Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 2025-08-26
    • Language: English
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