Mark Sears immediately smiled when he heard the words. Grant Nelson looked over at his teammate and grinned, too. The words “crimson crane” elicited that immediate reaction while the two ...

Alabama men’s basketball forward Grant Nelson decided to take it one step further after the dunk. Late in the first half, facing No. 1 Auburn, Nelson dunked over Dylan Cardwell, after a feed ...

But Alabama's Grant Nelson kicked things up a notch with a poster dunk over the Tigers' Dylan Cardwell midway through the first half of a 93-91 overtime win. The statement throwdown gave Alabama a ...

AUBURN, Ala. — While on the road Saturday afternoon, Alabama basketball forward Grant Nelson brought the "Crimson Crane" back home against Auburn. A celebration that emerged in Alabama football ...

On a day that All-American guard Mark Sears didn't have his highest-scoring game, Grant Nelson took over the reins of the Alabama offense to lift the eighth-ranked Crimson Tide to a statement win ...

That piece of business would come at the 8:43 mark of the first half, when Nelson pulled out a Crimson Crane with Auburn star forward Johni Broome in his face after delivering an emphatic dunk ...

The statement throwdown gave Alabama a six-point lead (which became a 28-21 margin after Nelson made a foul shot for a 3-point play), then Nelson stirred up Auburn and its home fans by striking a ...

Grant Nelson had not put up 20 points or more in an SEC game since Jan. 18 against Kentucky. Since then, he had several double-digit scoring games, but he picked an opportune time for his second ...