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Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com

Michael Casagrande is AL.com's senior sports reporter. He started his new role in 2023 after covering Alabama football and Nick Saban since 2009, joining AL.com in 2013. Michael worked at the Decatur Daily covering Alabama’s first national championship under Nick Saban before he went to the Sun Sentinel in South Florida to cover the Miami Hurricanes. He returned to Alabama to cover the Crimson Tide for AL.com starting in 2013 and has been here ever since. Michael is one of only a few reporters in the state to have covered all of Alabama’s national championships under Saban.