Jay Busbee

About The Author

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. He lives in Atlanta with his family and worships at the church of SEC football. 

Books by Jay Busbee

Iron in the Blood

How the Alabama vs. Auburn Rivalry Shaped the Soul of the South

By Jay Busbee
"Tells the story of college football in the South in the best way it can be told: through the annual exercise of pleasure and pain." —Wall Street Journal

"A football history that's both detailed and panoramic. As expected for a football book, Busbee offers a generous s...
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