State Rep. Chris Blackshear joined joined Sports Radio 740 in Montgomery last week to discuss the push by the Alabama House during the 2024 legislative session to pass a comprehensive gaming and lottery bill, which has become a perennial feature of many legislative sessions past. In 2024, Blackshear (R-Phenix City) said the House-approved version was […]

Police are currently investigating three separate crimes that occurred within a few hours of each other on Memorial Day in Montgomery, with the La Moraleja ice cream store being one of them — for the second time in two months. Police arrived just after 10:00 a.m. to the 600 block of Charles Street in response […]

An airline that is geared for man’s best friend is taking flight starting this week. “BARK Air” is a first-of-its-kind, revolutionary way for your dog to take a flight and not be crammed in a kennel or cargo hold. Each ticket purchased includes one human as well, but the plane layouts are “dog-centric” with an […]

Bruce Pearl has continued throughout the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine to provide his unfiltered thoughts and opinion. Pearl has gone after Hamas several times over the course of the last week, but it was his tweet on Thursday and linked article of the lessons of October 7 that stuck out most. It's crazy […]

The 2024-25 SEC football season is highly anticipated for many reasons. Division-less football, a new television network, and the simple glory of football returning are enough to make fans salivate. As if that wasn’t big enough, it’s also the first season that Texas and Oklahoma will be joining the best conference in college football. Texas […]

Nick Saban and James Spann are two of the most iconic Alabamians. Apparently some have bigger ideas for the football coach and meteorologist who have been known to be big admirers of each other’s work. Someone gave Spann a very special gift while he was speaking to pre-K students with a hilarious and not so […]

New Alabama incoming freshman wide receiver Ryan “Hollywood” Williams and rising sophomore running back Justice Haynes are going to be hosting a youth football camp at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa. Bama fans! 🐘Meet me and @justicehaynes6 at the Rising Tide Youth Football Camp! All campers will get an individual photo and autograph. Register: https://t.co/McdgfH7iiT@centricsports_ […]

A well-known ecotourism expert has released a new report concluding that Alabama’s 23-county Black Belt region has everything needed to become a premier ecotourism destination. Ecotourism, which is defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that protects nature and sustains the well-being of local people”, is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism […]

Spring football has come and gone once again, and with less noise than perhaps was anticipated in the spring transfer portal window, there were no huge surprises as may have been expected. Both Alabama and Auburn ended up ranked in On3’s post spring practice and portal rankings with the season just a couple of months […]

The undefeated Birmingham Stallions will get the chance to play essentially a home game in the USFL conference championship game in June. The United Football League (UFL) announced Wednesday that the USFL conference championship game will be hosted at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, which is where the Stallions already play their home games. The 8-0 […]

Clemson University head football coach and two-time national champion Dabo Swinney continues to be one of the most stubborn men in college football — proclaiming last week that his Tigers were the only Power Four program to not take in a transfer this offseason. Despite Swinney’s program trending in the wrong direction pretty much every […]

President Donald Trump has become the first ever presidential candidate to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for donators to his campaign. Just weeks ago at a Mar-a-Lago gala, Trump declared himself the “crypto candidate” and appears to be following through on it after promising to get it done. In an official statement, the […]

The Auburn Tigers men’s golf program had a sensational season, winning the SEC title for the first time since the 2017-18 season. Freshman Jackson Koivun was a huge reason as to why, and he was recognized for his contributions by being awarded with the Ben Hogan Award which honors the top men’s college golfer based […]

The Auburn Tigers made a future offer that will make its fans both smile and feel old at the same time. Chris “CJ” Davis, a class of 2028 running back from in-state Hewitt-Trussville, is heading into just his freshman year of high school, but is already 5 foot 9 and 165 pounds. Extremely Blessed to […]

Every year, tourists travel to the Yellowhammer State to get a look at the Cahaba lilies in Bibb County along the Cahaba River. Squarely now in springtime, the flowers are beginning to bloom and were documented by Patrick Stewart Photography. Take a look at some of the images that were captured of one of the […]

We’ve heard of incredible streaks before. From winning streaks, to hitting streaks, to scoring streaks, they are synonymous with sports glory. But fandom streaks are a whole new level of level of dedication for the sport fan who lives and dies with every result for their team. During football season, Alabama Crimson Tide fan Tommy […]

Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition in Birmingham last weekend at Greystone Golf and Country Club in a victory that was the crowning achievement of a long and at-times difficult golf career. Battling through injuries and the absolute grind that being a PGA Tour player is over a long professional career, Barron has found his […]

EA Sports has released the trailer of the College Football 25 video game which will be released July 19. Bring Glory Home. Coming July 19. Pre-Order Now ?: https://t.co/sJ7cJ5NXLj #CFB25 pic.twitter.com/iJWl5ZxVQl — EASPORTSCollege (@EASPORTSCollege) May 17, 2024 In just over an hour after EA posted the trailer, it had been viewed on X more than […]

The Rocket City continues to be by far the fastest growing major city in the state, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. In fact, of the four major cities in the state (Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile), Huntsville is the only one that is continually growing, having added roughly 10 people per day during the […]

The Limestone County school system has invested more than $130,000 into vape detection systems in bathrooms and school areas over the last year. Schools Superintendent Randy Shearouse told Huntsville television station WAFF hundreds of students were caught vaping out of 5,000 students in the district. He said repeat offenders were sent to alternative schools with […]

One of the most anticipated videogames in history will hit the stores next month. EA Sports announced its College Football 25 will be released July 19. Last week, EA revealed the deluxe version of the cover which featured Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe among others. EA CFB 25 WILL BE RELEASED ON JULY 19th The Full […]

Spring football has come and gone and with it a new transfer portal window for teams to add to their rosters and plug holes. For Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers, both the winter and spring portal windows were very active. Let’s take a look at the five biggest pickups for Freeze as he heads […]

It’s a new day in the South with the beloved SEC officially moving to ABC and ESPN. To the dismay of many and joy of some, the era of SEC on CBS every Saturday afternoon is officially over with the television deal having expired. The official logo was revealed for the SEC on ABC and […]

With the arrival of Texas and Oklahoma into an expanded SEC, and the league remaining at 18 regular season matchups for conference play on the court, it was inevitable for games to get cut. Each team is only playing three home and three aways – meaning that while everyone plays everyone, each team will only […]