The candidates for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat filed their third-quarter campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Wednesday. Despite trailing Steve Marshall by over 20 points in a poll conducted last month, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore far outpaced the Alabama Attorney General in fundraising. From July to September, Moore hauled in a […]

Last Thursday, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board raised its bailment fee from 72 cents to $1 per case. After delaying a vote on the issue scheduled for September, the three-person board unanimously approved the fee increase. Liquor stores will now pay a higher rate to store cases of their product in an ABC […]

The crowded race for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat could soon welcome another contender. In an interview published by OutKick Monday morning, sports media personality Paul Finebaum revealed he is considering leaving ESPN, his employer since 2013, to run for public office.  The broadcaster described himself as a registered Republican who voted for Donald Trump […]

It’s fitting that Sandy Stimpson passed a baton to Spiro Cheriogotis after the former judge won the Mobile mayoral runoff election earlier this week. Not only did the mayor-elect enjoy the backing of the incumbent throughout his campaign, Cheriogotis ascended to Mobile’s highest office by replicating the strategy that propelled Stimpson to three terms: running […]

Tuesday night, Mobile elected a new mayor for the first time since 2013. Spiro Cheriogotis, a former prosecutor and district judge, defeated State Rep. Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) in a runoff election that marked the end of the city’s most competitive mayoral race in recent history. Drummond won the August 26th general election with 33.7% of […]

According to fresh polling, sitting Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall holds an early lead in the state’s U.S. Senate race while the rest of Alabama’s 2026 statewide races remain up in the air. The Alabama Poll was recently re-established by Michael Lowry, a former Chief of Staff to U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville). Between August […]

Federal prosecutors have charged Carl Charles, an attorney for LGBTQ+ civil rights group Lambda Legal, with a felony for making a false statement under oath. An indictment unsealed Monday alleges Charles lied during a judicial inquiry into whether he and other lawyers judge-shopped in a case challenging Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender […]

For the last 12 years, Mobile’s mayoral elections have been dominated by Sandy Stimpson. Later this month, that will change. In 2013, Stimpson defeated incumbent Sam Jones to kick off a three-term tenure that made him the longest-serving mayor in Mobile history. Over the next decade plus, no candidate was able to present Stimpson with […]

Yesterday, the Alabama High School Athletic Association ruled that student-athletes who transfer schools using funds provided by the state’s new CHOOSE Act will be required to sit out for a year. Hours later, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth promised he would introduce legislation to strip the organization of its power. Now, Governor Kay Ivey and Speaker […]

Tuesday afternoon, Alabama State Rep. Chad Robertson (R-Heflin) announced the launch of his re-election campaign. Robertson represents HD40, which spans all of Cleburne County and much of southeastern Calhoun County. “It has been my honor to serve the people of this district,” Robertson said in a statement. “We have successfully reduced the state tax on […]

For many decades, the NCAA mandated that scholarships and grants were the only compensation student-athletes were allowed to receive. This directive formed a key part of the philosophical bedrock of college sports for most of its history. Although the NCAA’s legal framework was challenged multiple times, the organization remained loyal to its guiding principles until […]

Per multiple sources, Samford men’s basketball head coach Bucky McMillan has been named the next coach at Texas A&M. He will replace former Aggie coach Buzz Williams, who left for Maryland. McMillan, 41, was hired by Samford on April 6, 2020 and has amassed a 99-52 record over five years in Homewood. Samford had posted […]

For the first time in program history, the Alabama State men’s basketball team has won an NCAA Tournament game. On Tuesday night, the 16th-seeded Hornets (20-5, 12-6 SWAC) defeated 16th-seeded Saint Francis (16-18, 8-9 NEC) by a final score of 70-68 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The game was part of the First Four, […]

During his short time in the NBA, Lakers center Trey Jemison III has already made a significant impact on the league. Since Jemison first donned the purple and gold on January 17th, the Lakers have rattled off a 13-2 spurt that has launched them into the upper echelon of the Western Conference standings. Although Jemison […]

To get its first-ever NCAA Tournament win, Troy will have to go through a program with 132 of them. In its first March Madness appearance since 2017, the Trojans men’s basketball team (23-10, 13-5 Sun Belt) will take on the Kentucky Wildcats (22-11, 10-8 SEC) on March 21st at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “This […]

Once seemingly National Invitation Tournament-bound, the South Alabama men’s basketball team has instead seen its season come to an abrupt end. The Jaguars (21-11, 13-5 Sun Belt) are coming off their most successful campaign in over a decade. USA won 21 games and shared the Sun Belt regular season league title for the first time […]

For only the third time in school history, Troy University will send its men’s basketball team to the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans defeated Arkansas State in Monday’s Sun Belt conference championship game, taking down the Red Wolves by a final score of 94-81. Led by sophomore forward Myles Rigsby and senior guard Tayton Conerway, Troy […]

The University of Alabama baseball team (9-0, 0-0 SEC) has begun its second year under head coach Rob Vaughn in inspired fashion, winning its opening nine games for the third consecutive season. They initiated their campaign with a three-game home sweep of Bradley in Tuscaloosa, scoring 40 runs in only 23 innings of play. Midweek […]

For the first time in the program’s Division 1 history, the University of North Alabama men’s basketball team has won a conference championship. The Lions clinched a share of the ASUN regular season title on Wednesday night, defeating Queens (N.C.) 74-69 at CB&S Bank Arena at Flowers Hall in Florence. The victory brought North Alabama […]

University of New Orleans basketball player James White, who played for UAB during the 2023-2024 season, is a central figure in the latest gambling incident to shake the college basketball world. According to Jeff Goodman, a college basketball journalist at The Field of 68, White and three of his teammates have been held out of […]

The UAB-Troy baseball series has been one-sided in recent years, with the Trojans winning four of the teams’ last five meetings. As the programs prepare to battle again on Wednesday afternoon at Troy’s Riddle-Pace Field, they look forward to what projects to be one of the most competitive and high-stakes recent iterations of the rivalry. […]

Birmingham, Alabama has become the official U.S. tourism partner of the English soccer club Birmingham City FC. The team’s partnership with the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau, the city’s official tourism and marketing organization, will last until May 2027. The Blues compete in the EFL League One, which sits just below the Premier League […]

Three in-state men’s college basketball players have been named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watchlist, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced on Monday. The Oscar Robertson Trophy, an annual honor bestowed upon the nation’s top college basketball player, has been given out every year since 1959, making it the oldest award of its kind. […]

Former Alabama Crimson Tide star cornerback Patrick Surtain II has been named the 2025 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced on Thursday night. The Denver Broncos star, who played for the Tide from 2018-2020, beat out Steelers linebacker TJ Watt, Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, and Eagles […]