Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn gave an update on his team Monday as SEC teams begin their first official week of practice. Malzahn said most Auburn players have been on campus since June 4 and have each been tested for COVID-19 at least seven times since then. The team is using what Malzahn called […]

The Detroit Tigers have called up to the big leagues former Auburn University baseball star Casey Mize, who is scheduled to make his MLB debut on Wednesday. According to Auburn, Mize will be the 52nd Auburn Tiger to play professionally and the 15th pitcher from head coach Butch Thompson’s perennially formidable staff. The Tigers selected […]

The Southeastern Conference on Monday will announce the 2020 fall football schedule for each of its member institutions. The first week’s schedule will be announced on SEC Network’s “The Paul Finebaum Show” at 2:00 p.m. CT. This will be followed by the full schedule’s release on a special edition of “SEC Now” at 6:00 p.m. […]

The Big Ten and the Pac-12 are doing everything they can to kill the SEC’s season. They have no other choice. Their decision to cancel their own college football seasons has put themselves in impossible positions. Much talk has centered around the financial losses they face. Then there is the competitive fallout. Not playing this […]

As two college football conferences muddled their way through season cancellations this week, loud cries rang out for a centralized leader of the sport. The poor decision-making in those conferences could have been prevented by a single, national voice coordinating the process, they say. Without a doubt, the players, coaches and universities in the Big […]

Basketball legend Michael Jordan on Tuesday spoke via video conference to the University of Alabama football team. The program, led by head coach Nick Saban, routinely has some of the most successful, well-known athletes and leaders from across the nation address the team each summer in preparation for the fall season. Previous examples reported by […]

Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) sent a letter on Tuesday to Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, advocating for the SEC to allow its member institutions to proceed with the 2020 college football season this fall. The letter came the day that the Big 10 and Pac-12 decided to cancel their fall seasons. Of […]

University of Alabama junior Mac Jones and Auburn University sophomore Bo Nix, both quarterbacks, have come out in support of the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. Prominent elected officials from across the country, including President Donald Trump, and major leaders in the college football world, including University of Alabama head […]

Count former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville as a supporter of the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. Prominent elected officials from across the country, including President Donald Trump, and major leaders in the college football world, including University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban, on Monday voiced their […]

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban on Monday afternoon weighed in on the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. In an interview with ESPN, Saban commented on the movement that is in part led by Crimson Tide star running back Najee Harris. The movement, less than a day old, […]

President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted his support for the #WeWantToPlay movement, of which University of Alabama star running back Najee Harris is a prominent leader. The movement, brought to light after a Sunday evening conference call among players involved, is attempting to save the 2020 college football season. The Big 10 and Pac-12 on […]

University of Alabama running back Najee Harris is a leader in the #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. On Monday, the Big 10 canceled its fall football season, according to reports, and the Pac-12 is expected to follow their lead. That leaves the SEC, ACC and Big 12 as the remaining Power […]

As part of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the 2020 college football season, both the University of Alabama and Auburn University are now set to face two more teams from the SEC East in the regular season than they normally would. The Southeastern Conference recently adopted a 10-game, conference-only schedule for this season, with two […]

The University of South Alabama football program announced on Friday how it will handle fans in attendance for games at the beginning of the upcoming football season amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The school is limiting Hancock Whitney Stadium to 25% of its normal capacity. All attendees will be required to wear masks and maintain […]

Former University of Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley on Thursday announced the creation of the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches. Locksley served as an offensive assistant for the Crimson Tide in 2016, followed by a year as co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach the next season before becoming the full-time offensive coordinator in 2018. […]

USA Today on Thursday released its annual preseason Amway Coaches Poll of the top 25 teams heading into the 2020 college football season. Former University of Alabama player and assistant coach Dabo Swinney’s Clemson was ranked first in the poll, with Ohio State coming next. The Crimson Tide was ranked No. 3, trailed by fellow […]

Isaac Okoro is one-and-done at Auburn University, with the small forward on Monday confirming he will enter the 2020 NBA Draft. Okoro made the All-SEC second team, defensive team and freshman team this past season. In a letter to “the Auburn Family,” Okoro wrote, “Playing in the NBA has always been a dream of mine. […]

University of Alabama star forward John Petty, Jr. will return for his senior season, the player announced on Monday. The Huntsville native was a second-team All-SEC honoree this past season, after leading the Southeastern Conference in three-point percentage. Petty was considering entering the 2020 NBA Draft, however he decided to return for a final season […]

The Southeastern Conference is forging ahead with a conference-only college football schedule for the 2020 season, as first reported by Sports Illustrated. The outlet reported that SEC presidents on Thursday adopted a proposal to play a 10-game schedule this fall, featuring only teams from inside the conference. The SEC has now confirmed the news. The plan […]

Incoming Auburn University freshman Max Johnson on Thursday won the 75th Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Goose Pond Colony Resort in Scottsboro. Johnson fired a 14-under par and won the annual amateur event by four strokes.

The Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board of Control on Wednesday approved the AHSAA’s Return to Play “Best Practices” recommended guidelines and reaffirmed plans to start fall sports on time. The action occurred at the association’s annual summer meeting in Montgomery. Under the approved plans, fall sports teams now have the option to begin […]

The World Games 2022 Birmingham on Wednesday announced that flag football will join its existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports. This international multisport event features sports and disciplines not included in the Olympics. The event is typically held one year after the Olympics. Since the 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 […]

Steve Savarese, executive director of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), will lead the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) starting next year. A Monday release announced that Savarese was elected by the NFHS board of directors to the position of president-elect for the term spanning July 2, 2020 — July 2021. Savarese’s […]

Six players who star at Yellowhammer State universities have been named to the 2020 Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List. The announcement was made Monday by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, which has presented the Chuck Bednarik Award annually since 1995 to the top defensive player in college football. The award is named in honor of former […]