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Tide Takes: DeBoer, Alabama faces a must-win at Georgia

The Alabama Crimson Tide is coming off its bye week and now facing what very well may be the toughest and most important test so far of the Kalen DeBoer era. Entering the year with national title aspirations, things obviously went horribly in the first week of the season with an embarrassing defeat on the […]

Auburn Tigers men’s basketball head coach and one of the most beloved men in the SEC Bruce Pearl made some massive headlines on Monday when news broke that he was retiring from coaching and his son Steven was becoming Auburn’s new head coach. Pearl has brought the Auburn program to new heights since arriving in […]

Catch live episodes of Longshore and McKnight daily on YouTube, Spotify, and on Yellowhammer News?️?  Today’s top moments 0:00:00: We Didn’t Expect to Talk Basketball Today 0:00:27: Bruce Pearl Shocks Auburn by Stepping Down 0:01:51: Steven Pearl Gets the Job — Right Move or Risky Gamble? 0:03:13: Is Bruce Pearl Auburn’s Most Important Coach […]

Former Hoover High School standout and Alabama Crimson Tide legend Will Reichard is off to an absolutely incredible start in his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, now in his second year in the league. On Sunday afternoon though, Reichard broke new ground in terms of his dominance kicking field goals. During what wound up […]

The Auburn Tigers received some shocking news on Monday afternoon with their basketball program according to various reports. As first reported by Jeff Borzello and Pete Thamel at ESPN, longtime head coach Bruce Pearl is stepping down and retiring just a month before the start of the season. His son, Steven — who has been […]

The UAB Blazers have had a rough go of it over the last coupe of years under head coach Trent Dilfer, going 4-8 in 2023 before a 3-9 season in 2024 that left Dilfer on the hot seat going into 2025. While Dilfer’s fate has yet to be decided, incidents like his team had on […]

Photo of John (left) and Barry (right) speaking into their microphones in their respective home recording studios.

On today’s episode of Longshore and McKnight, Troy’s dramatic 21–17 comeback at Buffalo set the tone, with the Trojans erasing a 17-point deficit behind timely defense and a late touchdown drive that fueled talk of renewed momentum heading into their in-state clash with South Alabama. Alabama fans found reason to celebrate despite an idle Saturday, […]

The Oklahoma Sooners hosted the Auburn Tigers on Saturday afternoon in Norman for what was billed as a return to the state for Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold, who transferred from Oklahoma to The Plains this past offseason. Arnold’s return was not a friendly one as he wound up being sacked an absurd 10 times during […]

Remember the name – Brenden Bartholomew. Football fans will likely hear the name again – and again – as the 2025 Alabama high school football season progresses. And they may hear it again in the playoffs. And again during recruiting by the colleges. And at the college level – who knows? At Friday night’s high […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide has seen some huge performances this season from star wide receiver Germie Bernard. Saturday was no different, as he scored two first-half touchdowns to jump-start the offense. Bernard, who has enjoyed a breakout season and has been the team’s top wide receiver, has been open during his time at Alabama about […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide secured another relatively easy win on Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, handling the Wisconsin Badgers 38-14 to claim their second win of the year and set themselves up to face Georgia on a positive note. Despite receiving deserved criticism following the embarrassment against Florida State a couple of weeks ago, the team […]

It’s hard to believe, but week four on the college football calendar is already upon us as the season starts to fly by just as it does year after year. Once again, another massive Saturday slate is upon fans and will be on every television across the South. With the Alabama Crimson Tide on their […]

The Clemson Tigers have been one of the best programs in college football for a long time now. Really, the only team in the nation to go toe to toe with Nick Saban’s best Alabama Crimson Tide teams and come out on top on several occasions. Sure, Georgia and Kirby Smart emerged late in Saban’s […]

The City of Mobile received a very exciting announcement on Wednesday, one that has been speculated on for a while now, as professional hockey gets set to return to the Port City over two decades after initially departing. The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is adding an expansion team to Mobile. The team, which has […]

The Auburn Tigers are off to an impressive 3-0 start, their first since the 2019 season, and have earned a spot in the national spotlight as they prepare to begin conference play this week. As fate would have it, Auburn will open SEC play on the road against Oklahoma — the program from which the […]

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On today’s episode of Longshore and McKnight, Auburn’s upcoming clash at Oklahoma drew laughs and analysis as John and Barry dissected Phillip Marshall’s preview column, which boiled the matchup down to turnovers and mistakes. The hosts poked fun at its simplicity but agreed the fundamentals would decide whether Auburn could upend the Sooners. John and […]

Alabama Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth put out a call Thursday to the public to send him “experiences, critiques, and assessments of the Alabama High School Athletic Association, along with recommendations for needed changes and reforms in the governing body.” Ainworth is compiling the input through his email at ltgov@ltgov.alabama.gov. His action follows AHSAA’s recent decision […]

The Auburn Tigers have gotten off to a very impressive start to the season and have yet to take a loss through three games for the first time in over a half decade including what was a very impressive first week victory over the Baylor Bears. Now starting conference play though, it’s an entirely different […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide heads into their bye week this week after a dismantling of the Wisconsin Badgers at home on Saturday afternoon. It was a massive test sitting at 2-1 with an on-the-road against Georgia in Athens looming. Based on where the temperature of the fanbase was at following the debacle against Florida State […]

On today’s episode of Longshore and McKnight, the show opened with Monday Night Football talk, where John and Barry panned the late Raiders–Chargers matchup but praised the appeal of doubleheaders. Both argued the NFL should make it a weekly fixture, noting parity across the league has created thrilling finishes like Tampa Bay’s late win and […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide has rebounded from the ugly loss in week one to Florida State with consecutive victories to head into the bye week at 2-1 ahead of a showdown against the Georgia Bulldogs two weeks from now in Athens. Defensively, Alabama has looked much better — albeit against weaker opponents — but it’s […]

Alabama rolled past Wisconsin 38–14 in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, closing nonconference play on a high note. The Crimson Tide head into the bye week with momentum before their trip to Athens in two weeks to face Georgia. It was a slog early for the offense, but the Tide finally broke through late in the first […]