Sports — Page 153

Comedian and former Miss. St. football player describing his first Crimson Tide experience TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Crimson Tide may have punished the LSU Tigers Saturday, but after 24 hours of celebration it’s back to practice Monday for Alabama to prepare for a tough matchup against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville. The yearly matchup, which has in […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Crimson Tide’s decisive 30-16 victory over the LSU Tigers Saturday is already being hailed as one of the most electric victories so far this year. The SEC Championship and College Playoffs implications alone imbued Bryant-Denny Stadium with an extra sense of urgency and excitement. Thankfully, an enormous, incredibly sharp 360-degree […]

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ESPN’s College GameDay road show is coming back to Tuscaloosa this weekend for the Crimson Tide’s showdown with SEC West rival LSU, and legendary Alabama weatherman James Spann is lobbying to be the celebrity guest picker. The show frequently brings in a celebrity guest to join the show’s hosts in making game predictions. Country music […]

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It is a well-established fact that Alabamians value college football above pretty much any other form of recreation. The week revolves around Saturday, rivalries build friendly office tensions all season long, and heaven forbid a bride decide to get married on a Saturday in the fall (#BanFallWeddings). Yes, we value college football, […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Crimson Tide calmed all, if any, concerns Bama fans had prior to last weekend after handling the Georgia Bulldogs in a 38-10 victory in Athens. Sharing in the spoils this season is Alabama running back, Derrick Henry, an impact player for the Crimson Tide shining with 560 yards and 9 TDs already for the 2015 […]

(Video Above: The Bama Hammers) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Professional soccer will officially be coming to stay in the Magic City as the Birmingham Hammers become the newest members of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). The NPSL is a nationwide league founded in 2002 as the Men’s Premier Soccer League. In the 13 years since its […]

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It’s too early right now to tell exactly how badly Hurricane Joaquin will hit the Northeast coastline and the Caribbean, but some Alabama meteorologists are already warning that it could have a significant impact on Saturday’s marquee football game between Alabama and Georgia. While many weather models have the storm hitting the […]

(Video above: ESPN interviewed Woodlawn co-director Andrew Erwin and actor Caleb Castille during a primetime football game 9/19.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The upcoming film Woodlawn isn’t only making waves with football players and movie critics, but during a recent primetime SEC game ESPN commentators chimed in to rave about the movie. During the South Carolina/Georgia game on Saturday Sept. […]

AUBURN, Ala. – While watching your favorite college team play on TV is one thing, nothing compares to the experience of being there on college game day. Even more, nothing compares to watching your favorite team play their rival. The latest hotel room and game ticket prices for the nation’s biggest college football rivalry games have […]

CONCORD, North Carolina — Former Auburn standout and Heisman winner Cam Newton is used to having all eyes on him when he takes the field. The 6’5 athlete is a dominating presence on the football field whose ability to zip a pass is only exceeded by his running skills. But it isn’t only for his […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s celebrated hometown boxer, Deontay Wilder, won another impressive fight Saturday night improving his record to 35-0, 34 KOs. “The Bronze Bomber” battled it out with frenchman Johann Duhaupas, (32-3, 20 KOs), in the ring at Legacy Arena, in Birmingham. WBC Heavyweight titleholder Wilder delivered a massive beating to Duhaupas going into the 11th round, where […]

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama native Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will defend his WBC Heavyweight title for the second time Saturday, taking on French challenger Johann Duhaupas in a nationally-televised prime time bout. As Wilder has captured the attention of more and more Alabamians and boxing fans, he has begun receiving consideration for another title: savior […]

  College football is in full swing, and even after some SEC defeats last weekend, college football towns will still boom with first-time visitors and hardcore tailgaters for the next few months. In a recent feature by Travel + Leisure magazine, college football towns were put on a non-exhaustive list and compared across the country. Alumni and locals were […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Aristotle Tziampiris joined thousands Saturday in traveling from Athens to Tuscaloosa to watch the Ole Miss Rebels take on the Crimson Tide; the only difference was Dr. Tziampiris traveled 9,000 miles from Athens, Greece. “There is football, college football and then there is University of Alabama football,”Dr. Tziampiris wrote in a recent column for […]

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. In all his years of handling concessions at Legion Field, Robbie Yarbrough said he had never seen what he saw Sunday before the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team beat Haiti 8-0 in a friendly match. “I’ve never seen lines this long,” he said. “There were thousands of people at every gate […]

CHARLOTTE, N. Carolina  —    With just one minute left in the third quarter, Carolina Panthers QB and Heisman-winning former Auburn player Cam Newton made one Texas sized flip to bring the score to 17-10 and later lead his team to a 24 to 17 victory. At the Houston  2 yard line, the Auburn star […]

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —  UAB Director of Athletics, Mark Ingram, announced a five year extension of head football coach Bill Clark’s contract Wednesday, prompting fans of the school’s newly revived program to partake in a pep rally and press conference for Blazer Football that afternoon The Conference USA Coach of the Year led the Blazers to a 6-6 record in 2014 and […]

(Video Above: Former Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant players share the “A New Day” poem for his birthday) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Friday would have been legendary University of Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s 102nd birthday, and to celebrate several of his former players appeared in a video to share an inspiring poem the coach carried […]