Henry Ruggs has officially graduated college while serving time at Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Former Alabama Crimson Tide standout wide receiver Henry Ruggs is currently serving a prison sentence of three to 10 years for a fatal 2021 DUI crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog, a crime he pled guilty to back […]

Nick Saban traded playoff prep for family time — and a hilarious Christmas card. One of the main reasons former Alabama head coach Nick Saban hung up the whistle  was to be able to spend more time with family. Especially at this time of year when he’d normally be gearing up for a playoff or […]

Former Alabama Crimson Tide standout Justin Thomas is making headlines with a massive donation of $1 million to the Crimson Standard — UA’s athletics facilities improvement fund — which will be used towards the new men and women’s golf facility known as the Crimson Reserve. The donation was announced in an official release by the […]

“Remember the Rose Bowl, we’ll win then.” That line is from the University of Alabama’s famous fight song, “Yea, Alabama!” For a number of decades, the song’s historical Rose Bowl reference had little meaning for Bama students and younger fans. That’s because Alabama could not play in the Rose Bowl. Two conferences nowhere near the […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide won an absolute thriller in Norman on Friday night, defeating the Oklahoma Sooners 34-24 in the first round of the College Football Playoff to advance to the Rose Bowl and clinch a date with the undefeated No. 1 ranked Indiana Hoosiers. However, things did not start off well. For a minute […]

The Auburn Tigers are laying the groundwork for a new era this offseason led by a new head coach in Alex Golesh, and the first order of business for the new head man on The Plains is to assemble a staff that will give the program the best chance for success. Golesh is known around […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide, despite falling a bit from their level of dominance in recent years, still has one of the most talented rosters in college football year after year. Head coach Kalen DeBoer has done a nice job blending talent recruited by his predecessor Nick Saban and bringing in new talent of his own. […]

Greg Biffle and his family were killed Thursday in a plane crash in North Carolina. Biffle, 55, raced for 16 years in NASCAR’s Cup Series, including races at the Talladega Superspeedway. Biffle, along with his wife, two children and three team members died in the crash. The horrific accident brought back memories for Alabama followers […]

The local sports community in the city of Birmingham was shaken up this week by news that former WBRC sports reporter Christina Chambers was found dead in Hoover. Chambers, a longtime reporter on both high school and collegiate sports in Alabama, was highly admired in the local sports media landscape. Since her death, many have posted […]

The biggest College Football Playoff game is happening on Friday night and it’s expected to bring in millions to OU’s college town. The Alabama Crimson Tide is taking on the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, in what will be OU’s first home playoff game ever. With the field expanding to 12 teams in 2024, the first […]

Friday night, the Crimson Tide is playing in the College Football Playoff’s biggest matchup. The standalone game against the Oklahoma Sooners is happening over in Norman in front of a huge national audience. It’s the first playoff game and biggest showdown yet under Kalen DeBoer. It will be the culmination of what has been a […]

Nick Saban isn’t coaching anymore, but he’s still diagnosing what’s broken in college football pretty loudly. Arguably the biggest controversy right now in college football is the expanded College Football Playoff field and the resulting guaranteed spot to a Group of 5 team despite them having zero chance to actually win a championship. During a […]

Legendary former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron has been staying busy as of late, but his next step might just be the most surprising one yet. According to the team, McCarron has been hired as the next head coach of the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions just days after former head coach Skip Holtz stepped down. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide is playing in its biggest game of the last two years on Friday night. They’ll face the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman for the first round of the College Football Playoff. The Tide has lost to the Sooners the last two times they’ve played under Kalen DeBoer, including last year’s season ender. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide is going to be under the brightest spotlight possible this week with a standalone College Football Playoff game on Friday against the Oklahoma Sooners. Having already lost to Oklahoma this year — as well as last year — it’s a third chance at the Sooners for Alabama. It’ll be their first […]

He was called “coach,” but he also served as a principal, assistant principal, athletic director and teacher. B.C. Rain High School’s longtime educator (1965-1990) Ben Glover died Tuesday at age 89. Coach Glover had already been honored in a sort of “celebration of life” while he was still alive. B.C. Rain High School’s new on-campus […]

Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said he was going to stay busy in retirement, and that is exactly what he’s done to this point. Saban just took his next big step, this time into the world of hockey, according to an announcement from the Nashville Predators. Saban through Dream Sports Ventures LLC, […]

The Auburn Tigers made some huge waves across college football when they announced the hiring of their new head coach, South Florida’s Alex Golesh. Widely considered one of the brightest young offensive minds in the sport, Golesh arrived to The Plains hungry to turn around what has been a subpar time for Auburn football. He […]

The Moody High School football program has received some severe punishment for “flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct” in the wake of its Class 5A state championship victory over Vigor on December 4 in Birmingham. Members of the team — who are of course minors — were seen in viral social media photos smoking cigars in the locker room […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide has as many NFL stars as just about any program in the country, and fans down here get the chance each and every Sunday to cheer on those who used to wear Crimson. The chief among them might just be 2015 Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry, who has gone on for […]

Former Colts and longtime Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers made a most unusual comeback Sunday as the Colts played the Seahawks in Seattle. Depending on the Colts’ remaining three games, it may be the sports feel-good story of the year. Rivers is 44. He had retired from the NFL in 2020 and had not played in […]

Kalen DeBoer has put Michigan coaching rumors to rest ahead of the Tide’s next matchup. It’s been a wild ride this season for the Alabama Crimson Tide under the second season of DeBoer, and the successor to Nick Saban faces his biggest test yet this Friday in Norman — another chance at the Oklahoma Sooners. […]

Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham has been recognized nationally for its performance and service, earning the “Troon Golf Facility of the Year – East” award at the 2025 Troon Global Leadership Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference, held November 18–20, brought together more than 520 Troon associates, including managers from 209 affiliated facilities. A […]

Auburn’s Alex McPherson, who overcame Crohn’s disease to become one of the nation’s most proficient kickers, has received the Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. The Fort Payne native returned to form after a nearly two-year battle that featured multiple different diagnoses and treatment plans that eventually allowed him to build back up strength and […]