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Hoover High School head football coach Drew Gilmer and defensive coordinator Adam Helms have each been placed on administrative leave, Hoover City Schools confirmed on Tuesday. “The decision to place these two athletic coaches, Mr. Gilmer and Mr. Helms, on administrative leave was made to ensure a thorough and impartial review of recent developments,” read […]
Four running backs from the state of Alabama have been selected to the preseason Doak Walker Award watchlist, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced on Tuesday. Alabama’s Justice Haynes and Jam Miller, Auburn’s Jarquez Hunter, and UAB’s Lee Beebe, Jr. were each named candidates for the award, named after former SMU RB Doak Walker, which […]
Vice President Kamala Harris made headlines Tuesday afternoon when she announced that she has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. By appointing Walz, Harris passed over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who many thought was the likely pick and is seen by the media as significantly more moderate than Walz. Some have speculated […]
Fans who want to support ‘Yea Alabama,’ the Alabama Crimson Tide’s NIL collective, will have the opportunity to sponsor the organization’s season kickoff dinner on August 23 at 5:00 P.M. in the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility. Head coach Kalen DeBoer will greet sponsors and their guests at the event, which will be held eight […]
Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe may be getting the hang of head coach Kalen DeBoer’s new offense. DeBoer, who helped to lead former Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. to a Heisman finalist season in 2023, is known as a quarterback whisperer, and he seems to have already made improvements to Milroe’s game. On Sunday, […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers may just have two superstars on their hands with two in-state highly touted freshmen wide receivers. For Auburn, it comes via Cam Coleman of Central Phenix City, who last season helped the Red Devils end the Thompson run of dominance in Class 7A with an MVP performance […]
Former University of Alabama football player Terrance Howard has died several days after being struck by a moving vehicle in North Carolina. Howard, a Texas native who recently transferred from UA to North Carolina Central University, was in the process of moving his belongings from Tuscaloosa to Durham. According to Houston-based outlet KPRC-TV, Howard was […]
The Auburn Men’s Basketball team has finalized a neutral-site game against Ohio State for December 14, 2024, reports On3’s Justin Hokanson. https://x.com/_JHokanson/status/1820449057958969841 The game will be held in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena as part of an event called Holiday Hoopsgiving, which will feature concurrent matchups between Florida and Arizona State and Georgia and Grand Canyon. […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide men’s and women’s golf programs have revealed an inside look into their new golf facility known as the ‘Crimson Reserve’, which was previously announced back in April. In mid-June, the program tweeted out behind the scenes footage of what they are calling the nation’s premiere college golf facility: https://x.com/AlabamaMGolf/status/1801955474700382359 But it […]
Paige Madden has won her second medal during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics in the swimming pool. The Mobile, Alabama native claimed bronze in the 800 meter freestyle event over the weekend, finishing only behind fellow American Katie Ledecky (gold) and Ariarne Titmus of Australia (silver). Madden also helped lead Team USA to a silver […]
The annual Auburn football fanfest kickoff party is scheduled for Aug. 10, the Tigers announced. The Auburn Family Football Preseason Kickoff will feature an autograph session and family fun zone from 3-4 p.m. Fans can meet this year’s team, led by head coach Auburn Hugh Freeze. Fans should enter at the practice field on the […]
MLB legend and Alabama native Willie Mays, Jr. passed away last month at the age of 93. Few professional athletes have inspired American society in the way that Mays did. His accomplishments on the baseball diamond have placed him in a league of his own. Mays is still the only player in MLB history with […]
Over the weekend, the Auburn Tigers received a huge commitment from Mobile (Saraland), AL’s Antonio Coleman, a 4-star defensive tackle for the Saraland Spartans who helped the team win the 2022 6A state title and reach the title game once again in 2023. But for Auburn, that wasn’t even the best part. The Tigers were […]
Mountain Brook High School has been named as a top-five overall athletics program in the country by popular high school sports site MaxPreps in their 2023-24 MaxPreps Cup. The Spartans came in at No. 5 on the list after fall state championships in girls volleyball, boys cross country, and girls cross country along with winter […]
The U.S. Postal Service is paying homage to baseball legend Hank Aaron in the form of a new stamp featuring the late superstar from Mobile. During a ceremony on Wednesday at the Atlanta Braves ballpark the government organization debuted what it is referring to as its “new forever stamp.” “We hope this stamp serves as […]
The Auburn fanbase is extremely wide reaching, so it’s no surprise Tiger fans made the trip all the way to the Paris Olympics this summer. That’s exactly what happened as Team USA competed for gold in the team gymnastics competition. Auburn icon Suni Lee, who starred on The Plains for two years, heard a fan […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide have released an official trailer for a ‘LANK’ documentary premiering this Friday featuring the 2023 team that overcame early adversity and would go on to run the table in the SEC and claim another conference title. https://x.com/AlabamaFTBL/status/1818049293795635525 https://x.com/AlabamaFTBL/status/1818051723849576792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1818051723849576792%7Ctwgr%5E19948912bca6452dc19aeab252a6d1f10ef8f9dd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.on3.com%2Fcollege%2Falabama-crimson-tide%2Fnews%2Falabama-announces-new-football-documentary-lank-jalen-milroe-crimson-tide%2F The trailer begins with the team’s triumph in Atlanta and shows cornerback Terrion […]
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced a refreshed visual identity system following extensive brand research conducted over the past few years. The updated visual identity includes new logos, colors, and branding elements designed to enhance UAB’s visibility and reputation. For the first time in UAB’s history, the primary logo will be shared across […]
The Auburn Tigers had a massively successful recruiting weekend during their ‘Big Cat Weekend’ where they get some of the most elite prospects in the country together on campus. The weekend was highlighted by six new commitments, but the one that stood out nationally was Saraland defensive tackle Antonio Coleman. Coleman, who was initially committed […]
Reigning Southern Professional Hockey League MVP Carson Rose will return for a third season with the Birmingham Bulls, the team announced in a video posted to social media on Wednesday. https://x.com/BullsBirmingham/status/1816177931107913745 The SPHL is an independent hockey minor league based in the southeastern United States, of which the Bulls are a member. Rose, a left […]
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris is igniting widespread outrage over drag-queen themed portrayals of religious and historical figures, including a unsettling parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” painting, which depicts the last meal Jesus had with his apostles. https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1816982460519055494 Viewers quickly recognized the portrayal with drag queens as an […]
North Alabama’s golfing community is one of vibrance and variety. With such a beautiful landscape serving as the backdrop to these greens, it can be easy to get lost in the environment and shank your shot for par into the majestic forests in the distance. When the time comes to set a tee-time this summer, […]
Former Alabama superstar quarterback and current Miami Dolphin Tua Tagovailoa has been the subject of much speculation this offseason as he and the team negotiate a new contract. The deal finally got done on Friday afternoon: Tagovailoa signed a 4-year, $212.4 million deal which includes at least $167 million in guaranteed money. https://x.com/GOATfarmmedia/status/1816912378052870452 https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1816913096633712958 Tagovailoa’s […]
ESPN writer Bill Connelly has released his annual SEC conference preview, and for the first time in several years, the Alabama Crimson Tide aren’t projected to finish in the league’s top two, being ranked behind Georgia and Texas. UA’s relative fall from grace can be attributed to the depth of the league. Per Connelly’s SP+ rating system, […]

