Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe put on a show for spectators at one of the most prestigious summer events in the country last week. Milroe, who spent June 27-30 as a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy (MPA) in Thibodaux, Louisiana, participated in the camp’s Friday Night Lights showcase, a competition between elite quarterbacks. According to […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide could be landing the best running back in the country for the class of 2025 very soon. Akylin Dear, who just last week backed off his commitment to Ole Miss, has been crystal balled to select Alabama coming off a visit to Tuscaloosa last weekend. https://x.com/RecruitsBama/status/1808189947121488377 Dear is rated as 247’s […]

In Alabama, where sports conversations don’t often deviate from the topic of college football, UFC middleweight and former University of Alabama linebacker Eryk “Ya Boi” Anders has blazed a unique path. By making a name for himself in the internationally popular sport of mixed martial arts, he has established himself as a beacon of true […]

UAB football alumnus Matt McCants, a former NFL player, has been named the program’s offensive line coach, Blazers head coach Trent Dilfer announced on Monday. “I am so honored to announce one of the all-time great Blazers, Matt McCants, as our new offensive line coach,” Dilfer said in a statement released by the team. “As […]

The “On Air” light was live last week at the Regions Bank headquarters in downtown Birmingham as the SEC Network hit record on a new series that highlights student-athletes with an entrepreneurial streak. The inaugural “SEC Start Up” pitch competition will show viewers how SEC student athletes are purposing their sense of competitiveness off the […]

As of this week, the Universities of Texas and Oklahoma are officially members of the SEC. As the two former Big 12 behemoths enter the fray, let’s take a look at how in-state teams have fared historically against the two. Texas has a winning record against both teams, but the gap against Alabama is a […]

A star swimmer from Mobile has clinched her second Olympic berth. Paige Madden, a silver medalist in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2021 Toyko Olympics, secured her spot on the Paris 2024 team last week at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis. Due to COVID restrictions, Madden’s relatives were not able to attend […]

University of North Carolina runner Ethan Strand, an Alabama native and 2021 graduate of Birmingham’s Vestavia Hills High School, advanced to the finals of the U.S. Olympic 1,500-meter trials last week. However, in Monday’s finals, Strand fell behind the pack during the final lap and wasn’t able to secure a spot on the Olympic team. […]

Two former Alabama and Auburn basketball superstars have been selected to the USA Basketball Men’s Select Team, Team USA announced on Friday. Brandon Miller and Jabari Smith Jr. will play with the Select Team, which practices with the U.S. Olympic team in order to help them prepare for the competition they’ll face this summer in […]

The University of Alabama athletic department finished the 2023-24 school year in ninth place in the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced Wednesday morning. It marks the second-highest finish in school history, behind only 2021’s seventh-place finish. The Directors’ Cup is an annual award given to the NCAA […]

The week of June 23-29 is ‘Rankings Week’ for EA Sports College Football 25, one of the most anticipated sports video games in history. According to the developers, Rankings Week is a showcase of some of the game’s highlights, “from the Toughest Places to Play, to the Top Offenses and Defenses, to our final Team […]

For the first time in seven years, no players from the state of Alabama’s 43 college programs were selected during this week’s NBA Draft. Fans have become accustomed to seeing homegrown Alabama players take center stage at the league’s annual event, with Auburn’s Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler selected in the first round of the […]

Spain Park High School track and field assistant coach Curtis Thompson is headed to the Olympics for a second time after winning his fourth U.S. javelin title at the trials in Eugene, Oregon. His javelin throw of 83.04 meters was three feet further than anyone else in the competition and will send him to the […]

On Thursday, Auburn men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl shared a powerful video of the start of an Auburn basketball youth camp, with the stadium lights dimmed and a version of the National Anthem echoing throughout Neville Arena just like a pregame setting: https://x.com/coachbrucepearl/status/1806337276185821408 RELATED: Bruce Pearl: ‘This morning our basketball camp sang GOD BLESS […]

Nick Saban, who six months ago shocked the college football world with news of his retirement, has been no stranger to the national spotlight since he called it a career. He’s been spotted testifying on Capitol Hill, relaxing at the Masters, providing NFL Draft commentary, and seemingly everywhere in between. However, the former coach is still […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide is just getting started in the Kalen DeBoer era, and things have gotten off to a smoother beginning than many anticipated in the first offseason. From a recruiting standpoint, which was the concer of many around DeBoer, the Tide are on fire and only continuing to rise in rankings. Nobody questioned […]

College Football 25 may very well be the most anticipated sports video game in history, and EA Sports is capitalizing on the hype. The video game giant released rankings of the top-25 ‘toughest places to play’ which will impact a new home-field advantage feature in the game and make some stadiums more difficult to win […]

It’s a great day to be a recruiter for either of the two major programs in the state of Alabama. According to their latest update, On3 has both Alabama and Auburn ranked well within their top ten in the latest update of their Industry Team Recruiting Rankings for the class of 2025. https://x.com/On3Recruits/status/1805955006245343539 Alabama, currently […]

Over the past few years, the state of Alabama has become one of the nation’s basketball hotbeds, producing a total of nine first-round picks in the NBA Draft since 2018. Although the state lacks elite prospects in 2024, local fans still have several reasons to watch this year’s draft, which begins on Wednesday and runs […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide secured a commitment from an elite, in-state offensive lineman after a huge visiting weekend in Tuscaloosa. Vigor (Mobile, AL) offensive tackle Micah DeBose has committed to play for the Tide. https://x.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/1804692150296137928 DeBose, who had previously been committed to Georgia, backed off that pledge around Christmas time and saw heavy pursuit from […]

Thursday night in Birmingham was historic, with Major League Baseball paying homage to the Negro Leagues and the historic Rickwood Field, which holds the claim as the oldest professional ballpark in the United States. It was already going to be a special night for baseball, the city of Birmingham, and the entire state of Alabama, […]

Alabama fans who may have been unsure or unaware of their newest commitment at the quarterback position got a nice introduction this week. Keelon Russell, a dual threat 4-star 2025 prospect out of high school powerhouse Duncanville in Texas, was named the MVP of the Elite 11 finals. https://x.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/1803898989802328242 After three days of competition among […]

Of all the losses to the transfer portal in the aftermath of the retirement of Nick Saban, none hurt more than the departure of superstar safety Caleb Downs. Downs, who led the Crimson Tide in tackles with 107 in 2023 and was the first freshman in program history to do so, elected to take his […]

Rev. Bill Greason, the oldest living Negro League player and a former member of the Birmingham Black Barons and St. Louis Cardinals, will throw out the first pitch before tonight’s MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Greason, born in Atlanta in 1924, grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr. He enlisted […]