The Birmingham Stallions are coming off a title in the inaugural season of the United Football League (UFL) which was good for their third straight spring football championship. The man who has guided Birmingham since the beginning, head coach Skip Holtz, says he doesn’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon. During an appearance with the […]

It’s been a banner decade for men’s basketball teams in the state of Alabama. The Auburn Tigers set the tone in 2019, coming seconds short of a national championship berth. The Alabama Crimson Tide, likely the nation’s number one team this fall, made their first-ever Final Four appearance three months ago. Just last season, the […]

Willie Mays, regarded by many as the greatest baseball player to ever live, died Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants announced. The Hall of Famer was 93. Mays was born in 1931 in Westfield, an unincorporated mining town outside of Birmingham. He began his professional career while attending Fairfield High School, joining the Birmingham Black Barons […]

Smylie Kaufman had a front row seat to one of the most dramatic U.S. Open finishes in the history of the tournament on Sunday. Kaufman, who was born in Birmingham and attended Vestavia Hills High School before going to play his college career at LSU, is now an TV analyst for NBC’s golf coverage. During […]

Alabama men’s basketball head coach was in the building for Game Five of the NBA Finals in Boston to see the Boston Celtics take on the Dallas Mavericks. https://x.com/NickyPerkss/status/1802866001064677796 While Oats’ appearance in Boston may have seemed like a mystery at first glance, it makes more sense when you consider the fact that one of […]

It has been quite the offseason for the Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball program. Landing back essentially their entire core from last seasons first-ever Final Four team in school history along with adding some new pieces as well, Nate Oats and his staff put together a roster that is among the best in the nation. […]

A trophy is coming back to Birmingham for the third season in a row. The Birmingham Stallions claimed the inaugural United Football League (UFL) title Sunday with a 25-0 victory over the San Antonio Brahmas at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. https://x.com/TheUFL/status/1802552165116084560 After the Stallions won back-to-back USFL titles, the league merged […]

Charles Barkley has been in the spotlight recently due to the expiring NBA rights deal for TNT and speculation about whether he could secure a massive media ‘free agent’ contract with another network to continue his basketball commentary. However, Sir Charles put all the rumors to rest over the weekend by announcing that next season […]

College basketball season is still over five months away, but fans of the SEC and the ACC got something look forward to on Wednesday as ESPN released the matchups for the annual SEC/ACC Challenge. Both Alabama and Auburn will take the road to face off against two titans of the sport in the challenge’s marquee […]

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe will spend the last week of June as a counselor at one of the most prestigious football camps in the country. The Manning Passing Academy, founded and run by former NFL quarterback Archie Manning with the help of his sons Peyton, Eli, and Cooper, is a four-day clinic hosted on the […]

For the first time since 2009, neither Tuscaloosa’s Bryant-Denny Stadium nor Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium will host the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s (AHSAA) Super 7 high school state football championships in 2024. On Wednesday afternoon, the AHSAA announced that the two stadiums had been taken out of hosting rotation due to the expansion of the […]

2024 will bring the first year of the new edition of the College Football Playoff, with the size of the field tripling to 12 teams from just 4. On Tuesday, college football journalist Andy Staples published predictions for how this year’s field will end up looking when it’s all said and done. The picks were […]

Those who were worried about Kalen DeBoer’s ability to successfully recruit in the SEC have had a tough offseason so far. Since DeBoer has taken over in Tuscaloosa, the Crimson Tide’s 2025 recruiting class has risen to No. 1 in the SEC and No. 3 in the country overall. It’s the trenches that the new […]

Alabama and Auburn fans who have struggled with travel plans in past years due to game times being released only a week or two before the game can now rejoice. The SEC and new television partner ESPN, after releasing several game times during SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, have provided ‘windows’ for every game, giving […]

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe will appear in the “Fan Jam” celebrity softball game at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field on June 19th. The game, which will “embrace the culture, style and skill of the Negro Leagues,” is being hosted in the run-up to June 20th’s MLB at Rickwood Field game between the San Francisco Giants and the […]

The Auburn University Board of Trustees has given final approval to the construction of a new videoboard in the north end zone of Jordan-Hare Stadium, the school announced in Monday’s Board of Trustees June recap. The project, which was originally approved in February, will carry an estimated cost of $25.7 million. It is expected to […]

If you’ve ever wondered what former Alabama head coach Nick Saban was going to get up to in retirement, this offseason has provided plenty of insight. From helping out with ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage to taking it all in during The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club all the way to beaching it up in […]

The Birmingham Stallions are headed to the UFL Championship. They’ll play for a third consecutive title after winning the USFL conference championship game over the weekend against the Michigan Panthers. The back-to-back USFL champs trailed Michigan 18-3 in the first half but had a spectacular comeback and scored 28 unanswered points to win 31-18. https://x.com/USFLStallions/status/1799600107987575261 […]

According to data from Pro-Football-Reference.com, the state of Alabama’s colleges are among the nation’s best at producing NFL players — and not just because of the Tide and the Tigers. Of course, the University of Alabama and Auburn University play a major role in the state’s high standing. Alabama boasts 444 NFL alumni all-time, trailing […]

The University of Alabama Athletics Department revealed a plan for major upgrades and renovations to its basketball practice facility. The Coleman Coliseum Basketball Training & Player Development Facility Expansion and Renovation is pending approval of the UA System Board of Trustees, however, their Physical Properties Committee recommended approval for stage one and two already. The […]

After the sudden retirement of former Alabama High School Athletics Association (AHSAA) executive director Alvin Briggs last April, the central board began an immediate search for Briggs’ replacement. They finally landed on former coach and Oxford High School principal Heath Harmon, who addressed the media in an introductory press conference on Thursday night. Harmon was […]

On Thursday, former Auburn University head coach Bryan Harsin quoted a tweet of a story from 2021 alleging that his vaccine stance was costing the team practice time. “Let’s be clear, Bryan Harsin’s culture of confusion on vaccines is costing the team valuable practice time during fall camp. On top of that, the coach’s refusal […]

Auburn University men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl has never been shy about his love of country. On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which marks the allied forces invasion of the beaches of Normandy, which began the liberation of France and laid the foundation for the end of World War II, Pearl shared a tweet […]

The full ballot was released for the 2025 class of the College Football Hall of Fame this week. While 77 players were nominated, just nine coaches had the honor and two of them were arguably the two best coaches of the era in Nick Saban and Urban Meyer. But according to SEC Network and ESPN’s […]