RollTide.com announced today that Brad Bohannon was announced as head baseball coach at The University of Alabama today by Greg Byrne, Director of Athletics. Byrne spoke to the media about Coach Bohannon saying, “As we were identifying potential candidates, Brad Bohannon’s name continued to surface. We sat down on Monday in our home in Tuscaloosa. […]

AUBURN, Ala. — After failing to prevent white nationalist Richard Spencer from speaking on its campus last month, Auburn University is now paying $29,000 in legal fees to end a lawsuit that successfully challenged their cancellation. The legal fees will be paid to Cameron Padgett of Georgia, who sued the University after it refused to […]

This weekend, the teams of the National Football League got the chance to add to their rosters through the 2017 draft. College stars from across the country will soon make the transition to the pros, including many from the state of Alabama’s storied programs. Overall, colleges in the Yellowhammer state boasted 17 NFL draftees in […]

AUBURN, Ala. — James W. “Jimmy” Rane of Great Southern Wood has donated $12 million to Auburn University to create a revolutionary culinary science center in his parents’ name. The new facility, which will be called the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center, was approved by the Auburn University Board of Trustees on April […]

This weekend will mark the 81st playing of the Masters tournament at Augusta National Country Club in Augusta, Ga. If you have never had the opportunity to attend, I can attest to the fact that it is an aesthetic pleasure unlike any other. Three golfers who have strong ties to our state will be competing […]

As buzz continues to grow over whether or not Tommy Tuberville will run for governor, Yellowhammer has learned that the former Auburn coach is spending the week meeting with influential associations and Alabama power brokers. An insider close to Tuberville says that groups like the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA), the Alabama Realtors Association, and others […]

Since the end of the Great Recession, just 20 of the United States’ more than 3,000 counties have generated half of the country’s new businesses and the better part of its economic growth. Most of these 20 are home to tech-intensive industries that employ skilled labor. Think Silicon Valley in California. Understanding this dynamic, several […]

This past weekend, the NCAA Tournament field narrowed down to the prestigious Final Four, with only North Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon, and South Carolina remaining. Two of the four schools (Gonzaga and USC) will make their first-ever Final Four appearance on Saturday, and another (Oregon) will make its first appearance since it won the tournament in […]

TROY, Ala. — Winning your conference’s end of the season tournament? Pretty tough. Winning both the men’s and women’s tournament for your conference? Almost impossible. In winning both the men’s and Women’s Sun Belt Conference Tournaments, Troy University is one only seven schools to accomplish this incredible feat. In doing so, the school will be […]

Football season may have just wrapped up, but Alabama has come close to taking one more title. A study by Wallethub found that Tuscaloosa was the second best town in America for college football fans. Alabama’s 2016 foes, the Clemson Tigers, were said to have the number one hometown for college fans last year. To […]

Lebron James is laying out a case against Auburn basketball great Charles Barkley, creating what could soon become a nasty public feud. James, a player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, threw barbs at Barkley on Monday after his team lost to the Dallas Mavericks. His shots were in response to a recent comment made by Barkley, […]

Auburn’s head basketball coach is striking out at President Obama for sitting out of a United Nations vote that he says endangers the nation of Israel. Coach Bruce Pearl shared his reaction on Twitter Saturday following a United Nations Security Council vote that condemned Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. “Our Country, our […]

The Iron Bowl is a rivalry unlike any other in sports. It divides families to the core, as cries of “Roll Tide” and “War Eagle” are more likely to incite hostility at the Thanksgiving table than discussions of politics. For the past six years, the winner of the game has gone on to represent the […]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Republican Presidential Nominee Donald J. Trump’s campaign hosted a pair of Facebook live events on Wednesday that not only yielded big financial dividends, but heavily featured some of Alabama’s own in prominent roles. Trump’s news-style forum was hosted by Alabamian and Yellowhammer News CEO Cliff Sims, who is currently on leave […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Druid City Brewing Company has done it again. The Tuscaloosa based craft brewer has made a name for itself with its witty SEC football themed chalk drawings, and its take on the firing of LSU Tigers head coach Les Miles did not disappoint. Titled “The Persistence of Clock Management,” the drawing pokes […]

AUBURN, Ala. — After a stunning last-second victory against the LSU Tigers on Saturday, one of the famous Toomer’s Corner oak trees caught fire around midnight. The Auburn Fire Division extinguished the blaze within minutes, and the University’s police division arrested 29 year-old Jochen Wiest for “desecration of a venerable object” the next day. AU […]

By Johnny Kampis / Watchdog.org If you build it, sometimes they don’t come. Opelika spent about $43 million to build a broadband network capable of 1 gigabit-per-second symmetrical speeds, financed by a bond issue backed up by the revenue of Opelika Power Services. Four years later (as of Aug. 26), OPS has one subscriber for […]

By Dawn Azok Alabama’s auto industry continues to power new investment and jobs across the state. Over the past year, auto suppliers have announced new facilities and expansions worth at least $924 million and more than 2,500 new jobs in activities ranging from precision machining to engineering. Among the companies growing in Alabama is Lear […]

By Karim Shamsi-Basha As football season approaches, the battle cry of the defending national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide, is rising up from Tuscaloosa to Dallas to New York to Jerusalem. Jerusalem? The last thing one might expect to find on the ancient streets of Jerusalem is anything having to do with American football – […]

Using data from the 2010 census, Dustin Cable of the University of Virginia has created the definitive map of racial distribution in America. Let’s start with the United States and work our way down to the local level. [Click images to enlarge] United States White: blue dots; Black: green dots; Asian: red; Latino: orange; all […]

By: UBER The wait is over: Uber is coming to Tuscaloosa and Auburn, just in time for the fall semester and football season! Starting on Thursday, riders will be able to request an uberX in both cities. Bringing Uber to these two college towns has been a priority for us, and we’re excited to be […]

AUBURN, Ala. — If you have watched Olympic swimming for the past twenty years, then you know the voice of Rowdy Gaines. Along with his broadcast partner Dan Hicks, Gaines has covered all of NBC’s Olympic swimming events since the 1996 Atlanta Games. Together, the duo have covered what has been deemed the golden age […]

The online dating website eHarmony is now being run by Alabama native and Auburn University alum Grant Langston. The move, effective immediately, puts Langston in charge of the company that has been run founder Dr. Neil Clark Warren since its inception. The former CEO will remain with the company as chairman of the board. “I […]

Alabama is experiencing a surge of youth political participation in light of historical frustration at the state and national level. All across the state, young millennials are running for office and at least some of them are having success. In Florence, an 18 year-old successfully won a federal legal challenge allowing him to run for […]