ESPN’s brand new SEC Network is set to launch the first day of the 2014 college football season, Aug. 14. To spread the word about the new network and to encourage fans to tell their cable or satellite provider to add the network to their lineup, ESPN has rolled out 14 school-specific ads. The ads […]

Gary Palmer today became the first Sixth Congressional District candidate to air a radio spot this election cycle. The first Wednesday in February is always one of the most exciting days of the year for college football fanatics because it’s National Signing Day, the first day a high school senior can sign a letter of […]

Fayetteville, Georgia resident Robert Burton isn’t one to sync his Christmas lights to the typical background music. Sure, he did “Jingle Bells” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” when he was first getting started, but he’s since moved on to songs that normally get identified with Christmas, like “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller.” But this year the […]

Recently, I experienced the single most exciting sporting event of my 32 years.  I was at the Alabama vs. Auburn game & it was epic.  Auburn beat Alabama in a crazy last play with one second left on the clock.  I have never experienced as much disappointment as a fan.  I left the stadium shocked […]

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard raised $91,700 for his re-election campaign during the month of November, giving him over $250,000 cash on hand, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State on Tuesday. Business heavyweights like Federal Express, Boeing and NBC Universal donated alongside Alabama residents from around the state and […]

USA Today Sports has named the fanbases of both Alabama and Auburn among the “most beloved” in all of college football. So, what exactly does “most beloved” mean? “[T]he true test of loyalty is how deep the fandom goes,” Paul Myerberg of USA today wrote. “This is what separates good fan bases from the country’s […]

(ABOVE: Molly Anne Dutton is interviewed by Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck) Molly Anne Dutton’s inspirational life story has swept the country since Yellowhammer initially wrote about it on Monday. Since then, multiple national media outlets have flocked to the story, including Fox News, which reposted Yellowhammer’s article on its website, and invited Dutton […]

It’s been a half century since segregation was the law of the land in Alabama, but according to an incredible map illustrating the racial distribution of the U.S., self-segregation is still pervasive in Alabama and around the country. Using data from the 2010 census, Dustin Cable of the University of Virginia has created the definitive […]

Above: Reason TV reports on the firing of Auburn police officer Justin Hanners A video report by Reason TV regarding the firing of former Auburn, Alabama police officer Justin Hanners is making the rounds on social media this week. According to Reason’s Tracy Oppenheimer, “after the arrival of a new police chief in 2010, the […]

Yellowhammer has teamed up with the Alabama Policy Institute to rank the business-friendliness of the state’s 50 largest cities. API’s researchers derived answers to the following questions: What cities have the best tax policy? Which have low costs of living and crime rates? What cities have experienced the most year-over-year population and job growth? What […]