ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith will return to Mexico City to light the torch honoring late Raiders owner Al Davis before Oakland plays Houston in an NFL game. Smith will make his second trip back to…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - The NASCAR championship race Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway is sold out. The track announced a grandstand sellout for the race that will decide the Sprint Cup champion. Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Carl Edwards…
JACKSON, Miss. (bamastatesports.com) – It was smooth sailing for the Alabama State women's volleyball team as the Lady Hornets kept chugging along with yet another straight sets victory against No. 8 seed Grambling State by the scores of 25-12, 25-12,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (4pca.org) -- The Central Alabama Football Officials Association (CAFOA) selected Prattville Christian Academy as its annual sportsmanship award recipient for the 2016 football season. Sportsmanship awards are based on ratings by officials from regular-season games. The schools are rated…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Freshman Mustapha Heron recorded his first career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds while making all eight field goal attempts to lead Auburn to an 85-64 victory over Eastern Kentucky in the Cancun Challenge second…
IRVING, Texas (AP) - The Big 12 will hold its newly reinstated football championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. The conference announced the site of its five title games from 2017-21 on Friday.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price is giving $2.5 million to Vanderbilt for a baseball facilities project. The gift announced Friday is the largest for the $12 million project and capped fundraising. The project involves a…
AUBURN, Ala. (bobikesbama.com) – Two-sport legend Bo Jackson announced today that his 6th annual Bo Bikes Bama charity bike ride will return to Auburn, Ala. the morning of Saturday, April 29, 2017. Since the inaugural ride in 2012, more than 3,100 participants from…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy head coach Neal Brown has been named a semifinalist for the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year, the Maxwell Football Club announced Friday afternoon. Brown has orchestrated a remarkable turnaround and a historic season…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (aumathletics.com) --- Despite rallying from a 12-point second half deficit to tie the score in the final four minutes, the Auburn Montgomery men’s basketball team could not withstand a 9-2 rally to close the game and fell to Union…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Chris Cokley had 18 points and eight rebounds as UAB rolled over Troy 74-51 on Thursday night. UAB (2-1) is 9-0 against Troy and has won eight of the nine meetings by double digits. Dirk Williams…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State women’s basketball team played close with Southern Mississippi through the first half before a tough third quarter left them with a 70-43 defeat on Thursday night at Reed Green Coliseum. The Lady Hornets…
ATLANTA (auburntigers.com) – The Auburn coaches expected some fast swims from the women’s team at this weekend’s Georgia Tech Invitational. If Thursday’s results are any indication, the next two days promise to be fun. “Wow! What a fun day of racing,”…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (auburntigers.com) – Sparked by a 25-2 run that spanned most of the second quarter, Auburn women’s basketball pulled away early and cruised to a 68-36 victory at North Carolina A&T Thursday night. For the second straight game, the Tigers…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (goldentigersports.com) -- The Tuskegee University volleyball team played a grueling 10 sets in two matches on Thursday, splitting their two matches at the SIAC Tournament held at the Birmingham Crossplex and finishing fourth in the tournament. Tuskegee (14-19)…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - No. 18 Auburn will start Jeremy Johnson at quarterback against Alabama A&M in his final home game. Tigers coach Gus Malzahn said on his weekly radio show Thursday that the senior will replace Sean White on…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State took the first weekly award from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) as Britney Wright was been named Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for action over the first week of the regular season. The…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A first-round Davis Cup match between the United States and Switzerland will be held at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. The USTA announced Thursday that the first round in Birmingham will take place from Feb. 3-5. The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State women's bowling team will return to action as they host the ASU Hornet Classic this weekend, Friday November, 18 through Sunday November 20 at the Brunswick Zone Bowling Lanes. Day one will begin with the 6x5 Baker…
FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Tony Romo's future in Dallas isn't really a question in the mind of Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones. Even though the 36-year-old quarterback has lost his starting job to rookie Dak Prescott, the idea…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn basketball will play in the 2017 Gildan Charleston Classic in an eight-team field of Clemson, Dayton, Temple, Hofstra, Indiana State and Old Dominion Nov. 16, 17 and 19 at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C, it…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State women's volleyball team completed the perfect conference regular season by sweeping Alcorn State 3-0 by the scores of 25-12, 25-7, 26-24 Tuesday night on Senior Night at Lockhart Gymnasium. Alabama State (21-8 overall,…
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- First-year eligibles LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Jason Taylor and Brian Dawkins are among 26 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2017. Joining them as first-time semifinalists is tackle-guard Chris Hinton, who retired…
ATLANTA (AP) - Paul Millsap scored 21 points, Mike Muscala added 16 and the Atlanta Hawks won their sixth straight game, a 107-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and…
RUSTON, La. (AP) - Erik McCree and Jacobi Boykins scored 18 points apiece to help Louisiana Tech cruise to an 87-56 victory over Alabama State on Wednesday night. McCree and Boykins each shot 7 of 13 from the field. Omar…
