Tickets for Saturday’s SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium between Georgia and Alabama are sold out, prompting many fans to seek tickets through the secondary market. The SEC encourages fans to use its SEC Ticket Exchange when buying tickets on the secondary ticket market. The Southeastern Conference reminds fans to beware of possible counterfeit or stolen tickets. Any individual in…
Congressmen Bradley Byrne (R-AL) and Drew Ferguson (R-GA) today announced a friendly wager on the SEC Championship Game between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia. Ferguson is staking Chick-fil-a on a Bulldog victory, and Byrne is risking Alabama seafood for a Crimson Tide win. Byrne and Ferguson had a similar wager during last year’s National Championship Game,…
Former Sidney Lanier High School and University of Alabama fullback Johnny Davis has been selected as the 2018 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Alabama Football Legend Award, presented by Regions Bank. “We are proud recognize Johnny Davis as the 2018 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Alabama Football Legend Award, presented by Regions Bank,” Johnny Williams, Executive Director of the Raycom Media Camellia…
The G League is planning to offer an option to players who are not yet eligible for the NBA draft a chance to turn pro out of high school and avoid the college one-and-done route. Players will be eligible to sign a “select contract” if they turn 18 by Sept. 15 prior to the season that they would spend in…
Tua Tagovailoa and four of his Alabama teammates highlight The Associated Press midseason All-America team. Tagovailoa, the prolific quarterback of the top-ranked Crimson Tide, has 21 touchdown passes and no interceptions without having to attempt a pass in the fourth quarter because Alabama has been so thoroughly dominant. The Tide is averaging 53.6 points per game. Joining Tagovailoa on the…
Alabama coach Nick Saban expects quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to practice Monday and play against Tennessee this week. Tagovailoa aggravated a sprained right knee in the third quarter against Missouri Saturday night and didn’t return. Saban said Monday that Tagovailoa is “probably better this week than he was last week” and hasn’t missed a practice. He says the nation’s highest rated…
The poll for Week 7 of the college football season is out. Alabama remains atop the poll while Auburn has fell out of the Top-20. Auburn has tumbled in the rankings from #8 to #21, following their loss to Mississippi State Saturday night. This is Auburn’s second loss of the season. Full rankings can be found here. Categories: Alabama,…
Alabama outfielder Keith Holcombe, a former linebacker for the football team, has been arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. Holcombe was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail at about 4 a.m. Thursday on $1,000 bond. Tuscaloosa police Lt. Teena Richardson says Holcombe was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. She did not immediately have further details. Holcombe is…
Birmingham Legion FC will hold open tryouts for the inaugural 2019 season on November 29, followed by an invite-only, two-day combine November 30 and December 1, all at Birmingham SportsBlast Soccer Complex. Area talents will have the opportunity to showcase their skills alongside professional players and in front of the club’s President and GM, Jay Heaps, head coach, Tommy Soehn,…
Samford University and Youngstown State University will open the 2019 college football season at the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff at the historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. The kickoff time will be announced at a later date by ESPN. The 2019 season will mark the third straight season the FCS Kickoff will be held in Montgomery. In 2017, Jacksonville…
