Heisman Trophy runner-up Bryce Love of Stanford and Outland Trophy winner Ed Oliver of Houston highlight The Associated Press preseason All-America team. Chosen by AP poll voters, the team announced Tuesday also features West Virginia quarterback Will Grier and his teammate, receiver David Sills V. Love, along with Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell, Wisconsin linebacker T.J. Edwards and Utah kicker…
Alabama will begin its quest for a second consecutive national championship with a rare feat. The Crimson Tide is just the second team to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll for three straight seasons. Alabama received 42 out of 61 first-place votes. No. 2 Clemson received 18 first-place votes. Georgia is No. 3 and…
Three Alabama and three Georgia teams – including Montgomery Public Schools’ Lanier High School – will square off in the first C1N Football High School Classic. Three teams from each rival state will participate in the contest on Saturday, August 25 at Lakewood Stadium in Atlanta. Three Atlanta high schools Griffin, Mays, and Cam Newton’s alma mater Westlake will represent Georgia. The Alabama…
Defending national champion Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason coaches’ poll, with Clemson No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3. The Crimson Tide received 61 one first-place votes from a panel of major-college coaches in the poll released Thursday. The Associated Press media poll will be released Aug. 20. Alabama won its fifth national championship under coach…
Alabama coach Nick Saban has received a new eight-year deal worth at least $74 million. The agreement runs through the 2025 season and was announced on Friday. Saban gets a one-year extension with a sizable raise for the 66-year-old coach, who has led the Crimson Tide to five national championships over the past nine seasons. Saban’s salary will increase to…
Alabama State University’s single-game ‘Home’ ticket sales are NOW available for the Hornet’s four “home” football games, which will be played during its 2018 season at the ASU Football Stadium on campus. The 2018 football season kicks-off on Sept. 1, with the Labor Day Classic on campus, which pits it against Tuskegee University. The home games continue on Nov. 3, with ASU vs….
The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl today released the preseason watch list for the 2018 Dodd Trophy. This list includes 20 of the nation’s top college football coaches representing all Power 5 conferences along with the Mountain West and Notre Dame. The Dodd Trophy, college football’s most coveted national coaching award, celebrates the…
The Biscuits (45-37) made history on Tuesday night, sweeping the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (31-49), 3-1, at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in front of 11,762 fans. The six-game series sweep was the first ever in Biscuits history. Jacksonville starter Jeff Brigham (3-1), who had allowed just one earned run through his first 29 innings this season, shut the Biscuits down…
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has been suspended without pay for the first two games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s conduct and substance-abuse policy. The NFL said Tuesday that Foster will also be fined for violations from a weapons offense and misdemeanor drug charge that were resolved earlier this offseason. Foster says he accepts the league’s…
LeBron James is signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time to join one of the NBA’s most iconic franchises. James’ agency made the announcement in a release, saying he has agreed to a four-year, $154 million contract. The game’s best all-around player and biggest star will now lead a young Lakers team that…
