KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knoxville police officer who called Tennessee football coach Butch Jones during a rape investigation involving his players will no longer serve as the police department's liaison to the football team. Knoxville police chief David Rausch…
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Braves catcher Tyler Flowers has been reinstated from the 15-day disabled list after missing 30 games with a broken left hand. To make room for Flowers on the 25-man roster, Atlanta placed catcher A.J. Pierzynski on…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Nick Franklin was hit in the head on deck by a teammate's bat, but drew a walk and scored in the first inning before leaving the game with a head…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Three Miami Dolphins and nearly two dozen other VIPs simultaneously smashed guitars in the end zone Wednesday to christen Hard Rock Stadium as the new name for the team's home. Receiver Jarvis Landry, defensive tackle…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The Southeastern Conference unveiled its soccer coaches’ preseason list on Wednesday with five Auburn players selected as players to watch for the upcoming season. Kiana Clarke, Kristen Dodson, Sarah Le Beau, Brooke Ramsier and Casie Ramsier…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (aumathletics.com) ---- Auburn Montgomery’s head men’s basketball coach Michael Cheaney announced the addition of Robert Penny as an assistant coach for the program on Tuesday. Penny joined the Warhawks following two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The Auburn volleyball team was chosen to finish seventh in the Southeastern Conference in this season’s preseason coaches’ poll, the league announced Wednesday. The Tigers return all six starters plus libero from the 2015 team that…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (aumathletics.com) ---- Auburn University at Montgomery Chancellor Carl A. Stockton has accepted Director of Athletics Jim Herlihy’s resignation and has named Jessie Rosa, AUM's Associate Director of Athletics since 2012, Interim Director of Athletics. Herlihy, who came to the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Football season is less than three weeks away and that means the annual showdown between Alabama State and Alabama A&M at the Magic City Classic is not that far away either. Tickets for the 75th edition…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Junior Ben Schlottman made the 64-player cut to advance to U.S. Amateur match play on Tuesday while senior Matt Gilchrest will participate in a 23-player playoff for eight spots at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Former Auburn track and field athlete Donald Thomas finished in a tie for seventh place in the Olympic high jump final with a clearance at 7-feet, 6-inches (2.29m) on Tuesday at Olympic Stadium, in Rio de…
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians has been hospitalized after complaining of stomach pain. Cardinals spokesman Mark Dalton said that, after arriving for the team's joint practice with the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium on Tuesday night,…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Brad Miller hit two of the Tampa Bay Rays' five home runs in a 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Evan Longoria had three hits and his 27th homer while tying…
ATLANTA (AP) - Ervin Santana scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings, Joe Mauer homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night. In a matchup of the two worst teams in the major leagues, Minnesota…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (huntingdonhawks.com) – The Huntingdon football team completed its first day of two-a-days on Tuesday and focused on special teams in the afternoon practice. The Hawks will take the field in full gear at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. “It…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) -- The Tuskegee University Golden Tigers are inching closer to the end of camp as classes begin Thursday morning in Tuskegee. The Golden Tigers put in their first two-a-day practice, going early Thursday morning and followed that up…
ATLANTA (AP) - Shortstop Erick Aybar has been traded from the Atlanta Braves to the Detroit Tigers for minor league catcher Kade Scivicque. Aybar gives the Tigers experience at shortstop as Jose Iglesias recovers from a hamstring injury. Aybar is…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ahsaa.com) – Six prep football powers are set to kick off the 2016 high school football season this weekend at the 11th annual Champions Challenge Football Classic hosted by the Alabama High School Athletic Association and its coaches’…
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Clemson starting defensive end Austin Bryant is expected to miss at least three games after having surgery to repair a broken bone in his foot. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney says Bryant got hurt at practice Monday…
The ride-hailing service Uber plans to return to two Alabama cities this week as students return to college campuses. Local media report that city officials in Auburn and Tuscaloosa have approved ordinances in recent weeks that satisfy the company. Uber…
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue have been selected as finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017. Jones and Tagliabue were chosen Tuesday by the hall's contributor committee. The…
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A lawyer for Andre Rison says a federal warrant accusing the former NFL player of violating probation by testing positive for marijuana and failing to keep up with minimum child support payments has been lifted. The…
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press the NFL has suspended Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus for the first four games of the season for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy junior goalkeeper Mikki Lewis was named to the Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference Team on Tuesday as selected by the leagues coaches. The Trojans were picked to finish second. Lewis was a 2015 All-Sun Belt…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits suffered their worst loss of the season on Monday night, falling in the series finale to the Mobile BayBears by a score of 13-3. Hunter Wood (4-2) was making his first Biscuits start since…
