Braves Win Game One of World Series Behind Soler Homer
Making his first start since testing positive for COVID-19, Jorge Soler became the first player to begin a World Series with a home run.
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Making his first start since testing positive for COVID-19, Jorge Soler became the first player to begin a World Series with a home run.
No. 1 Georgia and unranked Florida have unsettled quarterbacks situations heading into their annual rivalry football game known as “The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" in Jacksonville.
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin declined to address his vaccination status days after the university imposed a mandate requiring all employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
The Astros and Braves are making final preparations in Houston before opening the World Series on Tuesday night.
When Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves meet Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros, it will be a World Series that's been six decades in the making.
Eddie Rosario capped a remarkable NL Championship Series with a three-run homer that sent the Atlanta Braves to the World Series for the first time since 1999.
NEW ORLEANS, La. | Alabama State finished ninth in the season-opening Colonial Lanes Classic, picking up a pair of wins in the process, on Sunday. Alabama State (6-7) picked up their third win over No. 22 Prairie View A&M in two days, winning 4-1 in the opening round of bracket play. For more ASU Athletics news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
The top of the AP Top 25 went through a shakeup despite the entire top five winning in Week 8.
 Bryce Young passed for 371 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores, carrying No. 4 Alabama to a 52-24 victory over traditional rival Tennessee.
AHSAA FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Friday, October 22 Results (Includes Thursday games) CLASS 7A Auburn 42, Enterprise 28 Austin 42, Bob Jones 28 Baker 35, Daphne 31 Davidson 31, Mary Montgomery 20 Fairhope…
Chris Taylor hit three homers and drove in six runs to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Atlanta 11-2, cutting the Braves' lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series.
No. 4 Alabama is set to host Tennessee aiming for a 15th consecutive victory in the rivalry game.
Eddie Rosario homered twice in his second four-hit game of the NL Championship Series and six Atlanta pitchers combined on a four-hitter, giving the Braves a 9-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers for a commanding 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven playoff.
The American Athletic Conference will add UAB, Texas-San Antonio, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic to the league. The AAC is replacing…
Six schools from Conference USA want to join the American Athletic Conference and are expected to be accepted by the end of the week.
Birmingham, Ala. (October 19, 2021) - Kentucky was predicted to win the 2022 Southeastern Conference men's basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Vanderbilt sophomore guard Scotty Pippen Jr. was the choice…
Defending champion Alabama is picked to finish second this year in SEC men's basketball in voting among a panel of national and league media.
The Southeastern Conference has fined the University of Tennessee $250,000 after fans threw so much trash onto the field that the game had to be delayed for about 20 minutes in the fourth quarter.
The Braves won with a walk-off hit for the second night in a row when Eddie Rosario lined a two-out single off shortstop Corey Seager’s glove, giving Atlanta a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
LSU and head football coach Ed Orgeron reportedly have agreed to part ways after this season.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returned to the field for the Miami Dolphins after his rib injury, but his comeback ended with a 23-20 loss to the previously winless Jacksonville Jaguars.
With Alabama and Auburn earning important victories, the Crimson Tide has moved up while Auburn has returned to this week's AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
As Tennessee prepares for a road game at Alabama on Saturday night, University of Tennessee officials and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey are speaking out about some UT fans' behavior near the end of the Vols game with Ole Miss.
No. 13 Ole Miss held off Tennessee 31-26 Saturday night after Rebels coach Lane Kiffin avoided being by hit by golf balls as Volunteers fans pelted the field with objects in the chaotic final minutes.
Austin Riley homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series.



