Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has wept quietly in court after a jury announcement acquitting him of a Boston double slaying. The jury announced its verdict Friday in the 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro…
Hunter Wood (1-1) became the second Biscuits pitcher to dominate the Birmingham Barons in as many nights as Montgomery defeated their interstate rivals 4-1 on Thursday night at Regions Field. Wood, like Wednesday night's starter Brent Honeywell, went seven innings…
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has hired former Tigers offensive coordinator Al Borges as an analyst. A spokesman confirmed the hire Wednesday night after it was first reported by ESPN. Borges spent four seasons as the Tigers' offensive coordinator, making his…
Ender Inciarte hit two home runs and Tyler Flowers had a go-ahead single in the ninth inning Wednesday night to help the Atlanta Braves break a five-game losing streak by rallying past the Miami Marlins 5-4. Miami's Giancarlo Stanton hit…
USA Baseball released its 40-player midseason Golden Spikes Award watch list on Wednesday, moving closer to naming the top amateur baseball player in the country. Presented in partnership with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation, the 40th Golden Spikes Award will be…
Finally, a banner moment at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs have raised their 2016 World Series championship flag, delighting a raucous crowd that waited through a rain delay for a moment more than a century in the making. Hall of…
Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson's 55-year-old record with his 42nd triple-double of the season Sunday, then he broke the Denver Nuggets' hearts with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for a 106-105 victory. That eliminated the Nuggets from playoff contention. Westbrook had 50…
The Biscuits (1-3) notched their first win of the year behind a phenomenal outing by Greg Harris and three solo homers by Braxton Lee, Granden Goetzman, and Justin O'Conner on Sunday afternoon against Biloxi (3-1), winning 6-1. The win ensures…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says Charlotte will be eligible to host the 2019 All-Star Game after a recent change to a North Carolina law that limited anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. Silver says Friday the league's Board…
Right-handed pitcher Brent Honeywell came out dicing and dealing from the get-go striking out two of his first three batters. He would go on to record a Biscuits Opening Day record-breaking 12 strikeouts, breaking the previous record of nine set…
Auburn has promoted men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl's son, Steven, to assistant coach. Steven Pearl was the Tigers' director of basketball operations the past two seasons after one year as an assistant strength…
Dustin Johnson's manager says the world's No. 1 player has taken a serious fall on a staircase on the eve of the Masters. David Winkle of Hambric Sports says in an email that Johnson fell on the stairs of his…
Perhaps with an assist from the memory of Villanova's Kris Jenkins, viewership for the NCAA national championship game between Gonzaga and North Carolina was up 30 percent from last year. The finale on Monday night, which aired on CBS, was…
John Petty is set to arrive at Alabama in a season when much is expected of the Crimson Tide. Bianca Jackson will be trying to help the South Carolina women…
Seven of the Tampa Bay Rays' Top 30 prospects will feature on the Montgomery Biscuits 2017 Opening Day Roster, which was announced by the Rays on Tuesday morning. Of the talented, young group that makes up nearly a quarter of…
The sounds of the NCAA Championship game were whistles and moans. It just never seemed there was a flow to the game that North Carolina won 71-65 for its sixth national title. Each team had 22 fouls but it was…
Derrick Rose needs surgery to repair torn left knee cartilage and the New York Knicks say he will miss the rest of the season. Rose missed his third straight game Sunday against Boston. The Knicks announced that an MRI had…
A'ja Wilson scored 23 points to help coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina win their first national championship with a 67-55 victory over Mississippi State on Sunday night. Staley made the Final Four three times as a player at Virginia…
Lawyers for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez have begun presenting their defense in his double-murder trial. After prosecutors rested their case Monday, Hernandez's lawyer called their first witness, a fan who had his photo taken with Hernandez the night prosecutors…
The NCAA Tournament is ready to carve out its finalists from among the Final Four. South Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon and North Carolina are the last teams standing in a March Madness field that started with 68 teams. There are three…
Mark Few, who led Gonzaga to a 36-1 record, is The Associated Press' Coach of the Year. Few has taken the Zags to the NCAA Tournament in all 18 of his seasons there. He was a runaway winner Thursday receiving…
Frank Mason III, who led Kansas to its 13th consecutive Big 12 title, is The Associated Press' Player of the Year. The senior point guard averaged 20.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists while shooting 48.7 percent from 3-point range.…
The Sun Belt Conference says it wants college sporting events exempted from a new Arkansas law expanding where concealed handguns are allowed, the second conference to call for changes to the gun rights measure. Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson said…
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has been cleared for non-contact basketball drills and could return from his knee injury before the end of the regular season. The Warriors said Wednesday that Durant will be re-evaluated in the next seven…
The Auburn Tigers continued their dominance in the MAX Capital City Classic, winning the rivalry game for the eighth time in nine years of its history, 4-3, over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium in downtown…
