MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Archie Manning has received the Liberty Bowl's Distinguished Citizen Award, an honor the organization considers its most prestigious recognition. Manning received the award Sunday while serving as guest of honor at the kickoff event of the…
NEW YORK (AP) - Game 7 between the Cavaliers and Warriors has drawn the highest television rating for the NBA Finals since Michael Jordan's last championship. Cleveland's tense 93-89 win Sunday night to capture the city's first title in more…
MONROE, La. (AP) - The district attorney's office has decided not to prosecute Alabama offensive lineman Cam Robinson and reserve defensive back Laurence "Hootie" Jones on drug and weapons charges. Prosecutor Neal Johnson cited insufficient evidence in court documents filed…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ahsaa.com)  – Mark Jones, Jacksonville State University Director of Recreational Sports for the last 32 years, will join the executive staff of the Alabama High School Athletic Association as Assistant Director overseeing officials, Executive Director Steve Savarese announced…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Scott Lazeroff, who finished third on the platform at this past season’s NCAA Championships, will try to earn a spot on the United States Olympic team beginning on Tuesday at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials at…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Jeff Samardzija threw a four-hitter and the San Francisco Giants won their sixth consecutive game Friday by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Pride Night, before the biggest regular-season crowd at Tropicana Field in…
NEW YORK (AP) - John Gant, the rookie righty with the weird windup, earned his first big league win by beating the team that traded him away last summer, pitching the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 5-1 on…
Montgomery, AL (www.waka.com)--- Most know David Burkette as a city councilman, but today he was Coach Burkette. For over 20 years, he's been sharing his love of basketball with kids. "Coming up I was one of 14 kids and we could not…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has hired former Louisiana Tech coach Greg Goff to lead the baseball program. The Crimson Tide announced the hiring on Friday after Mitch Gaspard resigned following the season. Goff led Louisiana Tech to a 42-20…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - UAB expects to begin construction of a new football operations center this summer after receiving a naming sponsorship and board approval. The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the expanded project on Friday. The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (mcso.org) -- The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office would like to invite kids between the ages of 6-12 years to our Annual Kids Fishing Rodeo to be held on Saturday, June 18th from 6:00 am-12:00 noon at the Montgomery County fishing ponds…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net) - Hits were hard to come by for both Montgomery and Chattanooga Thursday night at Riverwalk Stadium, but the Lookouts were able to push across a single run in the second inning and it held as the Biscuits…
CLEVELAND (AP) -LeBron James had 41 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers forced a Game 7 in the NBA Finals with a 115-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. James, Â who scored 18…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Cam Newton isn't focused on this past February's Super Bowl - or the one that will be played next year in Houston, for that matter. The league's MVP said he's all about the present - and…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees has voted to move ahead with a $160 million expansion of Razorback Stadium, one that will add approximately 4,800 seats and enclose the north end zone of the stadium…
ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Wisler snapped a string of four straight losses, Freddie Freeman had three hits, including a two-run homer, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 on Thursday. Freeman was still hot one day after he…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Dae-Ho Lee drove in three runs, James Paxton went six effective innings and the Seattle Mariners avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Thursday. Lee had an RBI single in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com)  –  Alabama State 2B Eriq White has been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America team. White (5-8, 175; Fr., Snellville, Ga.) earned second team honors by the NCBWA after hitting .346 this season with…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (secsports.com) – Leonard Fournette of the LSU football team, Lloydricia Cameron of the Florida track & field team and the Kentucky Volleyball team and support staff are recipients of the ninth-annual Southeastern Conference Sportsmanship Awards, the league office announced…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn junior outfielder Anfernee Grier picked up his third All-America honor when he was named a third-team All-American by D1 Baseball on Thursday. Grier, who was selected No. 39 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  (secsports.com) – Dan Leibovitz, a veteran basketball coach on the collegiate and professional levels and currently the primary men’s basketball administrator for The American Athletic Conference, has been named Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball for the Southeastern Conference,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (aumathletics.com) --- Auburn University at Montgomery Chancellor Dr. John G. Veres III and Gulf South Conference Commissioner Matt Wilson announced Thursday that the university has been extended, and accepted, a membership invitation to join the GSC as a…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Mike Montgomery walked Logan Morrison with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to bring in the winning run in the Tampa Bay Rays' 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Logan Forsythe…
ATLANTA (AP) - Freddie Freeman's lead-off single in the 11th inning against the Reds made him the first Braves player to hit for the cycle in eight years. Freeman doubled in the third inning, tripled in the fourth and hit…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits got back to .500 on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts at Riverwalk Stadium. Chris Kirsch was on the mound for Montgomery, and the left-hander delivered another solid performance…
