GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida is renaming its football field after former coach Steve Spurrier. The university's board of trustees approved the change Thursday, making it Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The modification recognizes Spurrier, the program's…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Panthers quarterback Cam Newton says he's done with the dab. The NFL's Most Valuable Player is moving on from the touchdown celebration he performed last season that became popular across the country. Newton talked about his…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) - Auburn senior Marko Krickovic of men's tennis was named second team at-large CoSIDA Academic All-America on Thursday, the first Auburn men's tennis player ever honored nationally by the program. Krickovic was one of 10 male student-athletes…
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban will tee it up in his native state during The Greenbrier Classic's pro-am event. A news release from The Greenbrier resort says Saban will play in the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits lost their longest game of the season on Wednesday night, falling to the Biloxi Shuckers 3-2 in 14 innings in a contest that lasted almost four hours. Jake Faria (1-5) got the start for…
EUGENE, Ore. (auburntigers.com) —Four Auburn athletes earned second-team All-America honors during the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at historic Hayward Field Wednesday. Auburn junior Welington Zaza, appearing in his first NCAA meet, led the way…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net) -- The Lanier High School Poets have their third head football coach of 2016, with Principal Antonio Williams telling AlabamaNewsNet Wednesday evening that previous interim head coach Marvin Cunningham will now take the job on a permanent basis. Cunningham has…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Paige Parker pitched a complete game to help Oklahoma defeat Auburn 2-1 on Wednesday night for its third national softball title. Parker put the Tigers down in order in the seventh to improve to 5-0 at…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will be named Alabama Sports Writers Association's professional athlete of the year. The former Auburn quarterback will receive the honor at the ASWA awards banquet Sunday night in Birmingham. Newton beat…
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Ender Inciarte finished a home run shy of the cycle and scored twice, Julio Teheran pitched eight innings and had an RBI single, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 Wednesday to stop…
PHOENIX (AP) - Corey Dickerson homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays completed a 10-game trip with a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Desmond Jennings also homered for the Rays, who took two of three in Arizona…
DURHAM, N.C. (auburntigers.com) –Auburn outfielder Anfernee Grier has honored as a first team All-American by Baseball America. An All-SEC selection and Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, Grier batted .366 on the season with 12 home runs and 41 RBI. He finished the…
ATLANTA, GA (goldentigersports.com) -- Four hundred and forty-seven student-athletes were named to the Commissioner’s All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average throughout the 2015-16 academic year. One hundred and nine student-athletes were placed on…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Former Philadelphia Eagles executive Ed Marynowitz has returned to Alabama as associate athletic director for football. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban announced Marynowitz's hiring on Wednesday. Formerly Alabama's director of player personnel, Marynowitz was the Eagles'…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson says the league's inaugural football championship game in 2018 most likely will be held at the home field of one of the qualifying teams. Benson, who announced on Wednesday the…
NEW YORK (AP) - Kelly Johnson is back with the New York Mets. The Mets acquired the utilityman from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday for right-hander Akeel Morris. As part of the deal, the Braves will pay the Mets $450,000…
NEW YORK (AP) - The 2001 Muhammad Ali biopic "Ali" will return to theaters this weekend to celebrate the late boxing legend. Sony Pictures said Wednesday that Michael Mann's film, starring Will Smith, will play in a few hundred theaters…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA says attendance at men's college basketball games declined slightly last season. Total attendance in all three NCAA divisions was 32,382,283, the 10th-highest total in history. The per-game average dropped by 25 from 2014-15. Fewer fans…
NEW ORLEANS, La. (sunbeltsports.org)- The Sun Belt Conference will hold its first ever football championship game as the league's presidents and chancellors, as well as athletic directors, voted unanimously to play the game beginning in 2018. The announcement was made…
UNDATED (AP) -- A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the Sun Belt will implement a football championship game in 2018. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the conference had…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) - Alabama State baseball players Eriq White and Diandre Amion were named to the Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-America team Wednesday, announced by Collegiate Baseball. White (5-8, 175; Fr., Snellville, Ga.) hit .346 this season with three home…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy's non-conference football game at Southern Miss on Sept. 17 has been scheduled for a 6 p.m. kickoff and the game will be broadcast live on beIN Sports USA, Conference USA announced Wednesday morning. Troy's visit…
LONDON (AP) - Maria Sharapova has been suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. The ruling, announced Wednesday, can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala.(biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits won their first game of their five-game home stand against the Biloxi Shuckers, taking Tuesday night's contest, 6-3, over their South Division rivals at Riverwalk Stadium. Hunter Wood (2-0) was making just his second start…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Emily Carosone's grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Auburn to a stunning 11-7 victory over Oklahoma on Tuesday night to force a deciding Game 3 for the NCAA softball championship. Oklahoma led 7-0…
