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, 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…
PHOENIX (dbacks.com) -- The D-backs have signed supplemental first-round pick Anfernee Grier for $1.5 million, the club announced Wednesday. Grier was at Chase Field on Wednesday afternoon for Arizona's 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. After watching the game from a…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays say their Pride Night game on Friday, dedicated to the victims of last Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, is sold out. The Rays put all open seats to the game against…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) -- Tuskegee University second-year head coach Melissa Robinson released the 2016 volleyball schedule Wednesday evening, featuring five home matches and two tournaments. “I am excited about the upcoming season,” Robinson said. “It will be very competitive. We have…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Sprint Cup team of Kyle Larson has been punished by NASCAR for the second consecutive race. Interim crew chief Philip Surgen was fined $25,000 and the Chip Ganassi Racing team lost 15 driver points and…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State OF Carlos Ocasio and RHP Joseph Camacho were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association / Rawlings South Central All-Region team, announced on Wednesday. Ocasio (5-10, 185; Jr., Palm Bay, Fla.) hit. 330 this…
CLEVELAND (AP) - Craig Sager is going to work his first NBA Finals game. The longtime sideline reporter has been added to ESPN's broadcast team for Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night between the Golden State Warriors…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn will play Oklahoma, a Final Four team this past season, in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Birthday of Basketball at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Dec. 21, 2016. It will…
