KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Martin Truex Jr. will start on the pole Saturday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. Truex turned a lap of 190.921 mph in the final round of qualifying Friday night, earning…
ATLANTA (AP) - After losing the first two games in Cleveland, the Atlanta Hawks made a lineup change for Game 3 on Friday night against the Cavaliers. Thabo Sefolosha is taking over as a starter on place of slumping Kyle…
FLORENCE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) - The Tuskegee University softball team saw their season come to a close Friday afternoon, falling to eighth-ranked and fifth-seeded Saint Leo University 5-0 in an elimination contest at the UNA Softball Complex. Tuskegee (24-31), the three-time defending…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Carlos Ocasio hit a two-run homer, and Diandre Amion added a three-run shot as Alabama State baseball defeated Alabama A&M 14-2 in seven innings in the Magic City Diamond Classic at Rickwood Field. Ocasio’s two-run homer…
TROY, Ala (troytrojans.com) – The Troy softball team wraps up its 2016 regular season schedule with a road trip to Mobile for a conference match-up against the South Alabama Jaguars at Jaguar Field this weekend. A doubleheader will be played…
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL will partner with the Mid-Eastern Athletic and Southwestern Athletic conferences to increase opportunities for ethnic minorities interested in pursuing careers in football administration. The league said Friday the agreement with the two historically black…
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (rtjresorts.com) –Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC), in coordination with the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (RTJ) and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) are collecting funds to help families in flood-ravaged Elba, Alabama as well as earthquake victims in…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - NASCAR announced a new format for the All-Star Race at Charlotte on Friday that will feature two 50-lap segments followed by a 13-lap shootout in which a portion of the field will be on fresh…
TROY, Ala (troytrojans.com) – Troy University held its 2016 Spring Commencement ceremonies in Trojan Arena on Friday and 32 current and former Troy student-athletes were among the some 800 students who received their degrees. The Troy graduating class had representation…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn’s Tahj Shamsid-Deen has ended his basketball career while Trayvon Reed will not return, head coach Bruce Pearl announced on Friday. Shamsid-Deen played in only five games this past season because of injury as he separated…
An appeals court is siding with a woman who is suing former NFL player Siran Stacy for child support. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled Friday that a Geneva County judge was wrong to dismiss Sharon Chancellor's complaint. She…
FLORENCE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) -- For the second consecutive year, the Tuskegee University Lady Golden Tigers will have to battle out of the elimination bracket in the NCAA Division South 1 Region, falling to fourth-ranked and top-seeded University of North Alabama…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - NASCAR has decided that Talladega Superspeedway won't be an elimination race in next year's championship Chase. The Alabama track swapped its date with Kansas Speedway in the most significant change to the 2017 schedule released…
AUBURN, Ala (auburntigers.com) —Eric Shore, who has served as Auburn’s men’s tennis coach the last 26 seasons, is retiring announced Athletics Director Jay Jacobs. The winningest coach in the program’s history, Shore compiled a 359-293 record. He will assist with…
ETTRICK, Va. (AlabamaNews.Net) -- Montgomery native Reggie Barlow's new job is now official. Virginia State University's president and athletic director presented the 43 year old Barlow as the Trojans new Head Football Coach Thursday morning. Barlow will be the third…
TROY, Ala (troytrojans.com) – Fresh off a Sun Belt Conference Championship and berth in the NCAA Franklin Regional, a league-high four Troy Trojans were named to the All-Sun Belt Men’s Golf Team, the league office announced Thursday afternoon. Luke Moser…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - NASCAR has decided that Talladega Superspeedway won't be an elimination race in next year's championship Chase. The Alabama track swapped its date with Kansas Speedway in the most significant change to the 2017 schedule released…
CLEVELAND (AP) - J.R. Smith made seven 3-pointers and the Cleveland Cavaliers drained an NBA-record 25 3s in a 123-98 runaway win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night in Game 2 of their second-round series. The Cavs made 18…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Steve Pearce hit one of four Tampa Bay homers, a go-ahead three-run shot in the sixth inning, and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Wednesday night. Brandon Guyer, Steven Souza Jr. and…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net) -- Alabama's longtime Southern League rivalry between Birmingham and Montgomery was renewed Wednesday night as the Biscuits bested the Barons 2-1 in the opener of a five game series at Riverwalk Stadium. Montgomery 1st baseman Casey Gillaspie…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State baseball team lost a pitchers’ duel to Troy 3-1 Wednesday night at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex. The Hornets (31-15) scored in the fourth inning on a bases loaded hit-by-pitch to Dillon Cooper, scoring…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (aumathletics.com) --- Senior Chance Calloway scattered three hits in complete-game shutout and lifted the No. 7 Auburn Montgomery baseball team past Martin Methodist, 11-0, in the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Wednesday at Paterson Field. NOTES • With…
TROY, Ala (troytrojans.com) - Troy University head coaches and athletic administrators will hit the road again this summer (May 31 – June 16) and trek across the Southeast for Trojan Tour '16, brought to you by Guardian Credit Union. The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala (ahsaa.com) -- All-star squads for the 2016 North-South boys’ and girls’ soccer all-star matches have been selected. All selected players, rising seniors for the Class of 2017, were chosen by the Soccer Selection Committee from nominations submitted by…
Reggie Barlow accepted the Virginia State University Head Football Coach position on Wednesday, just short of two months after taking the same job at Sidney Lanier High School, his alma mater. Here is his full interview as Alabama News Network…
