Don Hawes
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Tua Tagovailoa honored as SEC co-Offensive Player of the Week
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was honored Monday as the SEC co-Offensive Player of the Week for his season-opening performance versus Duke.In three quarters of work, the junior from Hawaii completed a career-high 26-of-31 passes for 336 yards and four touchdowns.Also Monday, Alabama freshman DJ Dale was named SEC co-Defensive Lineman of the Week. The newcomer from Clay-Chalkville High… → Read More
Auburn QB Bo Nix named SEC Freshman of the Week
Auburn quarterback Bo Nix was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday thanks to an unforgettable performance that included a game-winning touchdown pass, a 26-yard toss to Seth Williams, with less than 10 seconds remaining Saturday night. Playing in his first college game, the true freshman quarterback orchestrated three touchdown drives in the second half to lead Auburn to victory. Nix… → Read More
USA Wheelchair Rugby Qualifies for 2020 Paralympic Games
USA Wheelchair Rugby won the gold medal today at the Parapan American Games in Peru with a 58-47 victory over Canada. The victory qualifies Team USA for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan next summer. USA Wheelchair Rugby finishes the Games undefeated, winning all six of its games by defeating Chile, Columbia, Brazil, and Canada in pool play.(courtesy/Lakeshore Foundation) USA Wheelchair… → Read More
Gus Malzahn names Bo Nix as Auburn starting quarterback
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has named freshman Bo Nix as the starting quarterback ahead of the Tigers' season opener against Oregon → Read More
UAB defense steps up in second scrimmage
Blazers open season on August 29 at home vs. Alabama State → Read More
Alabama holds second preseason scrimmage
Tide faces Duke in August 31 season opener in Atlanta → Read More
Auburn, Alabama part of Big 12/SEC Challenge
The Auburn and Alabama men’s basketball team will take part in the seventh annual Big 12/SEC Challenge on January 25, 2020.Auburn will host Iowa State that night. The Tigers last played the Cyclones as part of the 2013-14 Big 12/SEC Challenge in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 99-70.The Tigers are 1-3 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge all-time.Also on Jan. 25, Alabama and Kansas State will square off… → Read More
Five SEC coaches on Bobby Dodd Watch List
The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl today released the preseason watch list for the 2019 Dodd Trophy. This year’s list includes 23 of the nation’s top college football coaches representing all Power Five conferences, as well as the AAC, Mountain West and two independents.Nick Saban is one of six former Dodd Trophy winners on this year’s list. Entering his… → Read More
UAB men's BKB set to face Kentucky in November at Rupp Arena
The UAB men’s basketball team will play Kentucky as part of the BBN (Big Blue Nation) Showcase in November. The Blazers will travel to Lexington for a matchup against the Wildcats on Nov. 29 inside historic Rupp Arena. The Blazers and Wildcats have met five times, with UAB holding a 3-2 advantage. Their last matchup was on Dec. 15, 2007 when Robert Vaden scored 33 points – including the go-ahead… → Read More
Jacksonville State picked as 2019 OVC Football favorites
For the sixth-straight year and eighth time in the past 10 years, Jacksonville State has been picked the preseason football favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference for 2019. The Gamecocks, who have won five-straight OVC Championships and 39 of its last 40 OVC games, received 14 of a possible 18 first-place votes in a poll of league head coaches and communications directors.The Gamecocks totaled… → Read More
Gene Bartow one of three Blazers named to C-USA Hall of Fame
As part of its 25th season celebration, Conference USA announced today its inaugural Hall of Fame Class. The 25-person class is comprised of 20 student-athletes, three coaches and two administrators. UAB is represented by Gene Bartow (Men's Basketball Coach/Athletics Director), Deanna Jackson (Women's Basketball) and Graeme McDowell (Men's Golf).The Father of UAB Athletics, Bartow grew the… → Read More
Three Birmingham Barons part of All-Star Futures Game
Luis Robert, Nick Madrigal and Omar Vizquel honored → Read More
Top-rated LB Quandarrius Robinson commits to Alabama
Jackson-Olin senior de-committed from Auburn in January → Read More
Hoover Met reports record crowds for SEC Baseball Tournament
The Hoover Met Complex recently hosted the largest crowd to date at the 2019 SEC Baseball Tournament. More than 160,00 people attended the tournament in Hoover, AL which produced an estimated $15 million in economic impact.The tournament received praise and commentary from guests, local government officials, and the SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey as well as recognition from the SEC Network at Fan… → Read More
BSC championship run ends with doubleheader loss at Div III College World Series
Chapman beats Panthers 6-4 in Game One, 11-0 in Game Two → Read More
SEC extends agreements with Birmingham Bowl, nine others
Conference adds Las Vegas Bowl and Gasparilla Bowl to schedule → Read More
Jacksonville State headed to Oxford Regional of NCAA Tournament
Jacksonville State earned a spot in the Oxford Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament on Monday.The 2019 Ohio Valley Champion Gamecocks will face No. 12 national seed Ole Miss on Friday, May 31 at 7 p.m. on the UM campus. The contest will be available on ESPN3. The Rebels, the top-seed in the four-team bracket, earned an at-large bid after posting a 37-25 overall mark and 16-14 in the… → Read More
Auburn earns No. 2 seed in Atlanta Regional
Tigers make third-straight trip to NCAA Tournament → Read More
Alabama beats Texas, 8-5, to earn 12th trip to Women’s College World Series
Alabama pulled out an 8-5 victory over Texas to earn a spot in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. The WCWS trip is the 12th in program history for the Crimson Tide, its first since 2016. With a 23-year history as a program, Alabama is one of three Division-I softball teams that has qualified to the WCWS more often that it hasn’t, along with Arizona and UCLA. The Tide broke the… → Read More
Four Nations Wheelchair Rugby Tournament in Homewood
>> THE FIRST THING THAT GRABS YOUR ATTENTION ARE THE COLLISIONS. KYLE: FOUR OF THE FIVE TOP WHEELCHAIR RUGBY TEAMS IN THE WORLD ARE ON A COLLISON COURSE AT LAKESHORE FOUNDATION THIS WEEK. >> WE HAVE AUSTRALIA HERE, DEFENDING GOLD MEDALIST, WE HAVE JAPAN HERE, THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPIONS. WE’RE TRYING TO STRIVE TO GET BACK TO THE PODIUM NEXT YEAR IN TOKYO. KYLE: THE AMERICANS COME IN… → Read More