Sports — Page 31

MADISON – The Trash Pandas’ Opening Night for the 2024 season was a washout Tuesday but the team will play a doubleheader Saturday. The first pitch of game one with […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Downtown Rescue Mission Swing for Shelter Golf Tournament has prizes worth $2,000 up for grabs, but the 18th annual event offers much more than that. The fixture […]

HUNTSVILLE – Take your  pick. Philosophical differences, personal matters or the biggest nemesis of professional sports coaches – losing. Any or a little bit of all could be the motive, […]

MADISON – Fresh off their first win of the season, the Rocket City Trash Pandas will open their fourth home season in their brief history this week with a six-game […]

HUNTSVILLE – On a day celebrated by Alabama A&M athletics Saturday, the Bulldogs announced Dawn Thornton as the head women’s basketball coach. Thornton, whose husband Cedric is the Bulldogs’ defensive […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville would no doubt prefer to sweep Fayetteville Marksmen in the first round of the SPHL President’s Cup Playoffs in a series that starts Wednesday. In reality, though, […]

Whitaker named women’s basketball head coach at UNA

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama made quick work of its search for a new women’s basketball head coach. Candi Whitaker, who has coached at University of Missouri-Kansas City, […]

GADSDEN – The threat of severe weather Tuesday moved groundbreaking up a couple hours, but dirt was moved nonetheless as Gadsden State Community College stepped up to the plate on […]

MADISON – If the preliminary opening day roster holds form until the season begins Friday, few players for the fourth edition of the Rocket City Trash Pandas will need introductions […]

HUNTSVILLE – For years, the City of Huntsville and the Metro area fit the description perfectly as a landing spot for minor league sports franchises. There was a vibrant economy […]

TUSCALOOSA – A national talking head told the March Madness listening crowd that the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team could make the NBA Playoffs given the right circumstances. The […]

MADISON – With the home opener a little more than a week away, the Rocket City Trash Pandas have unveiled some new ingredients to their lineup at Toyota Field. The […]

HUNTSVILLE –  Stalemate. Even Steven. Draw.  The Huntsville City Football Club has played two games in its second MLS NEXT Pro soccer season, and the results have been mixed. The […]

SPOKANE, Wash. – In what was motley a lost weekend for men’s basketball teams of the Southeastern Conference, Alabama survived and moved on to earn a berth in the Sweet […]

ATHENS – Making two moves in one day, Athens High School announced two new coaches to its roster. One is already on the faculty, while the other is moving from […]

SALT LAKE CITY — If you stayed up past midnight to cheer on Samford in the NCAA tournament, chances are you had a hard time getting to sleep. Not to […]

SALT LAKE CITY – Samford and fourth-year coach Bucky McMillan meet one of the country’s so-called “blue bloods” in the NCAA Tournament in a first-round game tonight. The Bulldogs are […]

SPOKANE, Wash. – The University of Alabama, Auburn University and the University of Alabama-Birmingham share many commonalities, not just all calling the Heart of Dixie home. And heading east to […]

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Alabama A&M head basketball coach Otis Hughley Jr. said he wanted his players to “have another bite of the apple.” Well, the Bulldogs took that bite and, […]

HUNTSVILLE – With the first of at least two Conference USA Basketball Championships in the rearview mirror, Huntsville’s sports fans can now turn their sights to the next events on […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Boys in Blue are coming home and will sport new “The Countdown Kit’’ jerseys for the first time. The Huntsville City Football Club, which played MLS NEXT […]

HUNTSVILLE — Margaret Richards has stepped down as the women’s basketball head coach at Alabama A&M University, Director of Athletics Dr. Paul A. Bryant announced Tuesday. In a statement, Bryant […]

NASHVILLE – The postgame glow of winning the Southeastern Conference Tournament with a resounding 86-67 victory over Florida still shrouded the Auburn men’s basketball team when the NCAA Tournament committee […]

HUNTSVILLE – Shortly after the University of Alabama in Huntsville lost its first round game of the South Regional in the NCAA Division II tournament, word began spreading that head […]