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MADISON — The playoff-bound Rocket City Trash Pandas return to Toyota Field next week for a six-game series against their North Division foes, the Chattanooga Lookouts. The week at Toyota […]

HUNTSVILLE – If you are new to Huntsville, or even of you are not, do you know where to  get information such as what is the nearest park between your […]

Five SEC games that could change the season

The impending college football season will see more parity in the SEC than we’re used to. The SEC West will feature new faces near the top. Georgia might have more […]

UNA earns full NCAA Division I status

FLORENCE — You can go ahead and call them the NCAA Division I University of North Alabama Lions, now. UNA, long a Division II sports power, has completed its requirements of […]

Alabama college football players

Five storylines to come out of SEC Media Days

SEC Media days is over and the final countdown to the college football season has begun. After the great Saban-Fisher war of 2022, expectations were high as to whether we […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville’s first lawn bowling competition makes its mark next month on Butler Green at Campus 805. Not sure how to play? It is similar to bocce ball with […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau served up “more than meal, more than Restaurant Week” with the official launch of its popular  Restaurant Week as the main […]

DECATUR – Staffing shortages have hit the parks and recreation business this season in much the same way as other service-oriented businesses. In response to those challenges, and with many […]

LEXINGTON — The high octane action and thunder of big trucks and tractors are back at Lexington Motorsports Park with the annual Lexington Truck and Tractor Pull. The two nights […]

FLORENCE — University of North Alabama football graduate K.J. Smith has earned a record third consecutive Big South Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Smith, a defensive back, finished […]

Terrell Owens catches a pass during a FCF game.

A chat with Fan Controlled Football Commissioner Ray Austin

As previously discussed in this column, Fan Controlled Football has served as a hidden gem for football fans in the spring. As the league plans for big third season, we […]

Bill Walton to headline UNA Lions Athletic Club Dinner

FLORENCE – Basketball legend and broadcaster Bill Walton will bring his entertaining and engaging story to the North Alabama Lions Athletic Club’s upcoming dinner and auction. The event is 5 […]

2022 Auburn football season preview

We’re a little more than a month away from the college football season. While SEC Media days dominates local sports media, let’s take a look at what the upcoming season […]

MADISON – OK. OK. Kickoff is not until Oct. 15, but single-game tickets are now on sale for a historic college football game at Toyota Field between ASUN Conference and […]

Nick Saban smiling at college football trophy

2022 Alabama football season predictions

This Saturday will mark six weeks until the first college football games of the season on Aug. 27. While coaches are still watching tape and players are still in the […]

HUNTSVILLE – The City of Huntsville scored a big win today when Mayor Tommy Battle confirmed a partnership with the Nashville Soccer Club to launch a Major League Soccer NEXT […]

GUNTERSVILLE — Guntersville-based Major League Fishing Angler Association, the largest tournament-fishing organization on the planet, snagged a big one this week. The group announced it is partnering with Fuelz Fleet […]

The edge of college football's next Big Bang

With news over the weekend that USC and UCLA would depart the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, college football is poised to undergo a major facelift over the next decade […]

HUNTSVILLE — It was a chance phone call between pals about how excited they were that Army was going to a college football bowl that year. The buddy on one […]

The other day, I was walking down a street in a city in the SEC footprint. My colleague points at a building and says, “That is where I found out […]

HUNTSVILLE — A mixed-use development is planned for the former Hollywood 18 movie theater on South Memorial Parkway in Huntsville, according to a marketing flyer from Crunkleton Associates. The site […]

MADISON –– The good times are rolling for the Rocket City Trash Pandas after securing a post-season spot in the Southern League playoffs. Now the Minor League Baseball team is […]

Auburn players celebrate a win at the 2013 Iron Bowl "Kick Six" Game

Auburn has tasted the thrill of dramatic victory and agony of soul-sucking defeat as much as anyone this century. Your podcast hosts may be Alabama fans, but this week we’re […]

MADISON — The Rocket City Trash Pandas are postseason-bound after Sunday’s  7-2 win over the Montgomery Biscuits at Toyota Field. The Trash Pandas are 39-24, 15 games above .500 for […]