SPORTS

Tide looks to build on last week’s win

Miranda Murphy • October 15, 2010

The Alabama volleyball team, who won its first Southeastern Conference game last weekend, will be on the road this weekend against Kentucky and Tennessee. The Tide, after sweeping South Carolina (25-19,...

Football to open 2012 season against Michigan at Cowboys Stadium

CW Staff • October 15, 2010

The Alabama football team will open the 2012 season against the University of Michigan on Sept. 1, 2012, in the “Cowboys Stadium Classic” at Cowboys Stadium. The primetime kick off will be televised...

Bama anxious to play again

Brett Hudson • October 15, 2010

The Alabama softball team will begin fall play this weekend with a game against Jefferson State on Friday and a double-header with the University of Alabama at Huntsville and Northwest Florida State on...

Tide pleased with win in opener

Jasmine Cannon • October 14, 2010

The rowing team opened the 2010-2011 season at the Chattanooga Head Race on the Tennessee River this past weekend. Competing against the Tide at the regatta were schools such as Emory, Tennessee, Georgia...

Auburn, Florida end Bama winning streak

Brett Hudson • October 14, 2010

The Alabama men’s golf team finished third in its home tournament, the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, which was played last Monday and Tuesday. No. 1 Florida finished second to the No. 22 Auburn...

Jones acts as role model on and off field

Britton Lynn • October 13, 2010

Just a few weeks after Alabama won the BCS National Championship and a day after the Crimson Tide opened spring practice, sophomore offensive lineman Barrett Jones left for Haiti. “It’s something...

Baseball team adopts child

Britton Lynn • October 13, 2010

A 38th player was added to the University’s baseball team on Saturday. Unlike the rest of his teammates, Grayson Anderson is not more than five feet tall, and he is not enrolled at the University. Anderson...

Tide buckles down, moves on

Britton Lynn • October 13, 2010

After a rough start to the week, as Alabama came off its first regular-season loss since the 2007 season, the team’s focus is now back where it needs to be – on its next opponent. “Practice is back...

Top-ranked Tide shoots best score

Zachary Al-Khateeb • October 13, 2010

The Alabama women’s golf team was ranked first in the nation by Golf World going into the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday. Coming out of competition, the Crimson Tide left no doubt...

McElroy on quest for Rhodes

Britton Lynn • October 12, 2010

Senior quarterback Greg McElroy has led the Crimson Tide football team to a 13th BCS National Championship and 17 straight games without a loss in his two years starting for the Crimson Tide. But, his...

Bama breaks 18-year drought

Marilyn Vaughn • October 12, 2010

The last time the Alabama football team beat Auburn? Last year. The last time the Alabama men’s swimming and diving team beat Auburn? 1993. But last weekend Alabama’s losing streak snapped when the...

Bama adjusts lineup due to injuries

Tony Tsoukalas • October 12, 2010

Last week’s game against South Carolina not only handed the Crimson Tide its first loss but also saw starting right tackle D.J. Fluker go down with a groin injury. The Tide will look to junior offensive...