Sophomore Sydney Littlejohn faced 15 Ole Miss batters on Sunday. She sat down 15 Ole Miss batters in her second perfect game of the season. She is the first Alabama pitcher to throw two in her career and...

At first, Rhoads Stadium was eerily quiet. A 10-0 lead in the top of the fifth rarely elicits any interest other than the shuffling of bags and belongings that usually accompanies a mercy-rule win.A 10-0...

There are 60 feet between home plate and first base at Rhoads Stadium. This is the same as any softball field.Speed is paramount in softball. With only 60 feet between bases, it can be difficult to safely...

After a disappointing SEC regular season, the Alabama women’s basketball team is now at the win-or-go-home stage. With an SEC record of 2-14, the Crimson Tide was seeded last in the SEC tournament. With...

When No. 5 Alabama had runners in scoring position, it couldn’t execute on Saturday. In the Easton Crimson Classic series’ rubber match against No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday, the Crimson Tide...

Senior Sharin Rivers had to have crutches as she slowly made her way to her framed jersey. Tears started to roll down her face as she gazed up at her career highlights playing on the video screen. Thursday...

Danae Hays is a leader. As a senior, she has the experience to be one. As a middle infielder, she has to be.In her first year, she was part of the team that won the 2012 National Championship and the first...

Two years ago, Sharin Rivers and Briana Hutchen did not know each other. Both players were playing basketball on opposites ends of the country. It was not until Kristy Curry was hired at The University...

By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter Thursday is a big day for Alabama women’s basketball. The last home game of the season is always one of the games circled on the schedule at the beginning of the year....

There are no easy games left for Alabama softball. After going 4-1 at the Stanford Nike Invitational, the Crimson Tide returns home for a five-game slate in the Easton Bama Bash against three teams who...

Alabama men’s basketball never had a safe lead in its 76-68 loss at home to Vanderbilt. When the Crimson Tide pulled away, the Commodores came back. Then Vanderbilt took a lead and never gave it up.“Give...

Alabama has its second SEC win, and it ended the same way the last win did with a blocked shot. On Thursday, the Crimson Tide took down Missouri 67-64 at home. The last time Alabama won was five games...

An official visit is usually the time for coaches to market their program. Recruits can see the facilities and experience what it’s like to be on campus. Junior Leona Lafaele didn’t need an official...

The year was 2000 and it was Kristy Curry’s second year as head coach at Purdue University. Curry thought she was going to have another successful season after second-round exit in the tournament earlier...

If football at Alabama is king, then Sarah Patterson was queen. No other Alabama figure led with such grace and charm as Patterson. She isn’t the most legendary figure – not even she could come close...

Alabama softball’s season is already one for the history books.After coming back in the seventh inning to beat then-No. 23 South Alabama 2-1, Alabama put together a gem for the start of the Sand Dollar...

Eight months ago, the Alabama softball team watched from the first base line as Florida hoisted the national championship trophy.Now, the Crimson Tide is a different team. No longer can it rely on Jaclyn...

The University of Alabama women’s basketball team will get some needed rest this week following tough SEC play, losing three games in a row to drop the team to 1-8 in the conference.Alabama normally...

The Alabama women’s basketball team hosted Arkansas on Sunday after a loss to No. 1 South Carolina Thursday. The Crimson Tide fell to Arkansas 53-42 after failing to come back from an early first-half...

In 2008, a 21-year-old Serbian tennis player named Novak Djokovic was coming off of a career year. He reached the top 10 in rankings for the first time of his career in 2007. The young player impressed...

The Alabama women’s basketball team endured a loss against a similar young opposing team, losing to Vanderbilt by 3 points in the 55-52 result.Coach Kristy Curry said she is tired of excuses and wants...

With 9.4 seconds left in Sunday’s Alabama women’s basketball game against Vanderbilt, the score was 55-52 with the Commodores in the lead. Alabama had chance to send the game into overtime, but junior...

Tempers flared in Thursday night’s Alabama women’s basketball's game against in-state rival Auburn. Fists were thrown, players were shoved, and after the dust had settled three players were ejected...

Growing up in Morgan City, Louisiana, Meoshonti Knight developed a love for basketball. Knight played for Central Catholic High School. Knight was short, but she was athletic and became one of the top...

A Thursday bye could not have come at a better time for the Alabama women’s basketball team. A injury and two losses have Alabama 0-4 in the SEC.The bye will give extra time to prepare for No. 15 Mississippi...

Tuscaloosa is, by all means, a football town. Anyone who has ever heard of the place knows that.As a teenager, Deontay Wilder knew that as well. In 2004, he graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa...

Not every success for a student-athlete is measured on the field. Hours are spent in the weight room and practice field before a game. Alabama coach Nick Saban’s 
“process” extends past the gridiron.These...

The Atlanta Hawks have been the face of mediocrity for the last several years. The Hawks may have the longest playoff streak in the NBA at seven seasons, but they have failed to make it past the second...

The No. 1 South Carolina women’s basketball team took care of business Thursday night to remain perfect for the season with a record of 15-0. Alabama has not experienced the same success recently and...

South Carolina’s women’s basketball program is off to its best start in program history. South Carolina is 14-0 for the first time and has earned the program’s first No. 1 ranking. Thursday the Gamecocks...

Postgame handshakes are banal at this point. Coaches make a show of sportsmanship to keep the fanbases happy and the media at bay. It’s a formality, and not one many coaches enjoy.Bill Snyder is the...

NEW ORLEANS – As any college student knows, nothing is worth doing now if it can be done five minutes before it’s due. And any college student also knows that gamble doesn’t always pay off.Alabama...

NEW ORLEANS – The Alabama defense that had kept the team in games so many times this season couldn’t hold its ground against the Ohio State Buckeyes, surrendering 28 consecutive points en route to...

NEW ORLEANS | After No. 1 Alabama’s 23-17 loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 4, the Crimson Tide hasn’t dealt much with complacency.“Since the Ole Miss game, we've sort of been in a playoff of our own kind,”...

One year ago, the University of Tennesee at Martin came to Tuscaloosa and beat the Alabama women’s basketball team by 18 points in a 75-57 win. This year, UT-Martin will be coming to face a much-improved...

A great start to a long home stretch is just what coach Kristy Curry and the Alabama women’s basketball team wanted. Tuesday night, Alabama hosted USC Upstate to tip off an eight game home stand that...

The Alabama women’s basketball team’s four-game win streak was snapped Sunday with a loss to Quinnipiac at 73-66. The Crimson Tide will return home for eight straight games starting with USC-Upstate,...

Saturday was an offensive shootout with Alabama crawling back into contention and an eventual 55-44 win over Auburn.It took effort from every part of the offense to push past a first half performance where...

There is no bigger game in Alabama. There may not be a bigger game in the country – Alabama coach Nick Saban has said as much. “The Iron Bowl is one of the greatest rivalries in college football,”...

The Alabama women’s basketball team made a trip out to Lawrence, Kansas, over the weekend for the Women’s Hall of Fame Challenge. The Crimson Tide collected a sweep, 
winning all three games it...

Amari Cooper needed four catches to become Alabama’s career reception leader. He only got three in Saturday’s 48-14 win over Western Carolina. On his third catch, he was brought down at the Western...

After a win in the season opener, Alabama women’s basketball has lost two straight home games to Duke and Jacksonville State. Now Alabama has to regroup and travel to Lawrence, Kansas, for the Hall of...

The Alabama women’s basketball team tipped off the 2014-15 campaign in Coleman Coliseum  in the first game of a men's and women's doubleheader on Friday night It was big night for the program, and one...

Mississippi State has a good football team. Alabama coach Nick Saban isn’t the first person to say it, and he won’t be the last. Alabama’s six-game winning streak over the Bulldogs doesn’t matter....

Coleman Colliseum will host both Alabama basketball teams for the first time since 2011 Friday. Both teams will play their season-opening matchups in a double-header in the 15,000-person venue. “I’m...

A short-handed Alabama women’s basketball team began its season Sunday in an exhibition game against the University of North Alabama. The Crimson Tide rode a second half run to beat UNA 80-48 with only...

BATON ROUGE, La. – For most of the season, Amari Cooper has been the name to know in Alabama’s receiving corps. On Saturday night in Death Valley while Cooper set school records, DeAndrew White quietly...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Alabama didn’t give up many big plays to LSU in the 20-13 overtime win, and when it came down to overtime, Alabama didn’t give up any plays. “It came down to the last second,”...

The Alabama women’s basketball team had one of its best seasons in a long time last year. Alabama won seven SEC games, the most since 2002. Second-year coach Kristy Curry said she is excited about the...

Everywhere on campus new buildings are popping up and old buildings are being renovated, with the rowing and baseball teams being the most recent sports to receive major building improvements.The University...

The wind wasn’t expected at the 27th Roberta Alison Fall Classic, but the Alabama women’s tennis team couldn’t change that. Instead, the players adapted and cruised to 33 wins in the two-day tournament....

Dennis Pursley’s first meet against Auburn as coach of the Alabama swimming and diving team wasn’t a success. Pursley, one of the most accomplished coaches in Olympic swimming history, came to Alabama...

By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter With mixed feelings from coaches and players, the Alabama women’s tennis team is looking to end its fall season on a high note. Coach Jenny Mainz said the team has...

Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, perhaps the most hated man in Tennessee, needed to make a statement on Saturday. Nearly five years after leaving the head coaching job at Tennessee in the dead...

The fall season is coming to a close for the Alabama women’s golf team. The Crimson Tide will travel to Wilmington, North Carolina, for the Landfall Tradition tournament this weekend. The team is the...

“Emotional” wasn’t a word used to describe Alabama until junior safety Landon Collins secured the 14-13 win over Arkansas with an interception last Saturday. That word can be used now. “I think...

Despite all the focus on defense in the 59-0 shutout of then-No. 21 Texas A&M, Alabama had some help from its stable of running backs. Against Arkansas, the Crimson Tide netted 66 yards rushing. Against...

Eight different lineups in eight different games – that’s Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy’s plan for Fall Brawl.He said he doesn’t know if he can do it, but so far through four games, it’s...

After a much-improved rebound tournament in Kissimmee, Florida, the Alabama women’s golf team will play again this weekend at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina is hosting...

By Elliot Propes I know it seems hypocritical to say stop making predictions when I’ve made them myself. Last year, I struck out when it came to MLB postseason predictions. I had the Tigers and the...

Junior running back Kenyan Drake broke his left leg in the second quarter of Saturday’s 23-17 loss to Ole Miss. He had surgery 
in Birmingham. “I think probably eight to 10 weeks before he really...

The smoke from the Ole Miss cannon has vanished. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium has long since cleared, 61,826 people and two goalposts emptier than it was at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Alabama’s defense could only...

Blake Sims threw a short pass to Kenyan Drake for an easy 10 yards and a first down early in the second 
quarter Saturday. When Byron Bennet and Tony Conner of Ole Miss got up after making the tackle,...

The Crimson Tide had built a six-stroke lead over second-place North Florida at the Shoal Creek Invitational at the par-72 Shoal Creek Country Club. Alabama had the momentum, but it slipped away Tuesday...

The Alabama men’s golf team finished in first place, up eight strokes after the first two rounds at the Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Invitational in Birmingham. The Crimson Tide ended the first day with...

Sophomore Nikko Madregallejo finished up the Crimson Tide Four-in-the-Fall with a good day. Three Alabama men’s tennis players won, including Madregallejo, who won the championship of the second singles...

Injuries and graduated players left the Alabama women’s golf team shorthanded this fall season. Junior Janie Jackson has aggravated her hip and is expected to miss most of the fall. Without Jackson,...

There were plenty of stars on the Alabama women’s tennis team last year. Natalia Maynetto, Erin Routliffe, Danielle Spielmann and Maya Jansen helped the Crimson Tide claim its first ever SEC championship....

Steven Hood, interim vice president of student affairs, held a meeting Tuesday morning to address concerns and about the police response to Sunday night’s incident at Tutwiler Hall. Hood attempted to...

The Alabama women’s golf team finished ninth at the 2014 NCAA Championships, but to the team that’s not enough. The team is hungry, and wants to take the next step this season. To get to that next...

In Blake Sims’ first play as the starter against an SEC opponent, he threw an 87-yard touchdown pass to 
Kenyan Drake. By the end of the first quarter in Saturday’s 42-21 win over Florida, Sims had...

Alabama’s defense allowed 14 points in Saturday’s 42-21 win over Florida. All 21 points were scored off of Alabama turnovers, but only two of those turnovers gave the defense some opportunity to stop...

Amari Cooper did it again. In Alabama’s 52-12 win over Southern Miss, the junior wide receiver put up another 100-yard receiving game, this time to the tune of 135 yards on 
eight receptions. It was...

They say patience is a virtue. If that’s true, Alabama’s tight ends must be full 
of virtue. Through two games, Ty Flournoy-Smith was the only tight end targeted by Alabama’s quarterback. He was...