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Alabama basketball opens season with 82-54 win

Sean Landry November 16, 2014

A vicious full-court press and high-powered offense led the Alabama men's basketball team to a 82-54 season-opening win over Towson Friday night. The Crimson Tide forced 22 turnovers resulting in 34...

On to the Next One: Alabama beats No. 1 Mississippi State

On to the Next One: Alabama beats No. 1 Mississippi State

Sean Landry November 15, 2014

After jumping out to the unusual lead of 19-3 at halftime, No. 5 Alabama was under pressure in the fourth quarter, leading No. 1 Mississippi State by only six points while Bulldogs quarterback Dak Prescott...

Examining the post-LSU slump

Sean Landry November 13, 2014

Historically speaking, Alabama-LSU isn’t much of a rivalry. Alabama leads the all-time series 49-25-5, including an 11-game undefeated streak by Alabama from 1971 to 1981. For the most part, the two...

Calm before the storm

Kelly Ward November 13, 2014

Alabama had flatlined. The offense couldn’t get anything going. LSU had taken a 13-10 lead with 50 seconds left after Alabama drained its three timeouts. The Crimson Tide needed a miracle after its...

After road stint, Alabama returns home

After road stint, Alabama returns home

Kelly Ward November 12, 2014

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....

Men's basketball to tip off season Friday

Men's basketball to tip off season Friday

Sean Landry November 12, 2014

The 2013-2014 season was a disappointing one for the Alabama men’s basketball team and coach Anthony Grant. The Crimson Tide finished 13-19, including a 5-10 skid to end the season and a 5-13 record...

Randolph leads UA to win

Randolph leads UA to win

Sean Landry November 10, 2014

With six seconds to play in Alabama’s preseason exhibition against Montevallo, Levi Randolph leapt high above the basket to slam home an alley-oop pass from Justin Coleman, the exclamation point on...

Sims, offense come through last minute

Sims, offense come through last minute

Sean Landry November 10, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La. – When it was needed most, No. 5 Alabama’s high-octane offense and hotshot new kicker came through, lifting Alabama to a comeback overtime 20-13 victory over No. 16 LSU. Down three...

White Hot: DeAndrew White helps lead Tide to win over LSU Tigers

White Hot: DeAndrew White helps lead Tide to win over LSU Tigers

Kelly Ward November 9, 2014

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...

Defense shuts down LSU in overtime win

Defense shuts down LSU in overtime win

Kelly Ward November 9, 2014

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,”...

Sims, White lift Alabama in comeback overtime win

Sean Landry November 9, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La. - When it was needed most, No. 5 Alabama’s high-octane offense and hot shot new kicker came through, lifting Alabama to a comeback, overtime 20-13 victory over No. 16 LSU.Despite an...

Impact performer: Yeldon has 618 yards rushing so far

Impact performer: Yeldon has 618 yards rushing so far

Sean Landry November 5, 2014

The last time Alabama played in LSU’s famed Tiger Stadium in 2012, the roar of the crowd was constant for almost all 60 minutes. Even at halftime, the noise never let up, transitioning from boos for...

​Women’s tennis ends season

​Women’s tennis ends season

Kelly Ward November 2, 2014

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....

​Swimming and diving progress

​Swimming and diving progress

Kelly Ward November 2, 2014

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...

Cooper smokes Vols: Amari Cooper sets new record in Tennessee win

Cooper smokes Vols: Amari Cooper sets new record in Tennessee win

Kelly Ward October 26, 2014

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...

Cooper breaks record as Alabama beats Tennessee

Cooper breaks record as Alabama beats Tennessee

Sean Landry October 25, 2014

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - No. 4 Alabama didn’t exorcise all of its road demons in Saturday night’s 34-20 win over Tennessee, but it did enough to overcome the orange-clad Volunteers and the more than 102,000...

Kiffin to return to Knoxville with inspired Crimson Tide

Kiffin to return to Knoxville with inspired Crimson Tide

Sean Landry October 22, 2014

The last time Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin walked a sideline in Knoxville, Tennessee, he wore the UT orange so emblematic of Alabama’s 
second rivalry. In 2009, at only 33 years old, Kiffin...

Breakdown of Derrick Henry's 41-yard score

Breakdown of Derrick Henry's 41-yard score

Sean Landry October 20, 2014

The Alabama offense found itself in the end zone many times on Saturday, each time in a new way. Saturday’s performance showcased the creativity of new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, perhaps exhibited...

Alabama dismantles Texas A&M defense in shutout

Alabama dismantles Texas A&M defense in shutout

Sean Landry October 19, 2014

Before Saturday’s 59-0 mauling of Texas A&M, Blake Sims ran down his sideline, helmet on, beating himself on the chest. Kickoff was a half hour away, but the Crimson Tide’s quarterback said he already...

Defense stifles Aggie offense

Defense stifles Aggie offense

Kelly Ward October 19, 2014

“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...

​Let them run: Crimson Tide running backs find their rhythm

​Let them run: Crimson Tide running backs find their rhythm

Kelly Ward October 19, 2014

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...

​Softball dominates Fall Brawl

​Softball dominates Fall Brawl

Kelly Ward October 19, 2014

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...

Resurgent Alabama dominates No. 21 Texas A&M

Sean Landry October 19, 2014

Coming into Saturday’s game against Texas A&M, the 7th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide’s position was precarious, at best. Playoff contention had been preserved by a fingertip interception against Arkansas....

​Alabama holds on to win 14-13 over Arkansas

Kelly Ward October 12, 2014

Few things in football are more important than ball security. It’s a point Alabama coach Nick Saban has emphasized repeatedly this season. Despite all the emphasis, No. 7 Alabama had trouble holding...

Alabama fumbles, holds on to beat Arkansas 14-13

Kelly Ward October 11, 2014

Alabama had trouble holding onto the football against Arkansas 14-13 win on Saturday. The Crimson Tide and the Razorbacks combined for five turnovers. Alabama had four fumbles and lost two. The Razorbacks...

On the Road Again

On the Road Again

Sean Landry October 8, 2014

Minutes after the upset loss to the Ole Miss Rebels, the leaders of the Alabama football team stood in a dimly lit clearing outside the visitor’s locker room of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi....

Alabama grants waiver release

Sean Landry October 7, 2014

The Alabama Athletics department has sent a letter to the NCAA endorsing former women's basketball player Daisha Simmons' transfer to Seton Hall, reversing its prior position opposing the move. "This afternoon,...

Alabama faces Title IX complaint

Alabama faces Title IX complaint

Sean Landry October 6, 2014

Attorney Don Jackson has filed a Title IX complaint against the University of Alabama on behalf of his client, former Alabama women’s basketball player Daisha Simmons. “Information has come to my attention...

Kenyan Drake out for at least eight to 10 weeks

Kenyan Drake out for at least eight to 10 weeks

Kelly Ward October 6, 2014

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...

Crimson Tide offense stalls in loss to Ole Miss

Crimson Tide offense stalls in loss to Ole Miss

Sean Landry October 5, 2014

Late in the game, with the clock winding down, after the penalties, turnovers, missed field goals and blown coverages had taken their toll, with the No. 3 Crimson Tide down 23-17 and the Ole Miss student...

Defense loses momentum

Defense loses momentum

Kelly Ward October 5, 2014

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...

Several players injured in loss to Rebels

Several players injured in loss to Rebels

Kelly Ward October 5, 2014

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,...

Special teams struggles, Alabama falls to Ole Miss

Sean Landry October 5, 2014

OXFORD, Miss. — On a night marred by injuries, turnovers, penalties and missed field goals, No. 3 Alabama fell to the No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels 23-17 Saturday night, toppled like the goalposts in the post-game...

Questions remain after Q-and-A session

Questions remain after Q-and-A session

Kelly Ward September 23, 2014

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...

Sims, Cooper set records as Alabama beats Florida

Sims, Cooper set records as Alabama beats Florida

Sean Landry September 22, 2014

With four minutes left in the first quarter, quarterback Blake Sims found Amari Cooper in yards of space, with the closest Florida defensive back so far away, he might as well have been on the sideline. The...

Sims helps Tide rise to season-high gains

Sims helps Tide rise to season-high gains

Kelly Ward September 14, 2014

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...

Tide defense causes three turnovers

Tide defense causes three turnovers

Kelly Ward September 14, 2014

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...

Sims, Cooper lead Alabama in win over Southern Miss

Sims, Cooper lead Alabama in win over Southern Miss

Sean Landry September 13, 2014

No. 3 Alabama’s quarterback battle may not be over, according to coach Nick Saban, but for at least one game, senior Blake Sims was unquestionably on top.Sims went 12-17 passing for 168 yards and two...

Secondary struggles to defend pass

Secondary struggles to defend pass

Sean Landry September 7, 2014

Three games into the season, Alabama’s defense has two distinct identities: one dominant, the 
other inconsistent. In Alabama’s 52-12 victory over Southern Mississippi, the Crimson Tide defense held...

Cooper continues 100-yard performance streak

Cooper continues 100-yard performance streak

Kelly Ward September 7, 2014

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...

Vogler scores, tight end dry spell lessens

Vogler scores, tight end dry spell lessens

Kelly Ward September 7, 2014

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...

Alabama dominates Florida Atlantic

Alabama dominates Florida Atlantic

Sean Landry September 6, 2014

By the time the lightning came and the game was called, the work had already been done. The Alabama football team shutout the Florida Atlantic Owls, winning 41-0 and recording over 600 yards of total...

GAMEDAY: Star position breakdown

Sean Landry September 1, 2014

Sometime during last week’s victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers, Alabama defensive back Jarrick Williams picked up a foot injury. He finished the game, recording three tackles and affording some...

Yeldon, Henry lead running backs

Yeldon, Henry lead running backs

Kelly Ward September 1, 2014

Between the two of them, they put up 239 yards rushing on West Virginia in the 33 to 23 win. The offense had a net 288 yards rushing. “I like the way both guys played,” Alabama coach Nick Saban...

GAMEDAY: Q&A with Wesley Wright, FAU's University Press sports editor

Kelly Ward September 1, 2014

Wesley Wright is the sports editor of the University Press, Florida Atlantic University’s student publication. The Crimson White caught up with him to talk about this weekend’s matchup.Q: FAU threatened...

Clarida, Diederich score in shutout win

Clarida, Diederich score in shutout win

Kelly Ward September 1, 2014

The margin of victory could have been a lot higher, but Alabama soccer will take the Sunday 2-0 win over Jacksonville State. “That would be my only complaint that I could file against us tonight is we...

Picking a Playmaker: Sims, Coker see even play vs. FAU

Picking a Playmaker: Sims, Coker see even play vs. FAU

Kelly Ward September 1, 2014

Two weeks into the Alabama football season, and the biggest question hasn’t been answered: Who is going to be Alabama’s quarterback? Will it be Blake Sims or Jake Coker? Fans got a chance to see both...

Ref like a girl

Kelly Ward September 1, 2014

If you haven’t seen “The Sandlot,” I suggest you stop what you’re doing and watch it now. It’s hard to forget classic lines like, “You’re killing me, Smalls,” or the ever-inspiring, “Heroes...

Rowers get new boathouse, fleet

Rowers get new boathouse, fleet

Kelly Ward September 1, 2014

The University’s rowing team finished 11th in Conference USA last season. This year, the team looks forward to a new boathouse and a new fleet of boats. The Crimson White caught up with junior rower...

Offense rolls, secondary struggles as Crimson Tide beats West Virginia

Offense rolls, secondary struggles as Crimson Tide beats West Virginia

Sean Landry August 30, 2014

For all of the talk surrounding the new quarterbacks and Lane Kiffin’s new offense, No. 2 Alabama returned to a familiar formula to beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 33-23 Saturday night in the Georgia...

WVU sports editor talks season opener

WVU sports editor talks season opener

Sean Landry August 27, 2014

Alabama returns to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in the season opener Saturday. The Crimson White caught up with Connor Murray, sports editor of The Daily Athaeneum...

Offensive line swaps tackles at practice

Offensive line swaps tackles at practice

Sean Landry August 26, 2014

The Alabama football team remained at the Indoor Practice Facility as it prepared for its season opener against West Virginia this Saturday. The quarterbacks executed drills in the order listed on the...

Junior Cyrus Jones a leader in secondary

Junior Cyrus Jones a leader in secondary

Sean Landry August 24, 2014

Alabama’s secondary was beaten several times in Alabama’s 33-23 win over West Virginia Saturday night. The unit blew several coverages and conceded major gains on more than one occasion, endangering...

Alabama looks to answer questions in season opener

Alabama looks to answer questions in season opener

Sean Landry August 24, 2014

For eight months, the Alabama football team has been forced to live with the memories of the back-to-back losses that ended its 2013 season. The now-infamous missed field goal return for a touchdown –...

UA soccer to adopt fluid new philosophy

UA soccer to adopt fluid new philosophy

Sean Landry August 24, 2014

In a sport dominated by variable tactics and numerical formations, the Crimson Tide soccer team won’t define itself with one particular playing philosophy. Instead, the team will “take what the opponent...

Track coach celebrates summer, bright future

Track coach celebrates summer, bright future

Kelly Ward August 24, 2014

By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor The University of Alabama track and field team finished its 2014 campaign in June after capturing two individual national titles. The men’s team finished 15th nationally...

Crimson Tide football team takes on ice bucket challenge

Kelly Ward August 19, 2014

Alabama football wasn’t the first team to partake in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and it won’t be the last. The Crimson Tide finished off practice on Tuesday with the challenge. “That was really...

Cochrans host inaugural charity 5k

Cochrans host inaugural charity 5k

Kelly Ward August 17, 2014

This year’s inaugural Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 5k had a simple purpose: to raise awareness and funds for cystic fibrosis research and the Thomas Plott Foundation. Alabama football director of strength and...

Women's tennis team reaching new heights

Sean Landry August 17, 2014

Women's tennis coach Jenny Mainz is the longest tenured coach at The University of Alabama. In 2014, the team won its first regular season SEC title. It also reached the SEC tournament championship...

Adam Griffith shows consistency in scrimmages

Adam Griffith shows consistency in scrimmages

Kelly Ward August 17, 2014

In a summer where most positions are in question, there’s one that’s already been filled: Adam Griffith at place kicker. “Specialists were really good today,” head coach Nick Saban said after Saturday’s...

Amari Cooper becoming a leader on and off the field

Amari Cooper becoming a leader on and off the field

Kelly Ward August 17, 2014

In an Iron Bowl capped with the instantly famous — and for Alabama fans, infamous — 100-yard missed field goal return, it’s easy to forget quarterback AJ McCarron connecting with wide receiver Amari...

Alabama softball returns from Netherlands

Alabama softball returns from Netherlands

Kelly Ward August 17, 2014

Washing headstones of American soldiers from World War II wasn’t on the original itinerary when Alabama softball made the trip to the Netherlands in early August. The original plan was to play the Dutch...

Targeting revisited for 2014 season

Targeting revisited for 2014 season

Sean Landry August 17, 2014

On September 14, 2013, at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, with Alabama leading Texas A&M 21-14 with 8 minutes and 48 seconds to go in the second quarter, quarterback Johnny Manziel dropped back and...

College Football Playoff replaces BCS

Sean Landry August 17, 2014

For 16 years, the Bowl Championship Series ruled the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision with an algorithm designed to put the two best college football teams on the field at the end of the season to decide...

Linebackers regroup for season

Linebackers regroup for season

Sean Landry August 17, 2014

Under the watchful eye of position coach Lance Thompson in practice, the outside linebackers worked against the tight ends, attacking a stand-in ?quarterback. For the most part, the linebackers, led by...

Quarterback decision still up in the air

Quarterback decision still up in the air

Sean Landry August 17, 2014

J ake Coker, the much-anticipated transfer from Florida State, stands at 6 feet 5 inches, 250 pounds. Wearing No. 14, Coker resembles a larger, stronger edition of AJ McCarron, the three-time national...

Crimson Tide looks to reclaim past success

Crimson Tide looks to reclaim past success

Kelly Ward August 17, 2014

The outcome of the 2014 football season isn’t dependent on the Alabama football team’s skill level. It has the talent: a unanimous No. 1 2014 recruiting class, 13 returning starters and 51 returning...

Former Ohio State assistant hired for UA Gymnastics post

Former Ohio State assistant hired for UA Gymnastics post

Sean Landry August 6, 2014

University of Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth hired former Ohio State assistant Bill Lorenz to fill the vacancy left by her own promotion, UA Athletics announced Friday. “We are extremely...

Reed wins annual US scholar-athlete award

Reed wins annual US scholar-athlete award

Sean Landry July 22, 2014

University of Alabama track and field athlete Hayden Reed may have two more years of NCAA eligibility, but the redshirt sophomore has already accomplished more than most. After winning the discus championship...

Jeter shouldn't be first unanimous election to Hall of Fame

Jeter shouldn't be first unanimous election to Hall of Fame

Sean Landry July 22, 2014

This weekend, during all the pomp and circumstance of inducting two of the greatest pitchers of all time into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former New York Mets Pitcher and Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver unleashed...

Taking a shot

Taking a shot

Sean Landry July 22, 2014

The golf course at The Country Club of Mobile, designed in 1928 by perhaps the most prolific golf architect of them all – Donald Ross, of Pinehurst No. 2 fame – has seen its share of  world-class...

Drake, Reed won't be dismissed from team

Drake, Reed won't be dismissed from team

Sean Landry July 17, 2014

In the midst of a hectic appearance on the final day of SEC Media Days, Alabama football coach Nick Saban took time to update the media on the status of recent arrestees Kenyan Drake and Jarran Reed....

SEC Media Days: LSU running back already drawing comparisons to the greats

Sean Landry July 16, 2014

HOOVER - Within half an hour, LSU freshman running back Leonard Fournette had been compared to Michael Jordan and Adrian Peterson - all before playing a down of college football. LSU coach Les Miles commended...

Changes to targeting foul, other rule changes for the 2014 football season

Sean Landry July 16, 2014

HOOVER - SEC Coordinator of officials Steve Shaw appeared before assembled media on day three of SEC Media Days to clarify a number of rule changes and points of emphasis for the upcoming season.Shaw explained...

SEC Media Days: Coaches discuss expectations

Sean Landry July 15, 2014

The first day of SEC Media Days was led by defending SEC Champion Auburn, with much of the talk concerning consecutive titles. “Last year we weren’t on anybody’s radar,” Auburn coach Gus Malzahn...

Saban, players hushed on starting quarterback

Saban, players hushed on starting quarterback

Sean Landry July 15, 2014

For months, the buzz around Florida State transfer quarterback Jacob Coker has been building. Coker’s former coach and current Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher told TideSports.com in June that Coker...

Dana Duckworth takes over as gymnastics coach

Dana Duckworth takes over as gymnastics coach

Sean Landry July 15, 2014

New Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth doesn’t have a championship ring from the 2011 season, despite serving as the assistant coach during the team’s 5th ?championship season. Instead of a ring,...

Defensive lineman arrested

Defensive lineman arrested

Sean Landry July 15, 2014

Alabama defensive lineman and junior college transfer Jarran Reed was arrested Sunday morning and charged with DUI, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sherriff’s Department. Reed was held in the Tuscaloosa...

The Power of Patterson

The Power of Patterson

Sean Landry July 15, 2014

For the first time in nearly four decades, Sarah Patterson is not the coach of the University of Alabama gymnastics team.Facing dual knee replacement surgeries, the 36-year coach stepped down Tuesday,...

SEC Media Days: Coaches discuss expectations for coming season

Sean Landry July 14, 2014

HOOVER - The first day of SEC Media Days was led by defending SEC Champion Auburn, with much of the talk concerning consecutive titles. “Last year we weren’t on anybody’s radar,” Auburn coach...

SEC Commissioner Slive describes future for SEC, calls for NCAA reform

SEC Commissioner Slive describes future for SEC, calls for NCAA reform

Sean Landry July 14, 2014

In his customary ‘state of the Conference’ address, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive discussed several upcoming changes to the Southeastern Conference and voiced his support for reform to the NCAA. “As...

Quarterbacks headline at SEC Media Days

Quarterbacks headline at SEC Media Days

Sean Landry July 8, 2014

The summer holidays have passed, the weather in the South has turned oppressively hot, the summer doldrums have truly begun and the return of college football seems devastatingly far away. Fortunately...

Drake, Reed will not be dismissed from team

Drake, Reed will not be dismissed from team

Sean Landry July 8, 2014

In the midst of a hectic appearance on the final day of SEC Media Days, Alabama football coach Nick Saban took time to update the media on the status of recent arrestees Kenyan Drake and Jarran Reed. Drake,...

Saban talks playoff, Kiffin, more at media Days

Saban talks playoff, Kiffin, more at media Days

Sean Landry July 8, 2014

After fighting his way through crowds of media and autograph-seeking fans, meeting a man who traveled from Australia to a mall in Hoover, Alabama, just for the occasion and after his customary appearance...

SEC Network to air hundreds of games, sports content

Sean Landry July 8, 2014

The Alabama football team could play live in front of more than a million people in 2014. The Tide will play in the 101,000-person Bryant-Denny Stadium, the 102,000-person Neyland Stadium in Tennessee...

Mike Trout an All-Star player worth watching

Mike Trout an All-Star player worth watching

Sean Landry June 24, 2014

The baseball season is half-over. The All-Star break is rapidly approaching and with it the annual showcase of extraordinary baseball talent that used to be all about seeing the best baseball players...

Alabama baseball players hone their skills in summer leagues

Sean Landry June 24, 2014

The Alabama baseball team’s season is over. Sewell-Thomas Stadium is closed, soon to be added to the laundry list of on-campus renovations. The coaches have gone on the recruiting trail, the newest athletes...

UA Athletics finishes high in season rankings

UA Athletics finishes high in season rankings

Sean Landry June 24, 2014

Eight spring championships powered Alabama up the two all-sport collegiate rankings designed to determine the best all-around athletic programs in the country: the Learfield Sports Directors Cup and the...

Defeat in World Cup marks end of Spanish soccer dominance

Defeat in World Cup marks end of Spanish soccer dominance

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

The phrase “end of an era” is frequently tossed around in the sports world. People used the phrase, probably inaccurately, when the Miami Heat fell to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals this year....

Redskins name change should have happened several years ago

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

I can’t believe I’m writing this column in June 2014. Two years or more after we started having this conversation, and we’re still talking about the name of the National Football League franchise...

Alabama duo named to national softball team

Alabama duo named to national softball team

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

Alabama outfielder Haylie McCleney and former pitcher Jaclyn Traina were named to the USA Softball National Team that will represent the U.S. in several competitions over the summer, according to a UA...

UA pitcher drafted to Tigers

UA pitcher drafted to Tigers

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

Former Alabama right-handed ?pitcher Spencer Turnbull isn’t typical. The Detroit Tigers draftee, like most professional athletes, stands out: the 21-year-old Alabama native finished the 2014 season at...

NBA Finals game about Spurs, not LeBron James

NBA Finals game about Spurs, not LeBron James

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

By now you probably know about the Miami Heat losing – and not just losing, but losing spectacularly – to the San Antonio Spurs, 4-1 in the NBA Finals. Undoubtedly, some of you are using this championship...

USMNT win over Ghana terrifying and exhilarating

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

Boy, that was fun, wasn’t it?Not the 86 minutes of sheer terror. That wasn’t fun. Neither was Jozy Altidore going down with injury, or Matt Besler coming out at halftime, or Asamoah Gyan causing all...

United States men's national team gives Americans reason to believe

Sean Landry June 11, 2014

There’s a column in today’s paper by The Crimson White’s Alabama soccer beat reporter asking our readership to use the World Cup as a time to start following soccer. It’s a point well-made, and...

Softball team loses final series

Kelly Ward June 4, 2014

Alabama played as hard as it could, but their best efforts weren’t enough in the 6-3 loss to the Florida Gators. With the win, Florida became the 2014 Women’s College World Series champion.“Congrats...

Saban, other coaches' contracts approved

Sean Landry June 4, 2014

The University of Alabama is famously home to the Million Dollar Band, but following a Board of Trustees Compensation Committee meeting Tuesday, Alabama can claim a $6.5 million man: head football coach...

Baseball’s season ends in Kennesaw State loss

Sean Landry June 4, 2014

The pitch came from Kennesaw State reliever Justin McCalvin, low and inside to Alabama sophomore Kyle Overstreet. Overstreet waited and watched, even jumping out of the way of what he thought was a ball,...

Alabama falls victim to Florida’s Hannah Rogers

Kelly Ward June 3, 2014

OKLAHOMA CITY — Florida’s Hannah Rogers pitched four perfect innings in the 5-0 win over Alabama to start the Women’s College World Series championship series. Rogers retired 20 batters in order,...

Alabama heads back to championship series after 2-0 win

Kelly Ward June 2, 2014

OKLAHOMA CITY — For the second consecutive game, Alabama found itself up 2-0 in the seventh inning with runners on base threatening to score.Just as it did against Kentucky, the Crimson Tide and senior...