I constantly have a widespread stomach-turning feeling from the inevitable fact that I will never hear every song, or even every musician. I live in non stop fear that there is a song or band that I’ll...

In November, Katie Crutchfield and Allison Crutchfield were given permanent residence at Birmingham’s Saturn, curator of unmatchable line-ups consisting of increasingly on-the-cusp artists unseen by...

Linebacker Terrell Lewis remembers one of the first times he met running back Brian Robinson in a hole during practice. It was last season, and Robinson ran right at Lewis, who stands at 6-foot-5, 256...

Four hours away in Nashville, Tennessee, students at Belmont University, a liberal arts college that is home to the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, are immersed in crafting music and...

They wear a black jersey for a reason. Alabama aims to keep its quarterbacks safe during the spring season. The players wear the black jersey to keep them from taking hits and suffering injuries.  Still,...

Not until the year 2022 are we promised a 50/50 gender balance at 45 music festivals. While this is a thrilling, and warranted, future promise to music consumers and makers, what’s difficult to swallow...

There wasn't much discussion about whether or not Alabama football would visit the White House after winning its 17th national championship. It's a tradition that comes with winning a championship in any...

Redshirt senior Josh Casher picks up his playbook and opens it to a page.  Every day, he writes the same thing on the page.  “Every day matters,” he scribbles. For a fifth-year player fighting for...

Collin Sexton only wanted one thing for Christmas when he was five years old. It wasn’t any type of toy, video game or movie. It was an alarm clock. He wanted an alarm clock, so he could wake up before...

Alabama freshman guard Collin Sexton announced he will leave school early and enter the 2018 NBA Draft. The SEC Co-Freshman of the Year averaged 19.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game with...

Alabama started a web series entitled "Shop Talk" last week.  It featured former players Julio Jones, Ryan Anderson and Eddie Jackson, who all play in the NFL now. The three reflected on their time at...

Green Bar is in the business of repurposing, changing a seemingly ordinary space into a distinctive locale. They're switching to a can-only beer list, allowing for an entirely recyclable bar service and...

In a dimly lit, low-ceilinged music venue, a densely packed, impassioned audience slung locally-sourced IPAs through the throngs of fellow active listeners and participants. The atmosphere was entangled...

Looking around the practice fields for Alabama’s spring football sessions, very few coaches were on staff last season. In fact, Alabama brought in six new assistants and saw one transition to a new off-field...

In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Julie Byrne, the Central Park central ranger who doubles as an enchantingly ethereal folk singer-songwriter, donned a simple sequined dress and no shoes to perform a delicately...

Alabama basketball exited the NCAA Tournament at the hands of No. 1 seed Villanova, 81-58. The Crimson Tide, who were only down five at the half, could not stop the Wildcats from knocking down three-pointers...

Alabama basketball will be a No. 9 seed in the east region of the NCAA Tournament and will play Virginia Tech in the first round in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  It will be Alabama's first NCAA Tournament...

Alabama freshman point guard Collin Sexton hit a floater with no time left to give Alabama a 71-70 win over Texas A&M in the second round of the SEC tournament. The shot snapped a five-game losing streak...

By Matthew Speakman | Sports Editor It is a new season for Alabama basketball, and it comes at a good time. The Crimson Tide ended the season with a five-game losing streak to thrust them to the edge of...

By Matthew Speakman | Sports Editor Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley left the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine disappointed. He felt that he didn’t perform up to his standard. The 22-year-old wide out ran...

During Alabama’s annual Pro Day, former Tennessee coach Butch Jones was spotted observing the work outs in a crimson jacket with an Alabama logo on it. Jones was reportedly in Tuscaloosa recently discussing...

Alabama forward Donta Hall made the SEC All-Defensive team, the league office announced on Tuesday. Hall lead Alabama with 2.3 blocks per game and is third in the SEC in that category.  He leads Alabama...

Alabama basketball freshman Collin Sexton earned SEC Co-Freshman Player of the Year, the league office announced on Tuesday. Sexton is just the second player in Alabama history to earn the award with Mo...

Seventeen houses for 17 national championships. Nick Saban and the Alabama football team spent its Saturday not in the weight room or lounging around, but building its 17th house for Habitat for Humanity...

Alabama basketball fell on the road to Texas A&M, 68-66, to end the regular season on a five-game losing streak. It is the first losing streak of five games since the 2005 season. Alabama finished the...

UA students flocked to the streets of New Orleans following the Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Jan. 1. The celebration continued following the National Championship game on Jan. 8 in Atlanta....

Graduate transfer quarterback Gardner Minshew has reportedly committed to Alabama and will enroll in May. His commitment was first reported by Sports Illustrated and AL.com. Minshew confirmed to The Crimson...

To say it was a poor shooting night would be an understatement. Alabama basketball experienced something much worse. The Crimson Tide simply could not hit anything it threw up against Florida, no matter...

In a seemingly mundane world of time zones and the circumstantial references that place us in said realm of time, there is a gleaming light of pleasure for those not looped into Eastern Standard Time....

Alabama (17-12, 8-8 SEC) will honor seniors Riley Norris and ArMond Davis before Tuesday’s contest against Florida (18-11, 9-7). It will be Alabama’s final home game of the year. Both players could...

Alabama announced that long time running backs coach Burton Burns will transition to a new off-field role as assistant athletics director for football. Burns spent 11 years as Alabama's running backs coach...

Alabama announced the hirings and promotions of several new and current members of the coaching staff.  Among those is the promotions of Mike Locksley from wide receivers coach to offensive coordinator...

Alabama's annual Pro Day will be held on Wednesday, March 7 at noon CT. The Pro Day will be televised on the SEC Network, the league office announced.  It will serve as a mock combine for all of Alabama's...

Alabama basketball suffered a 19-point loss on the road against No. 12 Auburn. The Crimson Tide's record now stands at 17-11 overall and 8-7 in SEC play. Despite being only being down by five at the half,...

For the first time this season, Alabama point guard Collin Sexton will face off against his former teammate when Alabama travels to Auburn on Wednesday night. Sexton spent three years playing alongside...

Between Birmingham and Montgomery lies the Waxahatchee River. Twenty-two miles long, it constitutes the unsung border between Shelby and Chilton counties. A waterway typically provides jet-skiing and kayaking...

   Early in the second half, it looked like Alabama basketball was heading for familiar territory. LSU pulled within one point and freshman guard Collin Sexton went to the bench with four fouls. It looked...

Alabama basketball has had its fair share of let downs this season. Big wins are often followed by head-scratching losses to inferior teams from a talent perspective. This week, Alabama (16-9, 7-5 SEC)...

Phish “phans” have an app. It can be phound in the App Store and downloaded to your phone. Through this app, phanatics have, at their phingertips, twenty-phour minute jam sessions that drastically...

Between The Jupiter and Druid City Music Hall, The Strip continuously houses the various musical stylings of local, regional and nationally-recognized artists. From The Avett Brothers at The Jupiter in...

Top-25 teams continue to bring out the best in Alabama.  The Crimson Tide (16-9, 7-5 SEC) defeated a red-hot No. 15 Tennessee (18-6. 6-6) team, 78-50, to get its fourth win over a ranked team at home...

In an up-and-down season, the high points have come against the right teams for Alabama. When top-25 teams roll into Tuscaloosa, Alabama shows up. Alabama has victories over four top-25 teams with three...

For the first time since 2010, a team besides Alabama found itself at the top of the recruiting rankings. Georgia broke Alabama’s record for five-star recruits in a year and finished with the nation’s...

National Signing Day is underway and Alabama already got a surprise. Four-star defensive lineman Bobby Brown spurned the Crimson Tide in favor of Texas A&M. Arlington Lamar DE Bobby Brown (@tre_brown8700)...

On Saturday at halftime against Florida, something in Alabama’s locker room changed. The Crimson Tide were only down six, but it felt like it could have been much more. Alabama lacked energy much like...

Alabama freshman guard John Petty’s three-point shooting has won Alabama numerous games this season. At home against No. 11 Auburn on Jan. 17, Petty hit eight threes to propel Alabama to an important...

If anyone was wondering if Alabama would experience a hangover against Missouri, they got their answer. Four days removed from one of the biggest wins in recent program history, a sluggish Alabama team...

The year 2017, shockingly, lasted only 365 days. It’s difficult to understand how one year can hold such immense tragedy while simultaneously providing an outpouring of unique art that asks for change,...

More than 50 NBA scouts were in attendance to see a duel between two potential top-10 NBA Draft picks in Alabama guard Collin Sexton and Oklahoma guard Trae Young. While both players went at each other...

NBA scouts have been waiting all season for this one. Alabama freshman point guard Collin Sexton will go head-to-head with Oklahoma point guard Trae Young when the Sooners roll into Coleman Coliseum today....

While Hangout Music Fest always promises its patrons a sandy setting, the need for sunscreen, a laidback festival vibe and the picturesque landscape of Gulf Shores, this year also comes with the chance...

Former Alabama standout cornerback Marlon Humphrey was arrested for third-degree robbery, according to the Sheriff of Tuscaloosa County's office. Third-degree robbery is a class C felony in Alabama. Here...

“We have to get a fan mail and start it off with ‘Hello Repeat Offenders,’” said RJ Marchand, drummer for the genre-bending, Tuscaloosa-based band Seismos.  Seismos is a quartet of musicians with...

Alabama basketball lost to Ole Miss on the road, 78-66, to end its four-game winning streak in the SEC. The Crimson Tide fell to 13-7 overall and 5-3 in SEC play on the season. Alabama fell behind early,...

This weekend, Jason Isbell did a three-night run at Alabama Theatre starting Thursday and running through Saturday. This marked the beginning of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s tour following the release...

Going to the dentist as a child would incite a strongest sense of panic in my bones. I feared everything, from the smell of the waiting room and the receptionist’s alarmingly too-cheery demeanor, to...

A five-star talent produced a five-star game for Alabama. Time after time, freshman guard John Petty, a five-star recruit in high school, ran off a screen, caught the ball, and threw up a three-pointer...

Alabama's national championship parade will be held on Jan. 20 to honor the Crimson Tide's historic season. It will begin at Denny Chimes and end at the Walk of Champions in front of Bryant-Denny Stadium. ...

They have had the play in their minds since it happened.  Last season, in a road game against arch-rival Auburn, Alabama was ready to accept a 17-point loss. Auburn had different plans. With barely any...

Thundercat, or Stephen Bruner in less funkified terms, is a bass guitarist that can undeniably envoke feelings of sly coolness on any listener. Listening to his new album “Drunk” feels almost deliriously...

Alabama offensive coordinator Brian Daboll will leave Alabama after just one season to become the offensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills.  Alabama head coach Nick Saban released a statement after...

It’s early January, and Alabama is still trying to find a lineup that best suites the team. The Crimson Tide have experienced numerous line up shakeups with players going down with injury, sickness or...

Alabama defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley will leave Alabama to become the defensive backs coach for the Oakland Raiders, according to reports. Originally, it was reported that Ansley would join Colorado...

Despite the recent frigid weather and ice skating rink still occupying Tuscaloosa Amphitheater’s pit seating, the venue has released a lineup for its upcoming Coca-Cola Concert Series starting in March....

Alabama head coach Nick Saban had a choice. Play it safe, or make a potentially risky change. Thankfully for Alabama, he chose the bold decision. Heading into the locker room at halftime, Alabama was down...

Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley will enter the NFL Draft, he announced on Wednesday. In his three-year career, he caught a pass in all 44 games he appeared in. He finished third on Alabama’s all-time...

ATLANTA- A true freshman quarterback replaced a seasoned starter with a 26-2 career record at halftime in a national championship, and won the game for Alabama. Yes, that really happened.  Quarterback...

Story lines have been running wild leading up to tonight’s College Football Playoff national championship. Alabama’s injuries, Georgia’s running backs and the relationship between Alabama head coach...

Colorado State will hire Alabama defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley as its next defensive coordinator, according to a report by Football Scoop. Ansley spent the last two seasons coaching Alabama’s...

ATLANTA- He was there during a crucial stage in their development. Georgia defensive coordinator Mel Tucker coached Alabama’s defensive backs for one season, but it shaped the way the team performs now....

ATLANTA- When the lights are the brightest, he shows up. Linebacker Rashaan Evans has a big-game mentality. During the 2015 national championship, he made a name for himself. The former five-star recruit...

Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick’s status was in question ahead of the national championship. Reports surfaced that Fitzpatrick had a bruised kidney after Alabama’s 24-6 win over Clemson. During Saturday’s...

ATLANTA- Alabama head coach Nick Saban officially ruled out right guard Lester Cotton from playing in the national championship against Georgia. Cotton suffered a left leg injury and left the game in the...

NEW ORLEANS- In the third quarter, quarterback Jalen Hurts find the widest of his wide receivers.  Lined up in a jumbo package, 6-foot-2, 308-pound Da’Ron Payne released in the flat. Hurts rolled right...

 NEW ORLEANS- It’s a new rivalry forged in parallel success.  Alabama and Clemson have faced each other in the national championship two years in a row, with each team claiming a victory. This season,...

NEW ORLEANS- Alabama defensive end LaBryan Ray did not expect to play this season. Rarely does a defensive lineman break into the rotation in their first year at Alabama. Ray did just that, because his...

Alabama basketball dominated No.5 Texas A&M, 79-57, in Coleman Coliseum on Saturday night. The win was Alabama's first over an AP top-5 team since the team beat Stanford in the NCAA tournament in 2004. ...

Alabama senior forward Riley Norris will miss the rest of the season with a hip injury. It is the same injury that sidelined Norris for the first three games of the season. Norris has only played in nine...

NEW ORLEANS- Alabama’s offensive line knows the challenge it is facing in Clemson. The Tigers’ front four, which has 44 sacks this season, has a rotation with multiple pro-level players. That unit...

NEW ORLEANS- Alabama safety Deionte Thompson’s legal situation has lingered over his head throughout his redshirt sophomore season. Before the 2017 campaign, Thompson was accused and indicted on felony...

Politics and sports are no longer separate entities. Now more than ever, athletes are using their platforms to address issues that they feel passionately about. Football players, specifically, have used...

 It wasn’t pretty, but it got the job done. Alabama basketball certainly didn’t put on performance that would turn heads anyone by any means, but still walked away with a 68-64 win. Alabama had a...

This is an arbitrary list. Every list like this is. These opinions are formed from a wide range of conflicting, correlated experiences and opinions that have formed my personal preferences and opinions....

Alabama had a league-leading 11 players named to the Associated Press All-SEC teams on Monday. The No. 4-ranked Crimson Tide had eight elections for the first team, and three for the second team. Wide...

On championship Saturday, Alabama was left waiting and watching. The team didn’t qualify for its conference championship, despite only losing one game all season. The rest of Alabama’s season was out...

Alabama had its annual team awards banquet on Sunday at the Birmingham Sheraton.  Defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick was named the team's MVP, which was voted on by the players. He had 52 tackles, one...

A completely out-of-sync Alabama had its worst offensive half of the season in second half of its 65-62 loss to UCF. The Crimson Tide only scored 26 points and blew a six-point halftime lead in the final...

After a week of speculation, Alabama was selected for its fourth-straight College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide comes in at No. 4, and will face Clemson in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1.  The selection...

There is less than a week until the College Football Playoff field will be settled, and for the first time, Alabama does not control its own destiny. After a loss to now No. 2 Auburn, the Crimson Tide...

Guards Collin Sexton and Dazon Ingram combined for 44 points, and Alabama needed every single one of them. The Crimson Tide squeaked out a win over Louisiana Tech, 77-74. Ingram tied his career high at...

I share a dark past with the year 2010: this is the time when I listened to, and pretended to enjoy, the music of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, but not ironically. In order to comfort my shame surrounding...

It was a flurry of miscommunication and mistakes sandwiched between multiple failed third-down conversions. Alabama’s offense played an uncharacteristic game in its 26-14 loss to Auburn in Jordan-Hare...

This biggest rivalry in college football will have a huge impact on the landscape of college football. No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Auburn will battle for the SEC west title, and a chance to go to Atlanta to...

In what felt like a late-season game, Alabama rallied for a 77-76 win over UT-Arlington. The Crimson Tide used defensive intensity and a dominating performance from freshman guard Collin Sexton to flip...

Alabama basketball (3-0) moved into the top 25 of the AP poll following an undefeated start to the season. Alabama comes in at No. 25. The Crimson Tide recently defeated Alabama A&M, 104-67, behind a combined...

Alabama's JC Hassenauer was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after his performance in the Crimson Tide's 56-0 win over Mercer. Hassenauer played 45 snaps and graded out at 91 percent. It is the...

Alabama’s offense made light work of Mercer in a 56-0 win. The Crimson Tide scored touchdowns on its first five possessions. Leading the way was quarterback Jalen Hurts and wide receiver Calvin Ridley....