Alabama's upset of No. 15 Texas A&M on Wednesday night gave the fans, the team and coach Avery Johnson something to celebrate, but it also caught the attention of the national media. Winning four of its...

Donta Hall had to sweat out the last few moments of what ended up being the freshman's best game this season when he was called for a foul with two seconds left, giving No. 15 Texas A&M one final chance...

For coach Avery Johnson the season has been filled with firsts, but on Wednesday night Johnson will get to do something he's been doing since he was a kid in New Orleans, Louisiana where he grew up competing...

When the season started co-captain Jimmie Taylor was supposed to be a focal point of Alabama’s offense, but up to this point Taylor has struggled to have the type of impact coach Avery Johnson envisioned...

When the week started Alabama, Missouri and Mississippi State were the only three schools in the SEC that had less than three conference wins. Johnson told his team that it needed to break out from the...

 On Saturday, Alabama picked up back-to-back SEC wins for the first time this season when the Crimson Tide (13-9, 4-6 SEC) beat Missouri 80-71. Alabama scored at least 80 points in regulation for the...

On Saturday, Riley Norris is hoping his teammates can do something the team hasn’t been able to do since conference play started and win back-to-back games.“Getting two wins like that and then we’ve...

Saturday’s loss to South Carolina wasn’t what the outcome the team wanted, but it doesn’t have time to dwell on it with a trip to Mississippi State on Tuesday looming.Both teams have come close to...

Just two months after its initial presentation of demands, the We Are Done movement, with the University of Alabama administration, is on the verge of opening the Intercultural Diversity Center, a student-staffed...

The University of Alabama basketball team travels to take on South Carolina today. Coach Avery Johnson, forward Shannon Hale and guard Arthur Edwards spoke to the media before the game.NOTES:Alabama spent...

Avery Johnson is not a big fan of the status quo or tradition for tradition’s sake. When Johnson accepted the head coaching position last year, he promised change at his inaugural press conference.Alabama...

Early in the second half, Tennessee led by as much as 15 points and it looked like Alabama was about to lose a game it desperately needed to win if the team was going to have a shot at making the NCAA...

When Retin Obasohan’s final shot failed to hit its mark on Saturday, Alabama found itself on the wrong side of 72-70 decision against fellow SEC bubble team LSU.Obasohan didn’t get the outcome he wanted,...

Retin Obasohan made play after play for the Crimson Tide in Saturday’s meeting with LSU and the final minute was no different. Obasohan attempted to drive to the basket in the last 20 seconds of the...

Some call him the best player in college right now others say he’s the future No. 1 pick in next year’s draft and still others will insist that he’s so much more than that.LSU’s Ben Simmons is...

The Alabama men’s swimming team trailed Tennessee by three points when team captain Chris Wellford and his three teammates prepared for a meet-deciding 400m freestyle relay.When Wellford got out of the...

Before the football season began, the sports staff at The Crimson White made preseason predictions we felt pretty confident in at the time – clearly our confidence was misplaced.Overall Record:The entire...

Championship seasons are fragile. They are balanced on the response to a dozen pivotal moments – a football that bounces off a receiver’s helmet here, a game-saving drive there.The 2015 national champion...

Coaches at the University of Alabama are hired to win games, educate young people and secure championships- but they are expected to beat Auburn.Coach Avery Johnson will get his first chance to make his...

Earlier this week, the Vanderbilt Commodores (9-7, 1-3) ended a three-game losing streak defeating another team from Alabama, the Auburn Tigers, 75-57.On Saturday, coach Avery Johnson will look to build...

Riley Norris hadn’t started a game all season, but coach Avery Johnson decided he would join the starting lineup when unbeaten No. 19 South Carolina came to town.Norris more than validated that decision...

Before the season began, coach Nick Saban wanted Alabama to get back to doing what it used to do.Alabama was sick of hearing that its time at the top of the sport was over. The team was ready to get back...

Cyrus Jones has heard you screaming at him to turn his head in pass coverage. He has heard the anguished cries of Alabama fans after yet another pass interference flag flies. He knows what some of you...

It started innocently enough. Dabo Swinney, head coach of a Clemson roster flush with NFL prospects, was asked about how his team has dealt with the specter of early declarations and draft evaluations,...

With a little over a minute remaining in the first half Alabama found itself down 16 points to the No. 9 Kentucky Wildcats, but the Crimson Tide wasn’t ready to give up so early. Alabama finished the...

You may not remember this, but Tom Herman's Ohio State offense tore apart Kirby Smart's Alabama defense about a year ago. The Buckeyes went for 256 yards through the air, 281 on the ground, and went 10-18...

The University of Alabama basketball team has already exceeded many pundits’ expectations. After a 9-3 record in non-conference play, including wins over then-ranked opponents Wichita State and Notre...

When offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin said he would 'love to be back' in Tuscaloosa next season, he pointed to the impending third consecutive quarterback battle as one of many elements piquing his interest....

DALLAS–At this stage, Derrick Henry is the furthest thing from a secret weapon. He's more like a siege engine, a war hammer, a battering ram that will inevitably break through the line.The Spartans of...

Arthur Edwards was on the court for just over five minutes before he had to be helped to the locker room with an ankle injury.With Edwards out of the lineup, Jacksonville State went on a 13-6 run to take...

Well-known Alabama strength coach Scott Cochran announced his intent to stay at the University earlier this month. The move was praised by fans who feared losing the popular and energetic sideline figure...

Avery Johnson has a simple message for his team this week- take care of the basketball. “We think Oregon is going to be, potentially, a sweet 16 team,” Johnson said. “We had them on the ropes.”Alabama...

In a conference call on Monday, coach Avery Johnson said Shannon Hale will return to practice Monday afternoon. Hale missed the last two games with what Johnson referred to as a private medical situation,...

When Alabama hired Lane Kiffin to take over as offensive coordinator, pearls were clutched in a then-unseen volume. Here was a botched head coach who left flaming mattresses in his wake after leaving...

One year ago, the Alabama football team was favored to win the inaugural College Football Playoff. Stacked with future NFL draft picks, the No. 1 overall seed was expected to handle Ohio State in the semifinal...

Much has been made of the sheer volume of Heisman trophy-winner Derrick Henry's carries in his last two performances. Against Auburn and Florida, Henry ran the ball a combined 90 times for 460 total yards....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- With 40 seconds remaining in the game, Alabama trailed Oregon by three points and the game’s top scorer, Justin Coleman, sat on the Alabama bench.At the time Coleman looked exhausted....

When Alabama returned home for the first time in almost a month the team looked quite different from the one that scored over 100 points the last time it competed in Tuscaloosa.There were two new faces...

After weeks of speculations surrounding Kirby Smart's departure to become UGA's head coach, UA Athletics announced today that fan-favorite Scott Cochran will remain at the University of Alabama as head...

Alabama defeated Clemson 51-50 on Sunday to secure the program's fourth consecutive victory away from home for the first time since 2001-02 season. Sunday's road game against Clemson was also the team's first...

Alabama freshman point guard Dazon Ingram is out for the season after fracturing his left foot in practice, coach Avery Johnson confirmed in a release.“I am extremely disappointed for Dazon and his...

The Crimson White caught up with Graham Hall, sports editor of the Independent Florida Alligator, to discuss how the Crimson Tide will match up with the Gators in the SEC Championship.Q:Jim McElwain has...

At Alabama, the expectations are always high.The coaching staff expects a lot out of players, the fan base expects even more, but for running back Derrick Henry, it all pales in comparison to what he expects...

On Monday Alabama began preparation for the upcoming SEC Championship against the Florida Gators. In his press conference earlier in the day Nick Saban told the media that he was not going to overlook...

While other students celebrated with family and enjoyed a break, the Crimson Tide basketball team competed against not one, but three ranked teams over the Thanksgiving break. Alabama ended the tournament...

There’s a day in Alabama that overshadows all others. When Alabama meets Auburn on the football field for the annual Iron Bowl the whole state watches. Center Ryan Kelly has plenty of experience with...

Three Crimson Tide running backs found the end zone against Charleston Southern in Saturday’s 56-6 victory.Two of those running backs, freshmen Damien Harris and Bo Scarbrough, recorded their first career...

Before the season even began, cornerback Cyrus Jones felt confident about his ability to return some punts for touchdowns this season.Jones felt so confident he made a deal with linebacker Reggie Ragland...

Riley Norris could hear the crowd rumbling in Coleman Coliseum.Norris’ first attempt bounced out. Alabama needed one point to finish with its first 100-point game against a division I opponent since...

It only took Alabama three games with coach Avery Johnson to break 100 points for the first time since a 2013 game against Stillman. Quick hits:Louisiana-Lafayette scored more points (93) than any opponent...

By Tyler Waldrep | Assistant Sports EditorOn Monday, the SEC announced two Alabama players would be honored as the conference player of the week.Derrick Henry was selected to be the Offensive Player of...

At this point in the season, Derrick Henry’s highlights are starting to pile up a bit.This week’s game against Charleston Southern will provide the coaching staff and the Alabama fan base with a chance...

The boos are never too far behind the flags.That was true in Gainesville, Florida, on Saturday when the Gators – with the SEC Championship spot up for grabs – kept giving the Vanderbilt Commodores...

Freshman Dazon Ingram thought the nerves were behind him, but in front of a crowd of 14,970 the nerves came back. “At first I had a little nerve, but as the game went on it just started to wear off,”...

On the surface, Alabama’s shooting performance in its 77-64 win Friday night was substandard. The team finished with 51 percent shooting from the field after an 11-for-25 second half, but from three,...

The Alabama basketball team opened the Avery Johnson era with a sluggish 77-64 win over Kennesaw State on Friday night. The win showcased the struggles the team faces to implement the high-speed offense...

The first man off Alabama’s bench in the exhibition game against the Trevecca Trojans felt a little nervous.Reigning Mr. Basketball, Dazon Ingram, or as his teammates call him Day, said he got all of...

A’Shawn Robinson will find it difficult to play a more memorable game than he did against LSU on Saturday.If he does, his former Arlington Heights High School communications teacher, Vicki Stellar, might...

On Monday, Derrick Henry still couldn't shake the disappointment he felt in himself after his fumble late in the LSU game."I was careless with the ball on that fumble," Henry said. "It just kills me because...

Hours passed since the cigar smoke clouded the air, especially around the student section, in Bryant-Denny Stadium to celebrate Alabama’s come-from-behind 19-14 victory over Tennessee.Keith Kormanik...

Alabama's game against LSU is usually a bit of a defensive struggle. Both teams have combined to score less than 40 points in four of the last six meetings dating back to 2010. So it should be no surprise...

With one loss already, Alabama knows it needs to win out. Every game is a big game now, but this week’s game against No. 4 LSU still stands out to the players.Quarterback Jake Coker said watching this...

Coach Avery Johnson has finally finished moving in and he doesn’t plan on going anywhere else anytime soon.It’s easy to wonder if Johnson has even seen the inside of his home lately. Between soccer...

Jake Coker was waiting on the play clock. Tennessee had taken just over a minute to drive the length of the field and take a one point fourth quarter lead. The Alabama offense didn’t have much to say...

“The Third Saturday in October” has favored the Crimson Tide for the last eight years, but there are former players who remember when things were different. Before Alabama’s current streak began...

There might be a rivalry game on Saturday, but that didn’t affect how Alabama’s football practice went during Monday’s media viewing period.When Tennessee comes to town on Saturday the opposing team...

It took Jake Coker a little longer than most expected to win the starting quarterback position, but he might have got a little more than he expected.“I was going to do everything I could to win a game,...

It might not be the prettiest, or even the most effective way Alabama can move the ball, but coach Nick Saban likes what he sees when Jake Coker carries the ball. “Sometimes I wish he wouldn't take the...

Success hasn’t made senior Becker O'Shaughnessey complacent- if anything it’s made him hungrier.“Every year I’ve lost its always been a really close match and its always bugged me,” O'Shaughnessey...

The Crimson White caught up with The Battalion sports 
editor Carter Karels to discuss this weekend’s matchup with No.9 Texas A&M. The last time Alabama made the trip to College Station, Texas the...

Alabama wants to go a lot faster this year, but first it has to take things slow.Coach Avery Johnson said he has to make sure players learn the fundamentals before he moves on. “The energy and the enthusiasm...

It’s time for Alabama to hit the road again. That means leaving the comforts of Bryant-Denny Stadium behind. Some players like, Jarran Reed, might miss the music that’s played in the stadium. “I...

It was business as usual for Alabama on Monday.Prior to practice players talked about the need to change gears. Texas A&M is a different kind of opponent and the Crimson Tide is not afraid to treat them...

The Crimson White caught up with the Arkansas Traveler’s assistant sports editor Matt Vigoda. He broke down some key matchups on both sides of the ball ahead of this week’s home game against Arkansas.Q. Last...

Students began to turn around. They couldn’t watch anymore.The tension in the air was palpable. The glances students gave each other resembled the looks you might see exchanged in a horror film, but...

The last time Alabama made the trip to Athens it created the identity of a program that would go on to win three national championships in four years and on the Crimson Tide’s latest visit they reclaimed...

Alabama is not dead and buried, and the team certainly doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. That’s the closing message Alabama coach Nick Saban gave the members of the media that were present...

A week ago Alabama was preparing to face Georgia running back Nick Chubb, and even though that test is now behind them the Crimson Tide can’t relax now.This weekend Alex Collins and Arkansas comes to...

It was going to be a night to remember.The home crowd and the players were dressed in black, but their mood was anything but. Top teams ahead and behind No. 3 Georgia had already fallen that weekend, and...

Nikko Madregallejo, the last Alabama player to compete last weekend, was trying to complete a comeback after narrowly dropping the first set to his opponent from Columbia.The indoor tennis stadium filled...

Another week has passed since Alabama lost to Ole Miss, but the Crimson Tide is still dealing with the fallout.For the first time since 2009 Alabama is expected to lose a game according to the odds makers....

Alabama’s first practice as underdogs since 2009 took place under dark skies on Monday afternoon.In his press conference before practice started, coach Nick Saban praised Georgia for having two great...