Chris Arreola forced the WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World, Deontay Wilder, back on the ropes and delivered some body blows in the fourth round. The crowd of 11,974, a large majority of which was was...

The WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World, Deontay Wilder, can afford to hire a personal chef and a nutritionist, but nothing he eats can satisfy his hunger. “When we get in the ring we’re going to...

There are two names on the United States Sports Academy's ballot for January's Athlete of the Month that students and Tuscaloosa residents should recognize. Tight end O.J. Howard was one of six male athletes...

Deontay Wilder may just be Alabama’s proudest son. The world heavyweight titleholder defended his WBC belt for the second time in Birmingham, and both before and after this fight, as he has with every...

Amid the chaos that was University Boulevard on Friday afternoon, a gold Rolls-Royce emerged from the clutter and pulled onto the set of ESPN College GameDay. Out stepped a 6-foot-7-inch behemoth who...

After a successful amateur career, former Alabama football player Eryk Anders made his pro debut in mixed martial arts with a TKO victory 40 seconds into the first round against Joshua Raspberry at the...

BIRMINGHAM -- Welcome to Alabama.For one night only, the biggest sporting event in the state so famed for college football wasn’t the Iron Bowl. There was no ‘Roll Tide,’ or ‘War Eagle’ or even...

Jay Deas has followed boxing his whole life. His brother, Tommy, used to write for various national boxing publications and his father would take them to all the fights within 100 miles. While attending...