The Florida Atlantic football team is remaining in Madison, Wisconsin, following its 31-14 loss to Wisconsin to keep out of the path of Hurricane Irma. FAU athletic director Pat Chun told ESPN.com after the game Saturday that the team will stay in the city indefinitely. Along with the team itself, Chun said the families of […]
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Howard beat UNLV to pull off the biggest point spread upset in college football history Saturday night, and Cam Newton’s brother was a big reason. Caylin Newton, a true freshman quarterback for the Bison, combined for 330 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in the 43-40 road win. UNLV was a 45-point favorite. WOW!!!Howard […]
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Vestavia Hills had a special night Friday but for a bigger reason than how it performed as a team on the field. On the final play of the Rebels’ preseason game against Briarwood Christian, Jake Pratt, an 18-year-old senior with Down syndrome, took a handoff 34 yards for a touchdown. As his sister, who shared […]
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Alabama and Miami could be playing each other in the near future – nearly 30 years after their last meeting. The Tuscaloosa News reported Wednesday night that the two schools are in negotiations to play against each other in the 2021 Chick-fil-A Game. If Alabama and Miami do meet in 2021, it would be the […]
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Dak Prescott gave the son of a slain Mississippi deputy a surprise meeting Saturday. Prescott met with 10-year-old Nash Durr, whose father, Deputy William Durr, was killed while responding to a domestic violence call on May 27 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. According to The Clarion-Ledger, Nash’s mother, Tressie, and other members of the Durr family told […]
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The Charleston RiverDogs didn’t go easy on Tim Tebow this weekend. During their Friday night game against Tebow’s Columbia Fireflies, the RiverDogs showed every player in the Fireflies lineup who wasn’t Tebow as “NOT TIM TEBOW” with an image of him crying in the background on the stadium scoreboard. Classic @ChasRiverDogs with the scoreboard lineup […]
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Nick Saban has sent Alabama gear to the family of a slain Texas teenager who had dreams of one day playing for the Crimson Tide. A photo surfaced Saturday on Twitter of the gear, which included a signed personalized Alabama jersey with the teen’s name and number on it. Very cool of Nick Saban & […]
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Even Nick Saban appears to be on the Nashville Predators bandwagon. Ahead of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday night, Mercedes-Benz of Music City shared photos on Facebook of the Alabama coach in a Predators jersey. Saban also was said to be in attendance at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for Game 3 against […]
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Could retweets on Twitter help Ohio State land one of the nation’s top prospects? Apparently, it’s possible. Five-star prospect Jackson Carman, the nation’s top-ranked offensive tackle in the 2018 recruiting class, told a fan through a Twitter direct message on Friday night that 100,000 retweets would lead to his commitment to the Buckeyes. lol we […]
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What does the Alabama football team and LeBron James have in common? Championships – and notably in the same year as each other. As was pointed out Monday on Reddit, James has never won an NBA title when the Crimson Tide didn’t win a national championship in football that same year. Here’s the rundown of […]
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