College Hockey News: Alabama -Huntsville is Playing Out Its Final Season
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:53:34 -0800

Although it's not about a farewell tour, "Turn the Page" would be a fitting theme song for the Alabama -Huntsville Chargers this season. Barring a miracle reversal of last month's announcement that the program will be disbanded after the season, ...

'Ten Commandments judge' seeks top Ala. post again
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:03:14 -0800

The former top Alabama judge known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse said Tuesday that he's seeking to regain his old job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief ...

Alabama law against illegal immigration suffers setback
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:53:10 -0800

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) A federal judge's decision this week to block part of a tough Alabama law against illegal immigration is casting doubt on whether the law will survive a court challenge. A judge issued a temporary restraining order ...

Tony's Top 10: Expect Tide, Stanford, RG III to deliver big messages
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:03:18 -0800

All of the top three spots in the BCS standings are occupied by the SEC's Western Division (LSU, Alabama , Arkansas). While LSU secured a spot in the SEC championship with a 41-17 win over Arkansas on Saturday, two of those three could play for the BCS ...

LSU, Alabama , Arkansas Make SEC the King of Dinosaurs in College Football
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:51:10 -0800

2 Alabama takes on rival Auburn in hopes of playing in the BCS National Championship game. Compared to these three, all other college football conferences look like Barney the purple dinosaur, as cartoonist Will O'Toole illustrates. ...

South Alabama (1-2) at L-S-U (3-2) (ET)
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:28:17 -0800

By Sports Network game notes: The South Alabama Jaguars head to Baton Rouge for a non-conference bout with the LSU Tigers. South Alabama enters the contest 1-2 after losing to Florida State, 80-49, in its last outing. The Jaguars opened the year with a ...

Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Alabama
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:04:16 -0800

Alabama fans cheer at a 2007 game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. While students at SEC schools are known to dress up, attire at Alabama games runs from very casual to dressy. Fans wear a lot of Bama gear, said Calvin Brown, the university's director of ...

UAH places three teams in Alabama Launchpad competition
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:17:41 -0800

By Mike Kelley, 42 staff huntsville, Alabama The 2011-2012 Alabama Launchpad class teams have been announced, and three teams from UAH have been named finalists among the 16 college teams statewide. It's the first time UAH has produced three teams, ...

Two Undocumented Immigrants Who Sought Arrest are Released and Face Deportation
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:55:03 -0800

Two immigrants who were detained for more than two weeks after they walked into a Border Patrol office in Alabama and declared they were undocumented have been released. Isaac Barrera, 20, and Jonathan Perez, 24, were released Wednesday and are ...

Report shows that extreme drought conditions persist in east Alabama despite ...
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:00:36 -0800

A report released this week shows that extreme drought conditions in east Alabama remain unchanged, despite recent rains. The Opelika-Auburn News reports ( that the latest US Drought Monitor shows much of eastern and central ...

Bayside golfer Caroline Beebe signs with South Alabama
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:49:51 -0800

Twice the Alabama High School Athletic Association state golf champion for Classifications 1A-through-5A, Beebe said she considered several scholarship offers, but the University of South Alabama Jaguars academic and athletic programs best met her ...

Alabama has thrived on power running attack
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:10:01 -0800

Tuscaloosa alabama players have a tough time explaining just how it happens, but it usually does. The Crimson Tide's power running game takes a toll on most opponents in the second half. Alabama has outscored opponents 90-21 in the fourth quarter ...

Alabama's Alfred Mc Cullough a story of perseverance, versatility
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:21:27 -0800

Mc Cullough, a senior offensive lineman at Alabama , plays his final regular-season college football game Saturday when the Tide faces Auburn. Jones raised Mc Cullough, her only child, pretty much on her own. "My big influence to play football was my ...

Black Friday Shoppers Tear Apart Alabama Wal-Mart Video Games Section
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:56:54 -0800

... by Mc Kinley Noble Wal-Mart continues to show other retailers exactly the wrong way to open on Black Friday, as this You Tube clip from an Alabama chain shows a particularly fierce crowd ripping apart a video games display at 9:50 pm last night. ...

Alabama vs. Auburn: 2011 Tigers and the 5 Worst Defenses of the National Title
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:48:13 -0800

Defending a national championship is one of the toughest things to do in all of college football. Since the teams have had to play in bowl games to win the title in 1958, only Nebraska has managed to be the best team in the country two years in a row. ...

Class 2A semifinal: Tanner 24, Lineville 14
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:47:32 -0800

LINEVILLE, Alabama -- They made a statement to start the second half, with Kyle Shoulders providing the pound sign. They made another one to put the game away, with the 235-pound junior adding the exclamation point. And next week in Tuscaloosa, ...

Huntsville man charged with Alabama securities violations
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:26:47 -0800

By Martin Swant --- The Birmingham News birmingham, Alabama -- A Huntsville man was arrested last week for dozens of alleged securities violation, the Alabama Securities Commission says. Harry H. "Woody" Duncan was arrested on Nov. ...

University of Alabama shooting survivor has fuller appreciation for life
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:31:10 -0800

It has been 650 days since he and five other biology professors were shot during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. For about 620 of those days, since he began to understand just how fortunate he was to survive, ...

Hill scores 17, Kelly 14 as Morehead State leads throughout to beat West ...
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:30:43 -0800

Terrance Hill scored 17 points and Drew Kelly added 14 as Morehead State led throughout in a 61-52 victory over West Alabama on Friday. Kelly scored a pair of 3-pointers and a layup to get the Eagles (2-3) off to an 8-0 start with less than 2 minutes ...

Alabama Football: Real Recruiting News That Is Accurate for the 2012 Class
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:16:05 -0800

It was a rare night of insight into what's going on in college football recruiting right now at Alabama . So in no particular order let's discuss what was learned from a real old pro at this. Alabama wants to sign one and the one they're after is Kurt ...