Alabama Rolls Past UNC For Spot in the Elite Eight
March 29, 2024
The top-seeded North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels was upset by the Alabama Roll Tide 87-89 in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament at Crypto.com Arena.
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University of Alabama
Dreams to Reality for Peyton Woodyard
January 18, 2024
Imagine waking up on New Year’s Day to jump on the football team charter bus of your dream school: The University of Alabama. The charter bus traveled to the Grandaddy of Them All, the College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinals at the Rose Bowl. That was the life of early enrollee safety Peyton Woodyard of St. John Bosco in Bellflower, CA.
Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa says he is entering 2020 NFL Draft
January 9, 2020
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa put an end to the initial question about his future, announcing Monday that he is entering the NFL draft and closing the book on a college career that began with a splash and ended with a devastating injury.
Expelled in 1956 for Being Black, Autherine Lucy Foster Gets Doctorate at U of Alabama
May 7, 2019
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree Friday from the university where her presence brought mobs of protesters in 1956. The Tuscaloosa News reported that Foster, 89 received the degree during graduation ceremonies. She enrolled at the all-white university in 1956. However, she was expelled three days later after her presence brought protests and threats against her life. Foster received a standing ovation Friday, news outlets report. Before receiving the honor, she remarked on the difference in seeing smiling faces “instead of frowning and displeased at my
National Sports Beat (1/10-1/16/18)
January 14, 2019
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Clemson wins their second National Championship in three years
January 10, 2019
The first team in college football history to win 15 games is the Clemson Tigers (15-0), who thrashed the Alabama Crimson Tide (14-1) 44-16 in 2019 CFP National Championship in the Bay.
Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (11/1-11/7/18)
November 1, 2018
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond!
Chargers Bolt into 2017 NFL Draft
May 3, 2017
The Chargers seemed to have addressed several looming issues with this draft on both sides of the football.
West Alumni Makes It To Olympics
August 18, 2016
Alex Amankwah represented Ghana in the first round of the 800 meters