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Vote for which game on Jax State football's 2024 schedule worries you the most?
Jacksonville State football starts its season in the coming weeks, with a tough slate of 12 games ahead. The Gadsden Times wants to hear from you, Jax State football fans, on a few important questions ahead of the 2024 season. The first is what Jacksonville State football game worries you the most going into the year.
Sam’s Club and Costco members unhappy with changes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Shoppers love Sam’s Club and Costco for their wide variety of items, low prices, and deep discounts if you buy in bulk. But both chains have just announced big changes that are making some longtime customers very unhappy. Sam’s Club has quietly made changes to...
Alabama Football and a scary thought for the college football world
Flying under the radar of the college football world is a thought about Alabama Football's immediate future. Immediate means the 2024 college football season. Already becoming apparent is the post-Nick Saban era of Alabama Football will not be anything like the gloom and doom spread for months following Saban's retirement.
Arena Football Game Ends In Pandemonium As Badly Missed Field Goal Results In Walk-Off ‘Kick-Six’
Saturday’s arena football game between the Quad City Steamwheelers and the Jacksonville Sharks ended with a bang. A badly missed field goal resulted in a walk-off “kick-six” that featured at least four missed tackles. It wasn’t quite as exciting as Auburn’s legendary return against Alabama in the Iron Bowl, but it will undoubtedly scratch your […] The post Arena Football Game Ends In Pandemonium As Badly Missed Field Goal Results In Walk-Off ‘Kick-Six’ appeared first on BroBible.
Homewood police officer shot in Moody while on his way to work, suspect dead
MOODY, Ala. — An officer with the Homewood Police Department is expected to make a full recovery after a man shot at him early Sunday morning in Moody. Officers with the Moody Police Department were called to Ross Drive around 4:35 a.m. Dispatch told responding officers that an off-duty Homewood officer was shot at while he was leaving for work.
Alabama A&M trio scores big at Rickwood Field tribute
BIRMINGHAM — Three Alabama A&M University students recently hit home runs in the world of sports marketing. Senior Amirah Ali, MBA student Nevell Brown, and May 2024 graduate Jenee Whitt took center stage in Major League Baseball’s inaugural Marketing Bootcamp. Their mission: Promote the league’s inaugural tribute game to the Negro Leagues, held at the legendary Rickwood Field in Birmingham.
Birmingham Zoo offering admission discounts for final 2 weekends of July
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - For the final two weekends in July, the Birmingham Zoo is hosting “Summer’s Last Roar Weekends,” an event that offers discount admission prices to the public before kids have to go back to school. The discount admission of $12.95 will be offered to...
Local attorney believes lawsuits could follow worldwide CrowdStrike outage
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - On Friday, the United States got a reminder of just how fragile modern technology can be. One wrong line of code caused computers around the world to crash. Attorney Mark McDaniel believes businesses that were affected will be suing to recoup what they can. But he...
Oxford shortstop joining Miami Marlins for $2.8 million, reports indicate
Oxford High School shortstop Carter Johnson won’t be starting his college baseball career at Alabama next season. Instead, he’s headed for an assignment in the Miami Marlins organization. The Marlins have persuaded Johnson to start his pro career after selecting him in the second round of the MLB...
Solomon Dacres ready to finally ‘put Michael Webster to bed’
It is often said that you never get a second chance to make a first impression but Solomon Dacres gets the opportunity to do just that in Birmingham on Saturday night. In November, and just days after signing with Queensberry Promotions, Dacres, 8-0 (2 KOs), was quickly given a platform to defend his English heavyweight title. The fighter in the opposite corner – Michael Webster – may have brought an unbeaten record with him but, in reality, he was there to provide Dacres with a respectable name to showcase his talents against,
Space One Eleven Summer Art Camps
Space One Eleven’s summer art camps are a perfect way for young artists to learn a new art form or improve upon their art skills! These camps give young artists ample time to dive into their projects, make friends, and create finished pieces of work for the end-of-summer student and teaching artist exhibition. All camps are taught by practicing artists in Space One Eleven’s professional art studios.
Nick Dunlap notches historic second PGA Tour victory
The legend of Nick Dunlap grew a little bit larger Sunday afternoon. Dunlap, the former University of Alabama golfer who counts the Canebrake Club in Athens as one of his home course, won the Barracuda Championship in Truckee, California, for his second victory of his rookie season on the PGA Tour.
Former Alabama All-American signs his first NFL contract
Former Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner signed his first NFL contract just in time to start training camp with the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings’ rookies reported for training camp on Sunday at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center in Eagan, Minnesota, and the NFL team announced its first-round draft picks, Turner and Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, signed their contracts shortly after arriving.
Missouri 5-Star OL returning to visit Alabama this month
Jackson Cantwell has announced he will return to Alabama on July 28 to unofficially visit the Crimson Tide. Cantwell attends Nixa High School in Missouri, and he is on pace to be a consensus 2026 five-star recruit in the future. The Missouri product put Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon...
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