Posts by Steve Irvine

It's playoff time for Division III and the regular season is winding down in other divisions.

Jacksonville State is one game away from finishing unbeaten in ASUN play.

Troy linebacker Carlton Martial has a NCAA career best 548 tackles with two regular season and possibly two postseason games remaining.

Samford rides the hot hand of quarterback Michael Hiers to the school's first SoCon title since 2013.

UAB's Jermaine Brown, Jr. and DeWayne McBride each rush for more than 100 yards and the Blazers scored 24 unanswered points in the second half.

For the fourth consecutive season, Hoover, Thompson, Central-Phenix City and Auburn will play in the Class 7A semifinals.

The AHSAA playoff field was cut in half on Friday night.

Drake Franklin had 186 yards rushing and five touchdowns to lead Arab to the school's first second round playoff win.

Samford has only beat Chattanooga twice since joining the Southern Conference in 2008.

Jon Lewis, a 5-foot-10, 194-yard pound sophomore at Birmingham-Southern, is leading Division III in rushing yards per game.

UAB football players stand behind interim head coach Bryant Vincent as a difficult season nears the end of the regular season.

Can Samford break a losing streak to Chattanooga? Will Cadillac Williams get his first win as a college interim head coach? Can Alabama win on the road?

Andy Kennedy's UAB men's basketball team will be on the big stage in a Barstool Sports Invitational game against Toledo in Philadelphia's NBA arena.

The fact of college basketball life is that some teams from the SWAC, MEAC and other conferences use the non-conference portion of the schedule to help the budget with “buy” games. That means buckling up for plane trips and bus rides.

Hoover's outstanding defense looks to slow down Hewitt-Trussville for the second time this season in the Class 7A semifinals.

Shiel Wood, now the defensive coordinator at Troy, spent the past two seasons on Army's coaching staff.

Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez praised his senior class was instrumental in helping with the coaching staff transition.

Parker advanced in the Class 6A playoffs with a 7-6 victory over defending champion Clay-Chalkville last Saturday.

The Battle for the Bones against Memphis will take place at Protective Stadium during UAB’s first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference.

Samford linebacker Noah Martin, the Bulldogs leading tackler, is ready for Saturday's rivalry game at Chattanooga.

UAB quarterback Dylan Hopkins has been out since suffering a concussion on Oct. 21 at Western Kentucky.

Vincent's senior class has been the spark for the best football season in program history.

Despite being sick, running back La'Damian Webb and safety Yam Banks made huge contributions to the win at Georgia Southern.

Samford's women's soccer team earned it way into the NCAA Tournament by winning the Southern Conference Tournament while Alabama is a No. 1 seed.

UAB guard Jelly Walker opens the season with 38 points in a home win over Alabama State.

Second round playoffs get underway in every division but Class 7A, which is playing the quarterfinals on Friday.