Posts by Steve Irvine

West Alabama and UAH move forward while Tuskegee and Miles College's seasons came to an end.

UAB is searching its second consecutive Conference USA Tournament championship on Saturday night.

First-year UAB football head coach Trent Dilfer liked what he was saw from his team during the first three spring practice sessions.

The SWAC Basketball Tournament concludes on Saturday with a pair of championship games.

Jelly Walker scored 32 points to lead UAB to the win over North Texas in the C-USA Tournament semifinals.

Alabama A&M received 27 points from Messiah Thompson in a SWAC Tournament quarterfinal win.

Malachi Holt-Bennett was a four-star prospect during his senior year at Fairfield High. He returns home after two seasons at Indiana.

J'Mar Smith played in nine games for the Birmingham Stallions during the team's USFL championship season.

UAB used 27 points and seven 3-pointers by Jordan "Jelly" Walker and excellent defense to beat Rice in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinals.

Kendall Johnson, a Tennessee State transfer, is trying to earn a spot on the UAB defense.

UAB, the No. 3 seed, needs to win three games in three days to earn another NCAA Tournament bid.

C-USA champion Florida Atlantic is the favorite on the men's side with North Texas and UAB close behind.

Listen to 1819 News Sports Editor Steve Irvine on Tide 100.9 "Big Noon Sports" with Matt Coulter, Lars Anderson and Christian Miller as they discuss UAB spring football and UAB's prospects in the NCAA tournament.

Brady Wilson and Trey Bedosky are the lone offensive linemen with career starts at UAB.

South Alabama pushed Louisiana to the end but the Ragin Cajuns escaped with a 71-66 win in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament final.

The UAB football team practiced for about three hours in shorts and helmets.

South Alabama is one win away from a conference tournament championship. West Alabama is the Gulf South Conference Tournament champ for the first time since 1982.

Jelly Walker's basketball journey took him from Long Island to New Jersey to New Orleans to Birmingham. He's become a nationally-known player at UAB.

Samford's stay in the Southern Conference has a short life. The Bulldogs drop a quarterfinal game to Chattanooga.

Hoover's girls finished off a three-peat and Hoover's boys team ran away from Central-Phenix City.

Jelly Walker had a season-high 41 point and Tavin Lovan supplied the game-winner in a victory at Charlotte.

Valley High finishes the season as the first Class 5A boys basketball team to be undefeated.

Old Dominion's final points come with six ODU players on the court in an 86-83 win over Troy during the Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.

The first full day of AHSAA Basketball championship games included a few down-to-the-wire games.

Six champions were crowned on Friday in the AHSAA Final Four in Birmingham.

Logan Dye, a fifth-year senior, played a huge role in Samford regular season SoCon title.

Spring Garden wins in a blowout and Covenant Christian holds off Oakwood Adventist Academy in a close game.