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College football schedule, games 2025: What to watch in Week 6, TV channels, streaming, Saturday kickoff times
How time flies. Though it feels like the 2025 college football season began just a week ago, some teams will be playing their sixth game of the year this weekend. For those keeping track, that's half of the regular season games that a team plays...

Top five quotes from Vandy QB Diego Pavia ahead of Alabama matchup
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia has become known for his bold predictions and trash talk. Pavia has led the Commodores to a 5-0 record, their best start since 2008. Here are five of his most memorable quotes from the past year. In just over a...

Bison Media Zone on Xtra: A rarity for NDSU awaits this weekend; a conference road night game
Top ranked North Dakota State heads on the road this weekend for a showdown with sixth ranked Illinois State at Hancock Stadium. ISU's homefield has been a second home to the Bison, outscoring the Redbirds 99-13 in the last three games in that...

How this Alabama HS football player is raising thousands for dementia care one kick at a time
Montgomery Academy coach Ethan McBride’s football team sets goals during the offseason, one football-related and another off the field. Usually, it’s to earn all A’s or reach a certain GPA mark. But, he remembers the goal that kicker Rob Ashworth...

Review: Big stars turn out to pay tribute to music icon in concert
There were a blinding amount of stars on the stage at The Masonic in San Francisco on Thursday night. And they were all there, shining brightly, in honor of the one and only Emmylou Harris. Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Rodney...

City Barbeque to open first Alabama location
barbecue City Barbeque will be opening a new location at 11544 Memorial Parkway, SRS Real Estate Partners announced on Thursday. The restaurant will occupy a 42,689-square-foot property along one of Huntsville’s most traveled retail corridors....

7 Things: Shutdown drags on; Tuberville keeps pushing for the National Guard in Alabama; taxpayers paying to put Reed on TV; and more …
7. The “Rock the South” festival, billed as the “Biggest Party in the South,” is relocating from Cullman to Decatur to enhance its regional appeal and attract a larger crowd. New venue amenities will take the experience on land that the festival...

Today in Sports – Tom Brady becomes the 3rd NFL quarterback to record 500 career touchdown passes
Oct. 4 1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173… Oct. 4 1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in...

Alabama vs. Vanderbilt picks from 10,000 simulations
The 10th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide look to make it four in a row when they take on the 16th-ranked and unbeaten Vanderbilt Commodores in an SEC matchup on Saturday. Vanderbilt is coming off a 55-35 win over Utah State, while Alabama downed...

From 'Wide Right' to social media spats: Florida State vs. Miami takes on new life as bitter rivalry reignites
For 10 years, no rivalry burned hotter than Florida State vs. Miami. Wild finishes. No. 1 teams collapsing. Pregame scuffles. Miami's mascot cuffed by police. Nothing in sports -- or in daytime soap operas -- matched the chaos of the real-life...
No. 10 Alabama vs. No. 16 Vanderbilt prediction: Odds, expert picks, team and player overviews, trends, stats
Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, No. 10 Alabama (3-1) looks for a measure of revenge while No. 16 Vanderbilt (5-0) looks to repeat history when the two schools collide in a crucial SEC matchup. Last season the Commodores rolled the Tide, 40-35 in...

Happening This Weekend: Events in North Alabama, October 3-5
There are plenty of events to enjoy this weekend. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — There are plenty of events happening this weekend. Here’s a look at some of the activities going on across the Tennessee Valley! Tangled String Music & Arts Festival - A popular...

Watch live: Vestavia Hills vs. Prattville Alabama high school football
The Prattville Lions (3-2, 2-1) travel to Thompson Reynolds Stadium to take on the Vestavia Hills Rebels (3-2, 1-2) in a key Class 7A Region 3 matchup on Friday night. Both teams return from open weeks seeking to erase the sting of defeats their...

New AE events: Bite-sized opera, art exhibit openings, US Marine band
Here are a few newly announced arts and entertainment events of note for the Amarillo area, including bite-sized operas and a "Heart of Darkness" book discussion, two new Amarillo museum exhibits opening this weekend, an upcoming Amarillo concert...

Watch out, Tommy Tuberville. New candidate with ‘lots of game’ enters Alabama governor race
This is an opinion cartoon. Check out JD Crowe’s newsletter, Crowe Jam. Sign up here for free. “In Alabama, football is politics,” writes my AL.com colleague, Kyle Whitmire. Whitmire makes the point that former Auburn football coach Tommy...

Popular bagel shop opening first 2 Alabama locations
Huntsville area residents looking for options to get freshly baked hot bagels, fresh made spreads and aromatic coffee will soon have two more options. Jeff’s Bagel Run lists locations in Huntsville and Madison that are opening soon. The Huntsville...

Vanderbilt football vs Alabama, our score prediction is in
Vanderbilt will face Alabama in what could be a historically significant game for the Commodores. ESPN's College GameDay will be present for the matchup in Tuscaloosa. Both teams are dealing with injuries to key defensive players, suggesting a...
Muscle Shoals vs. Athens: How to watch live Alabama high school football (10/3/2025)
The undefeated Muscle Shoals Trojans (5-0, 3-0) bring their suffocating defense to Athens Friday night for a Class 6A Region 7 showdown with the Athens Golden Eagles (3-2, 1-1). The Trojans have established themselves as a defensive powerhouse...

'The Alabama Solution' secretly captures the brutal conditions inside a penal system declared unconstitutional
Indictments of our dehumanizing prison system don’t get much more conscience-piercing than what’s revealed in “The Alabama Solution,” a shattering documentary from Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman that feels like a dispatch from hell,...

Can Alabama football stop Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia?
Alabama football couldn’t stop Diego Pavia in 2024. It wasn't just about his 308 total yards or his two touchdowns for Vanderbilt in the Commodores’ 40-35 upset of the Crimson Tide. The threat of Pavia shut Alabama down completely. The threat of...