Posts by Michael Brauner — Page 4
The Auburn Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide are set to square off Saturday afternoon on The Plains for their first basketball matchup of the season and a renewal of one of the best rivalries in the sport. While neither team is having quite the season they may have hoped for, that has not stopped the […]
The University of Alabama has announced the date of their homecoming game for the 2026 season. According to a release from the athletic department, the annual homecoming football game will take place on October 24 when the Tide hosts the Texas A&M Aggies, following a season in which both teams made the College Football Playoff. […]
Missouri recently became the 39th state to allow legalized sports betting, and the numbers from their first month of operations are staggering, while it still remains illegal in Alabama. According to a report from Bet Missouri, residents wagered over $543 million in the first full turn of the calendar from December 1-December 31, 2025. The […]
The University of Alabama has sent out a release officially announcing the hiring of new offensive line coach Adrian Klemm, joining Kalen DeBoer’s staff as the successor to Nick Saban heads into a critical third season with the program. “Adrian Klemm has a reputation for recruiting and developing players at every level, having worked with some of the […]
Count former Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl among those who have a problem with Alabama playing former G-Leaguer Charles Bediako in their lineup over the last couple of weeks. During an appearance with Dan Dakich of OutKick, Pearl was asked directly if Alabama should face a tournament ban for bringing back their former standout […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide has struggled to get back to its championship ways under Nick Saban since the legendary head coach’s retirement over two years ago, and that reality has not gone unnoticed. ESPN and SEC Network personality Paul Finebaum — one of the most powerful voices in this region of the country, especially when […]
Former Auburn Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn is hanging up the whistle. After 35 years in coaching, the current Florida State Seminoles offensive coordinator announced his retirement on Monday morning via social media, saying that it’s simply time for him to step away from coaching. https://x.com/CoachGusMalzahn/status/2018337384044098003 Malzahn took the time to thank his family, administrators, […]
A Tuscaloosa mainstay is going to be getting a fresh new upgrade according to an announcement from The University of Alabama. Hilton, Capstone Hotel LTD and Jackson Hospitality Services have revealed that the Hotel Capstone — which has stood since the 1980s on Paul W Bryant Drive — is going to be converted into a […]
The biggest games in sports always bring out all the biggest stars, and this was certainly the case in Miami for the national title game between the hometown Miami Hurricanes and the eventual champion Indiana Hoosiers. As it turns out, President Trump was in the crowd, and he got to take in some of the […]
Former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson has his coach’s back. Coming off another turbulent season for the program which ended in bitter disappointment and disgust with a Rose Bowl beatdown at the hands of Indiana, the temperature surrounding Kalen DeBoer and the fanbase is a bit hot. During Senior Bowl week in Mobile though […]
Former Mountain Brook High School and Samford basketball coach Bucky McMillan is making an early impression in his first season leading an SEC program, with some believing he could be on a path to a national title. Hired at Texas A&M following the departure of Buzz Williams to Maryland, “Bucky Ball” has made its way […]
On Friday, Kevin Warsh was nominated by President Trump as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, an appointment which is reportedly good news for the crypto community. According to a story from Yahoo Finance, Warsh views Bitcoin as a “strategic tool for central banks rather than a threat to the financial system or a […]
Former Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl added his two cents to a wild story that came out about the current financial state of Rutgers University Athletics. A report from Keith Sargeant of NJ.com revealed Rutgers University — who competes in the Big 10 out of Piscataway, New Jersey — operated at a $78 million deficit in […]
Birmingham-based operating company Hoar Holdings, LLC has announced a major leadership transition with the appointment of Turner Burton as chief executive officer (CEO) as part of an executive leadership transition with the intention of supporting the company’s long-term growth. Current longtime CEO Rob Burton is transitioning to executive chairman where he will continue to provide […]
Auburn head coach Alex Golesh is going through his first offseason on The Plains and he has some choice words to say about it. Now, Golesh — and any head coach just starting out at the highest level — faces additional challenges unique to today’s day and age. Just about every coach in America is […]
Every year in Mobile, the city gets to host one of its events of the year with NFL coaches and scouts descending upon the Gulf Coast for Senior Bowl week. With three practices during the week before the game on Saturday, the best college football players from around the nation get the chance to show […]
With the Super Bowl coming to television screens across America next weekend, fans all over the Alabama will be tuning into the NFL despite college football generally being the more popular sport by far in this part of the country. The league has found itself in hot water for woke stunts many times in recent […]
The Alabama men’s basketball program got some tremendous news on Monday evening — Charles Bediako will be available for at least the next two games. A hearing was set for Tuesday to rule on Bediako’s eligibility after he was granted a temporary restraining order by a Tuscaloosa judge, however, an attorney for the NCAA was […]
Throughout the Nick Saban era, dominant defenders made a name for themselves at Alabama. However, there were not many players better than Crimson Tide legendary pass rusher Will Anderson Jr., who made a habit of terrorizing opposing quarterbacks in college. Once he reached the next level, not a whole lot changed for Anderson. The No. […]
After winning his last fight in June, former WBC heavyweight champion and Tuscaloosa native Deontay Wilder is taking a new step in his career. Wilder will appear in “Moses the Black,” a crime film produced by hip hop artist and entertainment mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, set to release through Fathom Entertainment at the end […]
Former Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl has weighed in on a turbulent week for the future of college athletics, issuing a strong suggestion to Congress to make the fixes they have promised to make. Amid Alabama basketball former star Charles Bediako’s controversial return to the program three years after departing for the NBA, Pearl […]
The Auburn Tigers — who have gotten off to a rocky start to SEC play under new head coach Steven Pearl — earned their biggest win of the season this weekend with a road victory over the defending national champion, the Florida Gators. Auburn built a 15-point halftime lead and held on for a 76–67 win, […]
The Indiana Hoosiers made it official on Monday night, claiming their first national title in school history after a dominating 16-0 season. In just two seasons, former Nick Saban assistant Curt Cignetti turned the Hoosiers from a program that was a perennial loser into a machine-like steamroller, flat-out dominating everyone in its path. Defeating the […]
Florida Gators head basketball coach Todd Golden weighed in on the wild and controversial Charles Bediako situation this week, after a temporary restraining order will allow the Alabama big man to return to the program after two full seasons in the NBA’s G-League. In an episode of “Gator Talk” on Thursday evening, Golden talked about […]

