Alabama manages to keep two-five star recruits from flipping, but could be in danger elsewhere
The Alabama Crimson Tide brought good news Wednesday as 2025 five-star defensive back Dejon Lee and five-star offensive lineman Michael Carroll signed with the program. But that's despite receiving significant interest from other schools by early national signing day. Lee is a 6-foot-4, 190-pound cornerback who is the No. 3 cornerback in the 2025 class […]
Alabama stays alive in penultimate CFP rankings of 2024 as Miami faces trouble
Alabama continues to receive the benefit of the doubt from the College Football Playoff Committee. Miami's playoff hopes suffered a potentially fatal precipitous drop, but Alabama dropped in the final rankings on Tuesday night before the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set next weekend. Moved up the ranking. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE […]
Authorities searching for Hunter Slezak, 7, after father, family friend found dead in Alabama bay during boating trip
Authorities are desperately searching for a 7-year-old boy after his father and a family friend were found dead in a bay near Dauphin Island, Alabama, on Friday. Little Hunter Slezak still hasn't been recovered three days after he went on his first shrimping trip in Pelican Bay in a 22-foot boat with his father and […]
Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. dead at 20
Jefferson County Deputy Coroner AJ Clifton announced that Alabama A&M's Medrick Barnett Jr. died Wednesday night at the age of 20 after suffering a head injury during a football game in October. This was confirmed to The Athletic on Friday. The redshirt freshman linebacker sustained the head injury during the Bulldogs' 27-19 loss to in-state […]
Alabama A&M football player death confirmed days after school’s erroneous statement
Medrick Barnett Jr., first-year linebacker Alabama A&M Bulldogs, He tragically passed away on Wednesday, just one month after sustaining a severe head injury during an Oct. 26 game against Alabama State. he was 20 years old. News of Barnett's death came days after the school issued a false statement that the young player had died […]
Alabama A&M Football Player Medrick Burnett Dies after Head-On Collision During Game
Alabama A&M football player Medrick Barnett died from complications from head trauma after a head-on collision with another player during an Oct. 26 game. Burnett, 20, was taken from the front during a game against Alabama State and was taken to the hospital. A month after the fight, he said: died From his injury daily […]
Alabama A&M incorrectly said football’s Medrick Burnett died
Alabama A&M football player Medrick Barnett Jr. is alive despite the school announcing his death. The school announced the news in a press release Wednesday, but was forced to retract it later that day and retract a statement from athletic director Dr. Paul Bryant. The confusion came to light after Barnett's family told local media […]
Alabama A&M says football player ‘remains alive’ after previously announcing he had died
Alabama A&M University has now announced that redshirt freshman linebacker Medrick Barnett Jr. has not died, despite releasing a statement earlier Wednesday saying otherwise. The athletic department retracted its statement regarding Barnett, 20, who was injured in a game against Alabama State earlier this season. The revised statement said the initial news of Barnett's death […]
Alabama A&M’s Medrick Burnett Jr. Dies After Suffering Severe Head Injury During Game Against Alabama State
Alabama A&M announced Wednesday that redshirt freshman linebacker Medrick Barnett Jr. has passed away. “Today, our Bulldog family is saddened by the loss of Medrick Burnett Jr.,” said Director of Athletics Dr. Paul A. Bryant. “Medrick was not only an extraordinary athlete, he was an outstanding young man whose positive energy, leadership and compassion left […]
College Football Playoff staple Alabama left out of latest bracket projection after upset-filled week
If the latest college football rankings hold up, this year's playoffs will look even more different than previously expected. When the committee announced it would move the playoff format from four teams to 12 teams, it seemed like Alabama would end up in its annual stalemate. But in the first year of the 12-team playoffs, […]