FINAL: Gardendale 29, Mountain Brook 28 Holy cow, what a game. Gardendale QB Tyler Nelson runs for 295 yards and 4 TDs, including the game-winning 2-pt conversion. Gardendale Football wins one heck of a football game for the region title.

Homewood put a bow on a perfect region slate on Friday, running away from Briarwood. From Erik Harris: thehomewoodstar.com/sports/homewoo…

Extremely proud @gdalehsfootball alum right here. Region champs, LETS GO!!! 🚀

BREAKING Deion Sanders just told his players that he's leaving Jackson State to become the new head coach at Colorado, per source. As we reported last week, CU stepped up big to try and bring Deion to Boulder and he’s ready to make big moves in the Pac-12. theathletic.com/3935677/2022/1…

Where will Aaron Judge be spending the rest of his career?

Nate Oats. My Cousin Vinny.

Nate got his handshake.

2022 was one for the books.

I’m not confident I can still do this, but here I am… covering the Cullman Co. Tournament finals between West Point and Fairview.

AT THE HORN: Pace buries game-winning 3 for Fairview. cullmantimes.com/sports/county-…

Kevin Steele has accepted the job as Alabama Football’s defensive coordinator, sources tell ESPN. This will be Steele’s third different stint under Nick Saban at Bama. Steele, a 39-year coaching veteran, was Miami Hurricanes Football’s DC last season. He’s coached at four different SEC schools.

THE BRACKET. #SECMBB x #SECTourney

Now this is what we should expect from our media.

I've been mostly silent on the whole Brandon Miller situation at #Alabama basketball. Thanks to the stellar reporting of Ryan Phillips, that silence is being broken. My column: After New Details, Media Owes Brandon Miller, Alabama Basketball an Apology si.com/college/alabam…

When out of town I can’t help but find the local publication, and summertime in Alex City means Lake Martin Living. It’s great to see local journalism done right.

I've seen some recent debate on RBU. Alabama is RBU by quite a margin. In the 2022 NFL season, former Alabama running backs had 1443 carries. #2, Penn State, had 554. We scored 7 statistical categories for our conclusion, let's take a look. (Totals at the end)