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California is the state with the most Little League World Series Championships. With California boasting 8 Little League Baseball World Series to its credit. However, this year, California won't get its ninth championship. For the Phenix City 12U All Stars from Alabama beat the Sweetwater Valley team from California to advance to the next round in the Little League World Series. With Phenix City beating California 12 to 2 today in a four inning game. Managed by Case Rasmus and Coached by Cory Ra...
Will America's soccer boom last? What Google Trends says Google Trends, which measures relative search interest, hit an all-time high for the term “soccer” during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The upward climb had been building for nearly six months before kickoff and, so far, has shown little sign of slowing down. The question now is how long that momentum can last. Are people finally watching soccer carve out a bigger place in the American sports landscape, or is this just another breakthrough tha...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham today announced a leadership transition within UAB Athletics. After 11 years of service, Mark Ingram and UAB have agreed to part ways. "Mark has played an important role in the growth and evolution of UAB Athletics," said UAB President Ray L. Watts. "During his tenure, UAB Athletics achieved significant milestones, including major facility investments, a successful transition to the American Conference, and continued support for our stud...
The Phenix City 12U All Stars will play again the Little League Baseball World Series today, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026, at 6 PM Central Time. For they won their game yesterday against the Tacoma, Washington team 4 to 2. With the star player for the Phenix City All Stars, Kinley Rasmus, breaking a record in the series with her fifth hit. Kinley now has the most hits of any girl playing in the Little League World Series. Kinley's stellar performance in the series is leading to a rallying cry...
Alabama has made its decision at the most scrutinized position in college football: sophomore Keelon Russell has been named the Crimson Tide's starting quarterback, signaling a new era in Tuscaloosa and a major vote of confidence in one of the nation's most gifted young passers. For months, the battle between Russell and fellow sophomore Austin Mack dominated offseason conversation. Both were elite recruits, both flashed potential in limited 2025 action, and both represented very different...
The CEO for Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner, released a video message urging people to oppose the Protect College Sports Act in its current form. For according to the nonprofit Christian conservative legal advocacy group, the language of the popularly termed "Save College Sports Act" is imprecise. With the language of the bill being "ambiguous" to the point to where a liberal judge could misuse the act to override the laws in 27 states that protect women's sports. As Waggoner...
The finale of the Patriot Games, a youth sporting competition featuring a male and a female high school athlete from every state in the nation, is tonight at 6PM Central Time. Since the Trump administration created the 2026 Patriot Games to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence, President Trump is visiting Northeast Ohio this evening for the finale of the Patriot Games. With the Patriot Games being held at the SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. The two...
Southern Girls Playing Baseball In A League Of Their Own While no players native to Alabama are listed on the rosters of the San Francisco Firebells, New York Heights, Los Angeles Queens, or the Boston Hunters, there is a former softball player from Auburn on the roster as well as several players from the South playing in the inaugural season of The Women's Pro-Baseball League. A league which had its first game on August 01st with the ceremonial first pitch being pitched by the 99 years of age,...
The first Alabama team to appear in the Little League World Series was the Birmingham Southside Little League, which secured the world championship in 1953. Now, the Phenix City Little League team which hails from Phenix City, Alabama, is heading to the Little League World Series on August 19th. With the Phenix City Youth Baseball team set to play against the Northwest champion at 2:00 Central Time on Wednesday. A game which will be aired on ESPN. The game will be played at the Little League...
August 5, 2026 – TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama began fall camp on Wednesday coming off an excellent 2025 season that saw the Tide play in the SEC Championship game, make the playoffs, and even win a playoff game before falling to eventual National Champion Indiana. Coack Kalen DeBoer was rewarded in the offseason with a massive $75 million contract extension. Quarterback Ty Simpson elected not to return for 2026 and was rewarded with a first selection in the first round by the Los...
World Cup fever has changed American attitudes toward soccer A new survey has highlighted the growing appeal of soccer across the United States following the 2026 World Cup. Respondents revealed their desire to own Lionel Messi’s Argentina jersey, their preference for watching soccer over the NFL, and even their hopes to travel to Europe to enjoy the Premier League. The 2026 World Cup, played out across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, was the biggest ever in soccer history. Forty-eight n...
A historic summer of sports is sweeping across the US, leaving fans to balance team spirit with surging costs It’s been an exciting stretch for sports in America, with the Knicks just ending a 53-year title drought, the FIFA World Cup on home soil for the first time in over 30 years, and Formula 1 now holding more races in the United States than in any other single country. As excitement around sports reaches new heights, so too does the amount of money fans are spending to be part of the a...
Streaming sports: What TV technology makes for the best game day viewing Buying a television used to be relatively straightforward: Pick a screen size that fits the room, compare picture quality in the store, and choose a model that matched your budget. That’s no longer the case. In this article, electronics and technology company TCL breaks down which TV features matter most for streaming sports at home. For today’s consumers, buying a TV has shifted from a simple screen-size-versus- bud...
How AI is changing soccer from the ground up More than two thousand years ago, Chinese players kicked a leather ball across training grounds in a game called Cuju to develop balance, endurance, and precision with their feet. The game evolved gradually until the 1860s when England transformed dozens of local clubs into an organized body with standardized "laws of the game." Along the way, leather balls became lighter, village squares gave way to massive stadiums, television made local matches...
July 20, 2026 – TAMPA, Florida – Coaches, athletic directors and even some star players from the Southeastern Conference are enjoying the heat in Tampa Bay, Florida this week for SEC media days. The 2025 football season ended poorly again for the SEC with a Big 10 team (Indiana) winning yet another national championship. SEC coaches, players, and administrators are optimistic that 2026 will be different. For the Texas Longhorns this is a make-or-break season. Five-star quarterback sensation Arc...
Why some sports cards become pieces of history Almost every family has a keepsake whose meaning far exceeds its material value: a ticket stub, a handwritten recipe, a faded photograph or a trading card saved from childhood. Sports cards can carry that same emotional and historical weight. They begin as mass-produced pieces of paper, yet the examples preserved over decades can become records of the athletes, eras and memories people chose to hold onto. Today’s collecting culture places greater e...
July 5, 2026 - FIFA reverses itself and will allow Team USA striker Folarin Balogun to play in Monday's game against Belgium. Balogun received a red card during Team USA's game with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The referee's controversial red card (the soccer equivalent of a flagrant foul) meant the Balogun was ejected from that game, the U.S. was forced to play with just ten players for the last 36 minutes of the game, and Balogun was suspended for the Belgium game. It is unusual for a referee to...
The United States advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a decisive 2–0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, a match defined by resilience, set‑piece brilliance, and a gritty defensive stand. 🇺🇸 A Crucial Knockout Victory Playing on home soil at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the U.S. entered the Round of 32 with momentum and high expectations. The match began with Bosnia pressing early, forcing U.S. goalkeeper Matt Freese into two important saves in the openi...
Research on watching sports suggests World Cup fans may get a well-being boost With 2026 FIFA World Cup matches taking place across the U.S., millions of fans are crowding into living rooms, sports bars and stadiums to cheer and groan in unison. It's the same energy that takes over during the Super Bowl, March Madness, the NBA Finals and the World Series, when a city or a whole country briefly turns into one giant party. It raises the question: Can rooting for a team actually be good for you? A...
From moneyball to Wall Street: How big finance changed sports Walk into any top sports franchise these days, and you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled into the nerve center of a Fortune 100 firm. That’s because the people shaping the future of our favorite sporting leagues are no longer wealthy owners handing out blank cheques to the likes of Bill Belichick or Pep Guardiola. Instead, there’s a plethora of data scientists, venture capital investors, and former Wall Street kingp...
The U.S. Men's National Team will play its next World Cup match on July 1, 2026, at 7:00 PM CDT in Santa Clara, California, at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium. The World Cup is in the United States and the U.S. team has played surprisingly well thus far in the tournament winning their group to advance to the knockout round of the tournament. The U.S. beat Paraguay 4 – 1 and then beat Australia 2 – 0. They lost to Turkey 3 – 2, but had already won the group so were playing mostly backups in...
The commissioner of Major League Baseball, Robert D. Manfred Jr., has stated that the three Major League Baseball Players, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker, who wore Bible verses on their baseball caps during the San Francisco Giants' gay pride event on June 10th, 2026, will not be fined nor disciplined. Initially, a controversy was stirred when the three pitchers for the San Francisco Giants were issued an oral warning for violating the league's uniform policy which prohibits the...
One of the starting Major League pitchers for the San Francisco Giants is Landen Brice Roupp. A native of North Carolina, Roupp when to Faith Christian School. So when the San Francisco Giants held a "Pride Night" for the GLBTQIA+ community on Friday, Roupp refused to completely shed the faith of his upbringing. For last Friday, the San Francisco Giants required its players to wear a ball cap that was emblazoned with the rainbow colors symbolic of the homosexual community since June is...
How a thrilling NBA Finals game affected fans' sleep and recovery metrics If you walked through the streets of New York City late on the night the team made its historic Game 4 comeback in the NBA Finals, you could practically feel the electricity in the air. But as it turns out, the excitement of this Knicks playoff run isn’t just palpable—it’s measurable. Anonymized, de-identified data from New York-area Oura members reveals that the city experienced both a live physiological spike durin...
Cost of the 2026 World Cup: How much Americans will spend in host cities The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being hosted by the United States, alongside Canada and Mexico, marking the first time the tournament is held across three nations. The tournament runs in June and July 2026, with 11 of the 16 host cities located in the U.S. For devoted fans who have been counting down the months, the excitement of the 2026 World Cup may only be rivaled by its eye-opening cost. Millions of Americans are expected...
