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Atlanta police are treating the death of a former head basketball coach at two Georgia universities as a homicide after his body was found in the city shortly after his family reported him missing. News outlets report Sammy Jackson was the former men’s coach at Fort Valley State University and Savannah State University and also had ties to Alabama.
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Alabama A&M has fired football coach Connell Maynor after seven seasons. Athletic director Paul A. Bryant announced the decision with a brief statement on Monday. The Bulldogs went 6-6 this season, including a 4-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference mark, and won three straight games before a season-ending loss to Florida A&M.
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An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University
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Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. remains hospitalized with a head injury suffered in an October game, the school said hours after announcing that he had died. The athletic department sent out a retraction Wednesday.
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Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. remains hospitalized after sustaining a head injury during a game. Burnett was still in the hospital on Tuesday, according to an Alabama A&M spokesman.
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Florida A&M University has postponed its upcoming college football game against Alabama A&M because of Tropical Storm Helene. The Rattlers rescheduled the game for Friday, Nov. 29, in anticipation of Helene strengthening into a major hurricane Wednesday while moving north toward the United States.
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A shooting outside a residence hall at an Alabama college campus that stemmed from a fight has left two people injured, police said. The incident occurred at Alabama A&M University, Huntsville Police Department spokesperson Sydney Martin wrote in an email. Investigators said the shooting was an isolated occurrence, Martin said.
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Alabama A&M University is working to bridge the gap in the teacher shortage within the fields of Science Technology Engineering and Math. The program is called AAMUTeach. The new four-year program at Alabama A&M University offers students a teaching certification while obtaining a STEM undergraduate degree at the same time.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF-TV) — Alumni from an Alabama university have been calling on the state to stop the demolishing of old campus buildings by enforcing…
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A Senate committee has approved a bill that would repeal Common Core standards in Alabama public schools.The State Senate Committee on Education and Youth…