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Alabama’s mens’ basketball team is heading north for tomorrow’s game against North Dakota. This game plus matches against Kent State and South Dakota State represent the last chance the Crimson Tide have to tune up their game before facing play in the Southeastern Conference.

Mark Sears scored 27 points and number seven Alabama held off a late comeback try, beating Creighton Saturday night. Sears, a senior guard who added six rebounds and four assists, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final six minutes and shot 8 for 15 from the field.

Jalen Milroe isn't resting on his success, not even a little bit. The Alabama quarterback typically rose before 5 a.m. during the offseason to head to the football building, striving for daily improvement as if he's battling for the starting job. But that battle ended last year.

Former Crimson Tide star, Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman, Isaiah Buggs has been convicted on two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.

Workers at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote next month on possibly joining the UAW. The union said last month that a majority of workers at the Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa had also signed union cards. The UAW announced its organizing campaign last fall after it won strong contracts with Detroit automakers.

The Crimson Tide’s Mark Sears carried Alabama long enough for the Crimson Tide to get an unexpected contribution and reach the Sweet Sixteen.

Workers from one of the largest non-unionized auto plants in the U.S. are speaking about the push to hold a union election. Thirty percent of staff at the Mercedes-Benz plant outside of Tuscaloosa in Vance have signed a labor unionization card.

Kalen DeBoer embraces chance to replace Nick Saban as head football coach at Alabama, promises ex-coach '100 percent access.’ Kalen DeBoer stood at a lectern, only a few feet from Nick Saban, and enthusiastically embraced the chance to both replace and learn from his larger-than-life predecessor.

Alabama wasted little time in finding Nick Saban's successor, hiring Kalen DeBoer away from national runner-up Washington. The powerhouse program tapped DeBoer on Friday to replace Saban, just two days after the 72-year-old coach announced his retirement.

Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states. Will this rhetoric come up during Tuscaloosa’s GOP debate set for December sixth.