By Katherine Owen and Ryan Phillips The Westboro Baptist Church, a religious group from Topeka, Kans., known for its extremist ideologies, led a picket on the University of Alabama campus Saturday, May 18, to remind Tuscaloosa residents of their message that the tornado of April 27, 2011 was a sign of the “wrath of God.” The members of the WBC [...]

The 2013 Palmer Cup teams for both the United States and Europe were announced Tuesday. The Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 7-9 at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Del. Alabama’s Jay Seawell will serve as USA’s head coach. The 10-man team will feature three Crimson Tide golfers with Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt and Justin Thomas selected for the [...]

The Crimson Tide athletic department’s annual Alabama Student-Athlete Awards Banquet, presented by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, was held Monday evening in Foster Auditorium. Senior gymnast Ashley Priess, the SAAC president, opened the program by welcoming the gathered student-athletes and introducing UA Athletic Director Bill Battle who addressed the audience. The late Mal Moore, an Alabama student-athlete, coach and administrator for [...]

By Jordan Cissell and Mark Hammontree At the Tuscaloosa City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Walt Maddox presented his plan for the distribution of funds from the grants recently awarded to the city to help in the rebuilding efforts that still continue two years after the April 27, 2011 tornado. On March 27, the U.S. Department of Housing and Development [...]

A year after placing second, Alabama gymnast Diandra Milliner won the NCAA Vault Championship Sunday in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Milliner shared the title with LSU’s Rheagan Courville after both women scored 9.925s in front of a six-judge panel. It was Alabama’s 24th individual NCAA title and 10th over the past decade. Milliner is the second UA gymnast [...]