Alabama football, basketball and other Tide sports: News and Tidbits
By Ronald Evans
Catch up on Alabama football, basketball and other Tide sports, news and tidbits. A Sunday update that lists items from the past week.
Every week there is new Alabama football, basketball and other Crimson Tide sports in the news. Some important information does not include enough detail for Bama Hammer to write individual posts.
To make sure Alabama fans don’t miss out, we follow tweets and message boards to gather lots of tidbits of information. We post these various tidbits each week on Sunday.
Alabama Football
The biggest surprise news of the week was a player transfer announcement.
The Crimson Tide roster drops closer to the 85 player scholarship limit for 2017. Multiple insiders suggested the obvious potential of true freshmen Henry Ruggs and Devonta Smith may have influenced Simmons.
On the plus side, Alabama football got a commitment from a highly sought cornerback recruit for 2018.
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On Fridays, the Alabama football weight room is pumped.
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Alabama football fans already knew what a special player the Tide has in Minkah Fitzpatrick. The stat below is one of the reasons why.
Alabama CB Minkah Fitzpatrick allowed a paltry 0.66 yards per snap he was in coverage - the lowest mark of any returning SEC CB. pic.twitter.com/tGLzGt6IFX
— PFF College (@PFF_College) June 24, 2017
There was some disappointing news about former Alabama football players this week. DeAndrew White was released by the New England Patriots.
Javier Arenas and Adrian Hubbard failed to make the roster of the Ottawa Redblacks in the Canadian Football League. The only former Alabama football player in the CFL this season will be D. J. Pettway, as a practice squad player.
Alabama Basketball
Avery Johnson has taken Alabama basketball recruiting to a new level. Having a head coach with NBA championship winning experience gives the Tide a big advantage with recruits.
On this day 18 years ago, @CoachAvery6 made the shot to give the @spurs their first @NBA world championship! #RollTide #BuckleUp pic.twitter.com/OtxrWJryU1
— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) June 25, 2017
You never know which Alabama basketball camp participant will end up wearing the Crimson and White. Maybe it will be this guy.
Congrats Chase James, MVP at the Alabama Basketball Camp. Chase averaged 16.5ppg and 7assist, with a season high of 28 points.#Alabamafusion pic.twitter.com/TqVf7KztHc
— Alabama Fusion (@AlabamaFusion) June 24, 2017
Alabama Golf
Former Alabama golfer Robby Shelton won a tournament on the Canadian PGA Tour last Sunday. It was Shelton’s first Mackenzie Tour win.
“It means a lot. Just to win anywhere is so exciting."
— PGA TOUR Canada - Fortinet Cup (@PGATOURCanada) June 19, 2017
Robby Shelton can add a #MackenzieTour title to his impressive resume. pic.twitter.com/E30RRRd2b6
We will close this update with a subject close to many Crimson Tide hearts.
@AlabamaFTBL @UofAlabama Alabama Crimson Tide Dixieland Delight #Bama #RollTide #BringThisBack https://t.co/OwcuIfP3rk
— Brad Lowery (@bmtkwm) May 18, 2017
Check in with us each Sunday. There is no shortage of interesting and important happenings, even during the offseason.
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