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Former NFL QB Trent Dilfer set to take UAB jobTrent Dilfer, the journeyman quarterback, and Super Bowl winner with the Baltimore Ravens is set to be named the head football coach at UAB....

Oh Hell Yeah, UAB Is Back And The Blazers Are For RealWelcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Louisiana Tech Played 4-On-5 After Brawl And Mass EjectionsThe Louisiana Tech Bulldogs played the final 6:04 of their 79-70 loss to Alabama-Birmingham with just four players, after an on-court brawl resulted in the ejections of most players and all assistant coaches on both teams. (Seriously, I don’t know offhand how many players were ejected—whoever compil...

Running Back Greg Bryant, Of Notre Dame And UAB, Has Died From Gunshot Wounds

Greg Bryant, the 21-year-old former Notre Dame running back working toward a comeback with the UAB Blazers, has died of gunshot wounds he suffered while driving in south Florida early Saturday morning. West Palm Beach police said Bryant was declared braindead Sunday afternoon, and are treating his d...

UAB Running Back Greg Bryant, Shot On A Florida Interstate, Is In Critical Condition [UPDATE]

Greg Bryant, a 21-year-old running back at UAB, remains in critical condition after someone shot him early this morning in Palm Beach County, Florida. The graduate of American Heritage High School in nearby Delray Beach and a passenger, Maurice Grover, were found at 4:45 a.m. Saturday in the southbo...

UAB Football Is Back From The Dead. Now The Hard Part Begins.

If you thought watching a football program die was hard, wait until we witness one try to raise itself from the grave....

Report: UAB Football Is Back

The University of Alabama at Birmingham—the one that killed football and unleashed hell on itself—is now bringing back the program back to life just six months after its death. ...

Iowa State Blows It; UAB Wins By A Point

Fred Hoiberg's squad didn't get a second game to show off their style of play. Third-seeded Iowa State lost to UAB 60-59 after Naz Long's potential tying three missed, and the ball went in as a two-point shot with less than a second remaining. This was the Blazers' first tournament win since the...