adapted athletics

This year's college football season got off to a shaky start of the Crimson Tide. But a different group of athletes in Tuscaloosa is still basking in the thrill of victory. Alabama’s adapted tennis team won it latest national championship last April, and the women’s adapted basketball team is still basking in the glory of its latest national title. The Tuscaloosa campus has a group of student athletes that compete in wheelchairs in various sports. That includes adapted tennis.

Tyler McKay is the head coach of The University of Alabama’s Wheelchair Tennis team in the Adaptive Athletics program. He's from Minnesota, and had never eaten grits before moving to the South! He talks to Quick-Fire Quips host Baillee Majors about adjusting to life in Alabama and learning Southern phrases after leaving the Midwest. Plus, his favorite hidden gem in Tuscaloosa.

The City of Huntsville is preparing to host the 2025 U.S. Paralympics Cycling Time Trial. The nation’s top Para-cyclists are set to take over the Rocket City this weekend at Cummings Research Park for the competition.

Registration continues as the City of Mobile will host the 101st Annual National Public Parks Tennis Championships, which are taking place Sept. 20-22. Port City leaders are billing the “Tennis on the Bay” tournament as a weekend full of fun activities and exciting competitions.

Student-athletes in The University of Alabama’s Adapted Athletics program are being celebrated after earning national championship status in both women’s wheelchair basketball and para track and field.

The University of Alabama will be hosting the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Women’s Wheelchair Basketball National Championships Friday and Saturday. The top five teams in the country will be playing to win the championship.

The University of Alabama is set to open an athletic arena that is unparalleled in the United States.Yesterday, university officials celebrated the…