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AJ McCarron selects coordinators with Saban experience for Stallions Published: Jan. 16, 2026, 7:00 p.m. Sports Stallions coach AJ McCarron played for coach Nick Saban as an All-American quarterback at Alabama. For his coordinators in his first season as a United Football League coach, McCarron selected two men who worked for Saban with the Crimson Tide while McCarron was there. Offensive coordinator Tyler Siskey and defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer have been on the job since Jan. 1, but the announcement of their posts with the Stallions didn’t come until Friday after the completion of the UFL Draft this week. “OC’s Tyler Siskey,” McCarron said on Friday. “Go way back. He’s an absolute genius when it comes to building rosters. He did it for coach Saban. He did it at Ole Miss. I mean, he has a track record of just being great. He’s also been an OC. He’s been a passing-game coordinator, a receivers coach. “And then my D-coordinator is Kevin Sherrer. Kevin was with me at Alabama under coach Saban. When Kirby Smart left, left with Kirby Smart go to Georgia. Left Georgia to go with (Jeremy) Pruitt to Tennessee. Ended up leaving Tennessee to go to the (New York) Giants with Joe Judge. Was a D-coordinator at Georgia Tech.” Siskey goes back even farther than Alabama with McCarron. The former Donoho High School and Troy wide receiver was the offensive coordinator for St. Paul’s Episcopal School when the Saints won the AHSAA Class 5A championship in 2007 with McCarron as the quarterback. Siskey crossed paths again with McCarron in 2013, when the quarterback finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy and Siskey served as Alabama’s associate director of player personnel. The next year, Siskey was the director of player personnel. An All-State linebacker at Cleveland High School in 1990, Sherrer played tight end at Alabama. He was back with the Crimson Tide as a graduate assistant from 1998 through 2000 and, while McCarron was in Tuscaloosa, director of player development from 2010 through 2012. While at Tennessee, Sherrer served as defensive coordinator in 2018 and special-teams coordinator in 2019. After working as Giants’ outside linebackers coach in 2020 and linebackers coach in 2021, Sherrer served as Georgia Tech’s co-defensive coordinator in 2023 and Georgia State’s defensive coordinator in 2024. Siskey and Sherrer also both have coached at South Alabama – Sherrer as defensive coordinator in 2013 and Siskey as receivers coach from 2015 through 2017. Sherrer’s other coaching stops have included Tuscaloosa County, Spain Park and Hoover High schools. Siskey’s list of coaching and administrative stops also includes Troy, Northwestern State, Arkansas State and Ole Miss. More stories about the UFL Former Alabama high school stars among Birmingham Stallions’ UFL Draft picks Stallions coach AJ McCarron on UFL Draft: ‘Really, really great day’ 2 players with Alabama football roots protected by Birmingham Stallions The UFL will kick off its third season on March 27. The league plans to release the 2026 schedule on Thursday. Georgia outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer works during an SEC game against Kentucky on Nov. 8, 2014, in Lexington, Ky.(Photo by David E. Klutho /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) Mark Inabinett The 2025 season is the 12th that Mark Inabinett has covered players with Alabama football roots in the NFL. Inabinett's byline appeared in a newspaper for the first time in 1976. The intervening years have... more minabinett@al.com

À Rabat, à la veille de la finale de la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 2025 entre le Sénégal et le Maroc, la Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF) exprime ses fortes inquiétudes face à plusieurs anomalies organisationnelles. À quelques heures du coup d’envoi, des problèmes de sécurité, d’hébergement, d’entraînement et de billetterie jettent une ombre sur ... Lire la suite

Birmingham Real-Time News Water board pays to end lawsuit by former members who claim utility hid its legal expenses Updated: Jan. 16, 2026, 8:00 p.m. |Published: Jan. 16, 2026, 6:47 p.m. George Munchus was the longest serving member of the Birmingham Water Works Board when he sued the utility claiming that it withholds public documents. (Frank Couch, AL.com file)AL.com file/Frank Couch By Joseph D. Bryant | jbryant@al.com A longstanding dispute between two former Birmingham water board members and the utility apparently has ended, following a $77,500 settlement approved by current leaders of the utility. Board members of Central Alabama Water, which took over the utility from the Birmingham Water Works Board unanimously agreed Friday to pay George Munchus and Lucien Blankenship to settle their case. The former board members sued the utility when they were denied complete access to detailed legal bills from outside lawyers. Munchus and Blankenship in late 2023 sued and accused the former board of violating Alabama’s open records law by hiding information about legal expenses from the public. Central Alabama Water board members unanimously voted to settle the lawsuit without public discussion after spending about 45 minutes in a closed-door executive session with lawyers. Attorney Richard Rice, who represents Munchus and Blankenship, welcomed the settlement. “They sacrificed a lot of time and effort in their service on the board and we’re glad we were able to reach a resolution,” Rice told AL.com. “The lawsuit was initially filed to promote more transparency, and we do think it is a positive step toward transparency.” In the lawsuit, Munchus said Michael Johnson, who was then the general manager at the utility, denied his requests to view and take copies of the utility’s monthly invoices for legal expenses. Johnson cited the board’s policy, which only allows the public to see a summary of the legal bills, according to the lawsuit. The impasse over the invoices had lingered between Munchus, former board chairwoman Tereshia Huffman and then chief outside counsel Mark Parnell. Munchus said approvals were made without adequate information because board members voted on totals, while details of the bills were kept under lock and key. On the other side, utility leaders at the time insisted that board members were not denied access to invoices but were required to review them at the office. The board’s meeting agendas list the name of the law firm and how much the utility is paying, but they did not provide details about the legal services or cases. According to the policy, only a summary page of legal bills is available to the public. Munchus and Blankenship had also sued the board and Huffman over the board’s refusal to pay them their $1,000 monthly board stipend after they declined to sign a “loyalty pledge.” Munchus said he was denied the stipend for more than a year because he refused to sign the board’s self-governance policy. That case was dismissed by a Jefferson County judge in late 2024. Joseph D. Bryant Joseph Bryant is a local investigative reporter for AL.com, focusing on Birmingham area government and agencies. With over 25 years of journalism experience, Bryant is a seasoned political reporter. His work... more

LAPD uses plainclothes officers in jaywalking sting operations. Drivers are stopped for not yielding to unmarked crosswalks. Pedestrian deaths in the Valley surpassed homicides in 2025. A random person walking in the middle of a busy street is often seen as a nuisance. They present what appears to be a completely unnecessary safety risk. Nevertheless, that’s exactly the position that LAPD allegedly put multiple people in so that the department could pull over drivers who didn’t stop for pedestrians. Officers say the “targeted operation’ was meant to enhance safety. Citizens say it’s entrapment. More: LAPD Cruiser Hits One Of Its Own Officers On Foot During High-Speed Pursuit Footage taken by a local during one operation shows officers, some in plain clothes, crossing streets outside marked crosswalks as part of a “pedestrian enforcement detail.” Drivers who failed to yield were pulled over by motorcycle units, drawing criticism from locals and online commenters. Safety Campaign or Tactical Setup? Again, many called the practice “entrapment,” questioning whether police should be orchestrating scenarios to catch traffic violations. “They’re hiding in parking lots and hiring people to walk across the street,” a witness in Woodland Hills said, as the video circulated on social media. “Whoever passes them, they get pulled over. Look at the cops. Y’all are f—– up. That is crazy!” The LAPD defended the operation to ABC 7, saying it took place in “high injury” areas known for severe collisions, and that the aim is to educate drivers and improve pedestrian safety. Here’s the kicker. California law treats unmarked crosswalks the same as marked ones, meaning drivers are legally required to yield either way. In other words, if a drunk person wanders into the road, traffic should stop completely until that person figures out where they want to go. Several local citizens took up the attitude that the LAPD probably has better things to do. That said, the police say that pedestrian fatalities are higher than homicides in the area. They didn’t define whether those deaths were the result of folks failing to stop for people crossing the road or if those pedestrians were doing something else. A few months ago, an LAPD police car hit and killed a pedestrian. It’s unclear if that death was also included in the statistics. Credit: ABC 7

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