Former Alabama linebacker Kendrick Blackshire opted to re-enter the tranfer portal after spending the spring semester playing for the Texas Longhorns. Blackshire, a Duncanville, Texas product left the Crimson Tide after the 2023 season concluded and decided to transfer to Austin.

The former 4-star linebacker tallied 25 tackles with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in 24 appearances for Alabama across three seasons. Unfortunately, he’s unlikely to return to Tuscaloosa given the Southeastern Conference’s policy on inter-conference transfers in the spring window.

The transfer portal window is now closed as players had until April 30 to submit their paperwork to enter in order to be eligible to play football in the fall.

Today’s Crimson Tide Schedule:

No Alabama athletics in action on Wednesday.

Crimson Tide Results:

No Crimson Tide teams or individuals in action on Tuesday.

Did you notice?

• Alabama men’s tennis athlete Filip Planinsek qualified for his second appearance at the NCAA Singles Championships, the organization announced Tuesday.
• Additionally, Planinsek and doubles partner Andrii Zimnokh were named alternates for the NCAA doubles competition. 

• Alabama women’s tennis athlete Loudmilla Bencheikh qualified for her second appearance at the NCAA Singles Championship.
• Additionally, Bencheikh will compete with Anne Marie Hiser in the NCAA doubles competition.

• Former Alabama track and field star Isaac Odugbesan, known as Oba Femi, defended his North American Championship successfully during the Tuesday night airing of WWE’s NXT.

Countdown to Crimson Tide’s 2024 Football Season Opener:

122 days

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

May 1, 1971: ABC’s Wide World of Sports was in Tuscaloosa filming quarterback Joe Namath for its upcoming May 15th program. The cameras focused on Namath on campus and on the sidelines of the Crimson-White spring game as he gave instructions to Red Team quarterback Terry Davis. Also on hand to lend his notable expertise and interview Namath for the program was internationally recognized announcer Howard Cosell. — Bryant Museum

May 1, 1987: Glen Coffee was born in Valparaiso, Fla.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“When you saw Coach Bryant standing there on the sideline, with his iron resolution to win, you never doubted what you were about to accomplish.” – Jerry Duncan on the 1964-65 national champions.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – An Alabama legislative committee has voted to set aside $10 million from the state’s 2025 Education Trust Fund budget to support administrative funding for Summer EBT, a food assistance program for children.

Alabama and 13 other states previously declined to take part in the federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school age children. The state took part in a pandemic version of the program but later opted out of a permanent program. While the benefits are federally funded, states split the administrative costs, which Gov. Kay Ivey’s office previously cited as the reason for not continuing.

On Tuesday, the Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee voted unanimously to allocate the money after multiple groups began urging state lawmakers to do something. Among those groups pushing for action is Alabama Arise, which advocates for low-income families.

“Every child needs and deserves healthy meals throughout the year,” said Alabama Arise hunger policy advocate LaTrell Clifford Wood, who added “[we] hope that every legislator will support this important investment in child nutrition, and that Gov. Kay Ivey will sign it into law.”

It’s estimated that the Summer EBT program will reduce food insecurity for more than a half-million Alabama children. Alabama Arise says the program insures school-aged children in low-income homes will continue to have access to nutritious food during the summer months when school meals are unavailable.

The budget must next go to the full Senate for passage and then back to the House where it will also need to be approved.

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Housing is the largest expenditure for most households and since the beginning of the pandemic the cost of homes in the U.S. has risen more than 40%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wages, meanwhile, continue to struggle to keep pace, just as they have for at least two decades. While median household income in the U.S. rose by more than 77% between 2000 and 2022, the median cost of a home rose by a whopping 170% from $123,086 to $332,826.

Adjusted for inflation, household incomes rose by 4.5%, while the median home price rose by 59.1%.

Any way you look at it, the cost of buying a home has continued to grow more difficult for many Americans since the start of this century.

With that in mind, Construction Coverage — a resource guide for construction professionals — examined cities across the U.S. based on their median home price-to-median income ratio and found that two Alabama cities were among the best for finding housing which fits into the average family budget.

Among midsize cities, Montgomery ranked second only to Toledo, Ohio, with a 2.5 ratio — derived by taking Montgomery’s median home price of $139,969 and dividing it by the median household income of $56,707.

Toledo edged out Montgomery with a 2.3 ratio ($105,239 median home price/$45,405 median income).

Birmingham came in eighth among midsize cities with a 3.1 ratio, based on its $131,290 median home price and $42,464 median household income.

Among small cities, neighboring Jackson, Miss., had the lowest price-to-income ratio at 1.4, with a median home price of $61,474 and a median household income of $42,193.