Year of Sports Brochure

There's no better way to prepare yourself for The Year of Alabama Sports than by downloading the official brochure, packed to the rafters with athletic destinations and attractions of all kinds. Roll up to a big race, test your mettle in an amateur golf tournament, or bring the kids along for a family fishing extravaganza. You'll find all that and more in The Year of Alabama Sports brochure.

Click here to download The Year of Alabama Sports brochure.

Alabama Sports: A comprehensive guide to sports in Alabama

If you like sports, you will love Alabama!...football, baseball, basketball, auto racing, golf, soccer, tennis, etc. Just about every sport imaginable can be found here. The king of sports in Alabama is football. Fans have an unbelievable passion for their teams and the intense rivalry between Auburn and Alabama is unmatched anywhere.

Beyond team sports, individuals have gone on to national, international and Olympic greatness: soccer kids Mia Hamm and Cat Stevens; track stars Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and Harvey Glance; swimming and diving gold medalists Rowdy Gaines and Jennifer Chandler; PGA champions Hubert Green, Larry Nelson, Jerry Pate and Jo Ann Prentice; and the inimitable Charlie Boswell, the World's champion blind golfer.

This state is truly a sportsman and spectator's dream.

Click here to purchase Alabama Sports: A comprehensive guide to sports in Alabama from the Governor's Mansion Online Gift Shop.


From the forward, by William Legg, Executive Director of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame