Reviewed by: Caleb Turrentine
Opening day, playoff hockey highlight big sports week in Birmingham
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If you love sports, this is the week for you Birmingham.
In quick succession here is what’s happening:
- Tuesday, April 7th — Birmingham Barons Opening Day
- Thursday, April 9 — Birmingham Bulls Playoff Game
- Sunday, April 12th — Birmingham Legion F.C. returns home
And it only gets better the following week, when our Birmingham Stallions have their 2026 UFL home opener on Saturday, April 18.
Barons go for 3rd straight title
Here is a fun fact. Birmingham’s professional sports teams are on a 4-year title streak.
- 2022 — Birmingham Stallions, USFL Champions
- 2023 — Birmingham Stallions, USFL Champions
- 2024 — Birmingham Stallions, UFL Champions and Birmingham Barons, Southern League Champions
- 2025 — Birmingham Barons, Southern League Champions
Will the Barons three-peat?
Opening day begins Tuesday, April 7 against the Chattanooga Lookouts. If you miss the game tonight, you can still catch the Barons every day until Sunday afternoon on April 12.
Visit Birmingham Barons website for tickets.
Playoff Hockey Thursday Night!
The Birmingham Bulls clinched a playoff spot this past weekend for the SPHL President’s Cup.
The Bulls are playing Thursday night against the Roanoke Rail-yard Dawgs at the Pelham Civic Center.
Ask any hockey fan and they will tell you playoff hockey “just means more!”
Support the Bulls Thursday night. Puck drops at 7PM. Visit https://www.bullshockey.net/ for tickets.
Legion returns after a month on the road
Hammer down Birmingham! Legion FC returns on Sunday April, 12, 4PM to Protective Stadium after the pitch was turned into a massive dirt pit for Monster Jam and Supercross.
If you didn’t go it was a totally awesome experience in front of a “packed’ Protective.
The Three Sparks are still seeking their first win of the year after notching a thrilling tie last weekend in Virginia.
Don’t let the record fool you. The team is truly coming together, according to local soccer aficionados.
Help them get 6 points in April (two wins in non-soccer lingo)! Tickets are on sale for both the April 12 & 19 games.
Going to a game this weekend? Tell us which team you are going to see this week — Barons, Bulls or Legion?
