Alabama guard Aden Holloway’s attorney said that Holloway would like to return to the Crimson Tide for the 2026-27 season.

Holloway, Alabama’s second-leading scorer this season, was arrested the Monday before the NCAA tournament began when police found over two pounds of marijuana in his apartment when executing a search warrant.

Thursday, Holloway was indicted on a felony drug possession charge, alleging that the marijuana found was not for personal use. He’s facing a maximum of 10 years in jail and a $15,000 fine for that charge, and the same max penalty for a felony charge of failing to affix a tax stamp.

Friday, Holloway’s attorney Jason Neff told ESPN that “although it’s not Aden’s call to make, given the opportunity, his intent is to play basketball next year.”

Holloway was suspended from the team after his arrest and missed the entire NCAA tournament. He was also given a campus ban after the arrest, but Neff also told ESPN that had been overturned at a university student conduct hearing. 

The junior guard was Alabama’s second-leading scorer with nearly 17 points per game in 2025-26. It was his second season with team after transferring from Auburn following his freshman year. He scored at least 15 points in each of Alabama’s three SEC tournament games before his arrest, and had 18 points in the Tide’s semifinal loss to Ole Miss. 

The Crimson Tide earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament on Selection Sunday, the day before Holloway was arrested. Alabama won its first two games of the NCAA tournament before losing to No. 1 seed Michigan in the Sweet 16. 

The Alpine Formula 1 team issued an open letter Thursday to address social media abuse and threats along with claims that the team has been favoring French driver Pierre Gasly over Argentinian Franco Colapinto.

The team made the move weeks after a run-in between Colapinto and Haas driver Esteban Ocon during the Chinese Grand Prix. Immediately after the incident, Colapinto’s management team took to social media to tell fans to not send threats towards Ocon. 

The French driver had said the incident was his fault and was penalized by F1 stewards. During the most recent race at Suzuka in the Japanese Grand Prix, Ollie Bearman crashed into the outside barriers after going off track when he caught Colapinto at a high rate of speed entering the track’s hairpin corner.

The crash seemed far more a product of F1’s energy management rules than anything nefarious; a driver deploying his battery can close in quickly on a driver ahead who is harvesting battery energy.

Alpine said in its letter to say that “this isn’t about one particular fanbase” and then had this to say. Ocon is a former Alpine driver.

“The team condemns the hateful messages aimed towards Franco after last weekend’s race in Japan, the same way it condemns the abuse and threats that were aimed towards Esteban Ocon following a collision between the two cars at the Chinese Grand Prix.

“The two drivers were racing hard and fighting for position and Esteban took full responsibility and apologized to Franco, actively seeking him out in the media pen and also apologizing on social media. The resulting abuse that followed was not in the spirit of the sport and was an oversight not to call it it out sooner. Abuse of any kind to all drivers is unacceptable and it was especially disappointing that it comes from a minority of fans of the team towards a driver who has given so much to the team in the past and is a Grand Prix winner for Alpine.

“Subsequently, the team also condemns the hateful behavior towards Franco following the incident with Ollie Bearman at Suzuka. First of all, the most important thing is the safety and well-being of the drivers and thankfully Ollie is OK. The closing speeds are a characteristic of these cars and as stated by the FIA, it’s something that will be closely reviewed in the coming weeks.”

Gasly is 8th in standings, Colapinto is 16th

Gasly has significantly outperformed Colapinto through the first three races of the season. Among the drivers for the midfield teams outside the top three of Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren at the moment, only Bearman (17) has scored more points than Gasly’s 15.

Colapinto, meanwhile, has scored just a single point through the first three races.

That discrepancy, the team said, is not a product of Gasly getting better equipment than Colapinto.

“Any questions about sabotage or not giving Franco the same car are completely unfounded, which is why the team felt the need to speak out. There might be times this year when pushing in the development race that upgrades come to one car first, which the team will communicate and be completely transparent about. That being said, the aim will always remain to bring upgrades to both cars where possible.

“It’s absolutely not in the team’s interests to not score points and any suggestion of self sabotage isn’t conducive to that ultimate end goal. From the opening races, the team finds itself in a strong position and the team is not counting on its laurels and is staying grounded. At the last two races, the team has been the fourth fastest car and we know we have to work incredibly hard to stay thee and have two cars regularly in with a chance of scoring points.”

Colapinto, who made his F1 debut in 2024, is the first Argentine driver in F1 since Gaston Mazzacane competed during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. 

In 2024, a similar online abuse situation unfolded in the IndyCar Series surrounding Agustin Canapino. The Argentinian driver stepped away for a race because of “the growth of online abuse and harassment” following an incident with French driver Theo Pourchaire at a previous race. 

Pourchaire was driving for McLaren at the time and the online reaction even led McLaren to say that it would be terminating its business relationship with Canapino’s Juncos Hollinger team. Canapino returned to the series after skipping that Road America race, but parted ways with Juncos Hollinger with five races left in the season. He hasn’t competed in the IndyCar Series since.