On August 30, 2011, Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King, who correctly predicted the 2011 Super Bowl, made his predictions for the 2011 season and picked the Falcons to defeat the San Diego Chargers in the 2012 Super Bowl.

For the 2010 – 2011 season, Gertjan Verbeek, coming from Heracles Almelo, will be the new manager.

For their 60th season in a row ( 79th overall ), Roma competed in Serie A for the 2011 – 12 season.

Totals are current through the end of the 2011 season.

Single-season statistics are current through the end of the 2011 season.

Since the retirement of Cal Ripken Jr. in 2001, the Orioles began a downward spiral, compiling a losing record in every season between 1998 and 2011.

Certainly the most positive event of the 2011 season for the Orioles, was their involvement in the events that took place on September 28, when they defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 thanks to 9th inning heroics by both Nolan Reimold, and Robert Andino leading to a walk-off win on an Andino RBI single, and prevented them from earning the Wild Card berth.

The 2011 season marked the Orioles ' return to WBAL following four seasons on WJZ-FM ( 105. 7 FM ).

In 2011 they improved upon their 2010 2-14 season by going 6-10.

The Panthers ' original logo, used from 1995 NFL season | 1995 to 2011 NFL season | 2011.

In their first match up of the 2011 season, Cam Newton set an NFL record for most rushing touchdowns in a season for QB with 13.

In their second match up of the 2011 season, Newton set the record for most passing yards in a season for a rookie QB and converted a 91 yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon LaFell to set a Carolina Panther records for longest pass.

After being released by the Panthers, the Saints acquired " Original Panther " John Kasay, who had an excellent 2011 season in New Orleans.

The Cardinals defeated the Panthers in the 2011 season opener on September 11 despite rookie QB Cam Newton's 422 yard debut.

In the 2011 NFL season, the Bengals improved to 9-7 and clinched a playoff spot.

At the end of the 2011 season, they had a regular season franchise record of 8, 771 – 8, 449 (. 509 ).

The Falcons made a surprise trade up with the Cleveland Browns in the 2011 NFL Draft to select Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones sixth overall.

* 2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak of tornadoes devastates parts of the southeastern United States, especially the State of Alabama, killing nearly 300.

Liberalism and the Culture of Security: The Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric of Reform University of Alabama Press, 2011.

He was elected as the 13th President of Birmingham – Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama on March 21, 2011.

In 2011, Richard Hoover, an astrobiologist at the U. S. Space Flight Center in Alabama, claimed that filaments and other structures in rare meteorites appear to be microscopic fossils of extraterrestrial beings that resemble cyanobacteria — a phylum of photosynthetic bacteria.

The Slaves Who Defeated Napoléon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence ( Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, November 2011 ).

On 26 July 2011, Myers was inducted into the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni in a ceremony at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, officiated by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, Commander, Air University.

A large advertising push by Taco Bell was begun in late February 2011 in response to a consumer protection lawsuit filed against the company by an Alabama law firm.

The NERV has been deployed to incidents such as the October 2007 California wildfires ; hurricanes Gustav, Ike, and Katrina ; the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion ; and tornado outbreaks in North Carolina and Alabama in 2011.

As of January 2011, Montgomery's largest employers were Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base ( 12, 280 employees ), the State of Alabama ( 9, 500 ), Montgomery Public Schools ( 4, 524 ), Baptist Health ( 4, 300 ), Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama ( 2, 700 ), Alfa Insurance ( 2, 568 ), the City of Montgomery ( 2, 500 ), Jackson Hospital & Clinic ( 1, 300 ), Rheem Water Heaters ( 1, 147 ), and Regions ( 977 ).

Montgomery, Alabama: New South Books, 2011.

Furthermore, DeKalb County saw the highest death toll in Alabama during a massive tornadic system in late April 2011 April 25 – 28, 2011 tornado outbreak, with 31 deaths reported in the county.

On March 16, 2011, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Jefferson County's 2009 occupational tax law was passed unconstitutionally, in a decision that dealt a devastating financial blow to a county considering bankruptcy.

The band reunited in 2011, playing with Brad Paisley on his single, " Old Alabama " and playing the Bama Rising benefit.

" Additionally, Alabama scored a No. 1 hit in 2011 as guest vocalists alongside Brad Paisley in his song, " Old Alabama.

* 2011: " Old Alabama " with Brad Paisley

The Band was recently reunited at the 2011 ACM awards when they performed " Old Alabama " on stage with Brad Paisley.

They are featured in Paisley's 2011 single " Old Alabama " which sings about Alabama ; in the song they sing several lines from the chorus of " Mountain Music ".

In 2011, Tony and his orchestra were featured headliners as part of the annual Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 21.

* 1939 – Jet Harris, English bassist ( The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group ) ( d. 2011 )

In 2010, the Alabama Vipers announced they would leave Huntsville, and would move to suburban Atlanta for the 2011 AFL season, once again playing home games at Arena at Gwinnett Center.

The league has subsequently re-entered former AFL markets and taken up the names of their markets ' former teams ; the Bossier City Battle Wings became the revived New Orleans VooDoo, the Alabama Vipers assumed the identity and history of the Georgia Force, the expansion Milwaukee Iron assumed the name and history of the Milwaukee Mustangs and the Philadelphia Soul franchise was revived for the 2011 Arena Football League season as well.

This second Kats franchise reclaimed the name, logo, and Nashville history of the earlier franchise as its own ( The original Kats franchise continued to operate as the Georgia Force until folding in 2008 ; Similarly, that franchise was reincarnated in 2011 when the existing AFL team Alabama Vipers relocated to the Atlanta area and assumed the Georgia Force identity ).

On May 6th 2011, the EIHL confirmed that the Vipers would fold and not take part in the 2011-12 season after months of financial difficulty, leaving the North East with no top flight Ice Hockey club for 2011-12.

By the end of the 2011 Season, it became apparent according to news media reports, that the Vipers were financially moribund, and would not be back for 2012.

As of October 6, 2011, the Vipers owner Jeff Gidney has been hospitalized with a serious illness, leaving the team's future in limbo.

The Vipers were one of six former GBL teams to join the newly-formed North American League in 2010 and began play in 2011.

It is home to the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League since 2003, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League since 2007, and the Rio Grande Valley Magic of the Lone Star Football League since 2011.

In late June 2011, the Fife Flyers were confirmed as having been accepted into the EIHL, replacing the Newcastle Vipers for the 2011-12 season.