Tag: basketball

By Ben Thomas | bthomas@al.com George W. Carver’s Randrea Wright missed her last two free throws Thursday afternoon. They didn’t matter in the outcome of the game,...

WVNS TV CALABASAS, Calif. (NewsNation Now) — It’s been one year since NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a...

By Alabama Newscenter Staff The New Orleans Pelicans are soliciting community input to name the NBA team’s new G League team that will be based in Birmingham. Alabama residents and...

GWEN DERU TODAY… **COMEDIAN MO ALEXANDER at the StarDome Comedy Club. **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Get all the latest news **WATCH LOTS OF MOVIES …after dinner and with...

By Ricardo A Hazell The Shadow League Though policymakers often use statistics on poverty and demographics to pontificate upon one impudent measure or another, the realities...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Alabama Newscenter Giving new meaning to the movie phrase “If you build it, they will come,” Birmingham will host the first and...

NPR College basketball has lost a legend. John Thompson Jr., who turned Georgetown University's men's basketball team into a juggernaut and became the first Black...

Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Football fans in Birmingham will have to wait to see the next David Palmer, Sam Shade, Olanda Truitt or Quinnen...

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff Former UAB Blazers star Andy Kennedy is returning to his alma mater as men's basketball coach. Kennedy was twice named SEC...

Birmingham Times The UAB men’s basketball team had their hands full during a game last week that went beyond sports – and all for fun....