Tag: basketball

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....

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Alabama Newscenter The Southwestern Athletic Conference was in Birmingham Tuesday conducting its football media day, but basketball crept into the conversation with the announcement...

Time staff report  Dozens of area children were at A.H. Parker High School on Friday for a basketball skills clinic as part of the Young3,...

Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Rod Bramblett, the longtime radio announcer for Auburn football and basketball games, and his wife were killed in a...

By Ralph D. Russo Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — From one-and-done to NCAA Tournament miracle men, Virginia will play in the national championship game for the...