Tag: sports
Birmingham Likely to Host USFL’s Entire New Season Beginning in April
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to approve $500,000 in in-kind services to the new United States Football League,...
How The World Games 2022 Will Forever Change Birmingham, AL
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
After years of planning, months of preparation, and weeks of international conference and Zoom calls, Birmingham is ready for the...
Canopy Piloting. Fistball. Everything You Need to Know About TWG22
The Birmingham Times
The World Games 2022 will take place across 14 Birmingham community venues from July 7-17. An anticipated 3,600 athletes will participate in...
More Than 3,000 Volunteers needed for TWG22 This Summer
By Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com
The upcoming World Games is seeking 3,300 volunteers to help with operations as the multi-sport event comes to Birmingham this summer.
In July, Birmingham will host...
Parker High School’s Wendell Hudson on Being First Black Hoops Player...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
Old friends sat and talked after lunch recently as a room full of basketball fans hung on every word.
Wendell Hudson...
Birmingham Bowl first sellout in Protective Stadium history
The Birmingham Times
The TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl set for Tuesday morning is officially sold out, the first event at the new Protective Stadium to do...
Fred Watson Named Interim AD To Replace Reginald Ruffin at Miles...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Fred Watson, Miles College head basketball coach and assistant athletic director, has been named interim AD to replace Reginald Ruffin...
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Reginald Ruffin Leaves Miles College To Become Head Football Coach at...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Reginald Ruffin, the highly successful athletic director and head football coach at Miles College, is headed to Tuskegee University where...
Night of Legends honors Alabama Crimson Tide’s first 27 Black football...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
George Pugh said it was about time that the first 27 Blacks to be on the University of Alabama football team were...