Tag: basketball
What would you name Birmingham’s pro basketball team?
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...
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Jacqueline Diep: From Foster Child To Changemaker
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...
Birmingham to Host NCAA Regional Basketball Tournament
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...
John Thompson Jr., Legendary Georgetown Basketball Coach, Dies At 78
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...
No Youth Football for 3,000 players in Birmingham this fall
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...
Former Blazer Andy Kennedy Named UAB Men’s Basketball Coach
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...
UAB Hoop Stars visit Maranathan Academy
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....
SWAC Bringing Basketball Championship to Birmingham
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...
City’s Young Basketball Talent on Display at Skills Clinic
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,...