Tag: golf
How The HBCU Experience, And Golf, Shaped Four Black Men in...
Alabama News Center
It’s rare that golf comes up in connection with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), but four longtime friends and golf buddies...
Miles College Captures SIAC’s Top Golf Honors; Players and Coach of...
thesiac.com
Miles headlined the 2023 Men’s Golf SIAC Team with Phillip Darst named the 2023 SIAC Player of the Year alongside Jerris Baker who earned...
Birmingham-Area Holiday Light Displays and Tree Lightings
By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
The holiday light display at Regions Tower in downtown Birmingham is back for another season.
A fixture of the Magic City skyline,...
Chris Osborne, Lone African American on Team USA at Global Disability...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Chris Osborne, Birmingham resident and champion golfer, is headed to London next month to represent the United States in the...
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...
Leonard Smoot Coaches Miles College to National Golf Title
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Leonard Smoot was in the U.S. Marine Corps when he first got the notion of attending a golf tournament...
Tiger Woods suffers leg injuries after California car crash
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in suburban Los Angeles and was undergoing surgery, authorities...
The History of Black Golf in Birmingham
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
The top shelf of the pro shop at the Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham’s South Avondale area...
Chris Osborne Lost Leg in Motorcycle Accident; Became Champion Golfer
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Not many blacks played golf where Chris Osborne grew up, but that never stopped the Morristown, Tenn., native...
Miles Coach Leonard Smoot to be inducted into Golfer Hall of...
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Playing a round of golf is similar to a journey through life, said Miles College head golf coach Leonard...
