Tag: sports
Miles College captures first ever SIAC basketball championship
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The Miles College Golden Bears completed a stunning one-year turnaround, dismantling LeMoyne-Owen College (LOC) 70-46 Saturday night at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham to win their...
Wenonah Dragons boys defeat Center Point, claim state basketball crown
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Wenonah High School limited Center Point to just two points in the second quarter en route to a 52-34 triumph as the Dragons claimed...
Major League Baseball reassesses Academy at George Ward Park
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Calling it a “sad day” in the city of Birmingham, Councilor William Parker said Major League Baseball is now reassessing...
Birmingham Iron makes impressive debut in Alliance of American Football
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
Dakota Nichols knows all about pro football in Birmingham, even though the 31-year-old wasn’t alive when most of those teams...
Frank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83
By David Ginsburg and Ben Walker
Associated Press
Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame.
His legacy, however,...
People, Places and Things
By Gwen DeRu
TODAY
THE FOUR Auditions Battle for Stardome & WATCH PARTY, at Iron City, 4 p.m.
REED TURCHI, JARED GRABB and BRETT CONLIN at the...
Kaepernick Files Grievance against NFL, Alleging Collusion
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL on Sunday, alleging that he...
Junior Tennis Squad from Area Reaches Top Tournament
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
The tennis tournament was already under way when TNT Elite arrived at Auburn University’s Yarbrough Tennis Center. The...
Opening of 2017 National Senior Games energizes Birmingham metro area
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Millard 'Bo' Carwyle isn’t your typical torchbearer. The 90-year-old had the distinction of lighting the cauldron Friday, June...
Birmingham hosts more than 10,000 athletes from across the U.S. for...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Heart-warming.
That’s how Myrna Moline remembers her experience marching in the Parade of Athletes two years ago at the...
