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Rush Propst hires Birmingham city councilor, state senator as legal team, requests stay of warrant execution
PELL CITY, Ala. — Video above: Previous coverage. Following the withdrawal of his former attorney, former Pell City football coach Rush Propst has picked a pair of high-profile public figures to represent him amidst his ongoing legal troubles. On Thursday, an emergency motion was filed by Birmingham City Councilor...
'Everybody's against us and these kids know it': Trent Dilfer discusses a new chapter in NIL in one-on-one
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Three letters have changed the world of college sports: NIL. For nearly three years now, student-athletes have been able to make money off their name, image and likeness. "First of all, NIL in and of itself is awesome," UAB Head Football Coach Trent Dilfer said while...
Birmingham-Southern College athletics selling all merchandise and equipment
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Birmingham-Southern College is just over two weeks away from closing its doors for good. Starting Friday, the athletic department will have a big sale on all things Panthers from merchandise and apparel to team trophies, plaques and banners. The Birmingham-Southern athletic department will give the money raised during the closing sale […]
Rush Propst owes first wife $100,000+ in missed alimony payments, resigned from Pell City amid wage garnishment
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Attorneys for former Pell City High School Head Football Coach Rush Propst are asking a Jefferson County Judge to delay issuing a warrant for his arrest over his failure to pay alimony for nearly five years, according to court records. Propst’s first wife, Tammy Propst, filed...
Episode 3: Don’t Fight Back
In 1964, the Birmingham Barons become Alabama’s first integrated sports team. This is 17 years after Jackie Robinson integrated the Major Leagues. What took so long?. On this episode, we hear how baseball helps desegregate America’s most segregated city. Host Roy Wood Jr. takes us back to 1960s Birmingham, when nonviolent protests for racial equality are met with bombings by the Ku Klux Klan. We learn about the business owner who decides to bring baseball back to Birmingham after a two-year hiatus, this time in an integrated environment. And we hear from some of the players on the city’s first integrated team about their experiences on field, in the community and on the buses traveling throughout the Deep South.
Birmingham Stallions get United Football League playoff time, date
Three weeks remain in the United Football League’s regular season, but the Birmingham Stallions already have a game on their postseason calendar. Bidding for a third consecutive championship after winning the USFL crown the past two seasons, the Stallions will play the Michigan Panthers in the USFL Conference title game at 2 p.m. CDT June 8, the United Football League announced on Wednesday. ABC will televise the contest.
Birmingham Legion FC kicks off summer reading program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — As schools wrap up for the year, the Legion FC is kicking off a new reading program to encourage children to keep reading through the summer. Some kids can lose knowledge over the summer if they don’t keep flexing their ever-learning muscle: the brain. To help them get ahead of the […]
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