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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...
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 […]
Corner Baseball, Jasper Softball win state titles
The parade of champions continues in Oxford and Jacksonville. The Corner Yellow Jackets claimed their first ever state title Thursday night, beating ACA 13-0 to claim the 4A crown.. UAB signee Brendan Conner pitched a complete-game, two-hitter. He also was 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs and two triples.
'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 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 […]
No. 2 Sumiton Christian outlasts Sweet Water in 3 games to win Class 1A baseball title
Ricky Bowen was a star pitcher the first time Sumiton Christian won a state baseball title in 2004. Two decades later, he was talking about another Eagles championship – this time as the team’s head coach. Second-ranked Sumiton scored in every inning of Game 3 at Jacksonville State’s...
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.
Battery secure 1-0 victory over Birmingham, Ycaza scores winner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 15, 2024) – The Charleston Battery triumphed 1-0 over Birmingham Legion FC on Wednesday at Protective Stadium. The hard-fought match was decided by Emilio Ycaza’s match-winning goal in the 61st minute. Goalkeeper Adam Grinwis tallied five saves en route to the Battery’s sixth shutout of the year in an all-around courageous effort from the shot-stopper. In league play, Charleston are now 11 games unbeaten and have won six consecutive matches.
There’s an SEC feel to ACC’s three mutineers of Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina
Imagine Jimmy Rane going public, saying the quiet part out loud at the top of his lungs and launching a verbal thermonuclear missile toward 2201 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. North in Birmingham, the headquarters of the Southeastern Conference. Imagine the Auburn trustee declaring that the university has just about had...
Landon Shumate pitches No. 2 Sumiton Christian past Sweet Water in 1A opener
Second-ranked Sumiton Christian is one win away from its second state baseball title. The Eagles scored all three of their runs in the third inning and Landon Shumate made them stand up for a 3-2 victory over No. 9 Sweet Water in the opening game of the Class 1A championship series at Oxford’s Choccolocco Park on Tuesday.
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