Today pastors gathered in council chambers at Birmingham City Hall to learn more about the mayor’s plan for providing WiFi access via hotspots originating from area churches. The Birmingham News filed this report while Curtis over at Musings on Birmingham posted live from the meeting. Fox 6 has video.

The folks at The Phog Blog have provided a post outlining the schedule for this year’s NCAA’s 70th annual Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, including a reminder that The Magic City will be hosting games during rounds 1 & 2 at the BJCC March 21 & 23. Tickets are available here for $153 a piece.

Taylor Hicks has parted ways with his label, J Records. This comes on the heels of Ruben Studdard leaving the label last month. Some publications are reporting that Hicks was dropped by the Sony BMG company… though Hicks himself has not made a comment as of yet. There had apparently been rumors about him being interested in buying out his contract in recent months. We’ll see what happens…

Wade’s started posting a series of special reports focusing on former Alabama football players as they participate in The Biggest Loser: Couples. Come on, you know you want to pull for them…