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Hall of Fame Triple H fitted cap

Image of Hall of Fame Triple H fitted cap. © Hall of Fame Hats. 

If you didn’t already know, Joe Namath was one of 900 others that participated in graduation ceremony at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa this morning. Yes, that Joe Namath… BTW, his bachelor of arts is in interdisciplinary studies.

The names of the three men being held in connection with Kayla Fanaei’s homicide were released last night.

In hoops, UAB’s men’s squad pulled off an upset as they beat Kentucky 79-76; Birmingham Southern’s women’s basketball team fell to Southern Miss, 78-50 while the men won convincing over Southeastern Bible College, 93-76.

Masada Resource Group recently signed an agreement with another company to work together to build and operate waste-to-ethanol and electricity production facilities in the Dominican Republic.

But you may want to head on over to Hall of Fame Hats in Los Angeles and pick up one of their new Triple H fitted caps, inspired by the Birmingham Black Barons‘ uniforms. (Thanks ctothejl, and The Hundreds) You can only get them from the store.

Bowl games a plenty

As locals prepare to cheer on the Crimson Tide or the Tigers to bowl victories, some of us who are transplants (or those that are just a little crazy for American football) may want to get a handle on all the other games that are about to be played, whether for bragging rights or just for the fun of it all).

We figured we’d give you some help keeping track of all of these games by posting this list over on Timetable.

Plus, now you’ll actually know when all of the games start (we listed the times in Central). Check it out!

Travelogue: Cincy’s coming to the dance…

Bearcats logo…but do they really want to? Here are a couple of posts from the Bearcats’ neck of the woods offering you some insight into what some of them are thinking about visiting the city on December 22 to face Southern Miss in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. The Bearcats were formally introduced yesterday as the Big East representative.

The UC Bearcats blog on Cincinnati.com has fans venting about not being picked for a “bigger” bowl game, but it sounds like they’re going to be trying to turn out in force to prove a point. Dan over at Queen City Survey also decided to do his own research on the city and seems destined to be here and see what’s available.

Based on the comments, it sounds like The Magic City is about to be invaded on Christmas weekend by a large contingent from the north’s Queen City. Hopefully they’ll be pleasantly surprised by what they find. And since I know that some of them will be looking at this post, there’s plenty to do in the Magic City besides The Big Guy atop Red Mountain (though he is pretty cool). Check out the list we’ve started over on Timetable to learn about more things to do while you’re in town:

One down, one to go for December 22 bowl game

Legion Field‘s days may appear to be numbered, but The Old Gray Lady’s still got some life left in her yet. Among the games scheduled to be played in the next few weeks at the historic field is the 2nd annual PapaJohns.com Bowl on December 22nd.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles logoOver the weekend one of the opponents in the game was determined. The University of Southern Mississippi was invited and accepted the invitation to the game. The Golden Eagles will play a team from the Big East conference; the game will be televised on ESPN2 beginning at 12 p.m. local time.

Memphis fans breathed a sigh of relief as they while would have enjoyed an invitation, it would have been difficult for fans to decide between the game in Birmingham and a basketball match-up against Georgetown University on the same day (starting at 11 a.m.) as mentioned in this post onThe Memphis Edge.

We should be finding out Southern Miss’ opponent relatively soon; in the meantime tickets are already available through UAB’s website.

Vote for The Bear as the Greatest College Football Coach of all time

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Apparently Paul “Bear” Bryant is in the running over on this ESPN poll

(and he’s currently in second behind Tom Osborne).

Those of you inclined to vote for him probably need to click on over there and see what you can do to change the situation.

Vote to bring a second pro football team to Birmingham

UFL logoA few weeks ago, we posted about the attempts by the United Football League to have fans vote to determine if we’d get one of their eight charter franchises. The vote was supposed to be based on people paying to reserve season tickets. They’ve now decided to make it more of an issue about civic pride and fan support. Following the jump are the steps necessary to place your “vote” about whether or not you want to see pro football on Friday nights. We’d be able to claim to be one of the few cities that could boast year-round football.

I’ve got a few thoughts about it in today’s post over on my Birmingham.

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Travelogue: Andrews’ diagnosis used to combat Peterson reports? Maybe…

Those of us in town now just how often Dr. James Andrews is sought out in terms of first and second (hell, even third) opinions about the status of several high profile athletes. For those not familiar with Dr. Andrews, he’s considered one of (if not THE) preeminent orthopedic surgeons in the country; his offices are currently on the campus of St. Vincent’s Hospital at the Alabama Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center on Birmingham’s Southside.

This is the first time that I can remember that he’s been quoted in a release by a major sports franchise to combat published reports.

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