While some folks believe that college football season doesn’t begin until Saturday, there’s a rather large legion of fans in metro Birmingham who’ve already been treated to a victory this year.
Miles College opened their season this past weekend against Lane College with the Golden Bears defeating the Dragons 35-18 in front of the hometown crowd. The Bears will face the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University (1-0) at Legion Field this Sunday for the Labor Day Golden Classic.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, College, football, Lane College, Miles, opener, Sports
It should be an interesting Halloween in and around Birmingham, AL this year. The Magic City Classic is less than 90 days away and it is the largest single sporting event held in the city every year. Last year’s attendance was more than 69,000 – and that only represents those who made their way inside Legion Field.
This year the crowds associated with the annual battle on the gridiron between Alabama A&M and Alabama State will be competing with another pair of large scale events for weekend sports coverage (and hotel rooms) – the Mountain Dew 250 and the Amp Energy 500, both taking place at the Talladega Superspeedway. Fans of both events may want to start looking into hotel rooms as soon as possible – or at least plan for a weekend of tailgating madness.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, Birmingham, Events, football, Magic City Classic, racing, Sports, Talladega Superspeedway
Sports fans across central Alabama have been mourning the fact that Ian Rapoport will be leaving The Birmingham News at the end of the week to get back to his roots so to speak. The man behind The Rap Sheet will be moving back up to Boston to cover the New England Patriots for The Boston Herald.
Ian took some time recently to talk with a local Patriots fan blog, PatsPulpit, to give folks up there a chance to get to know him before he ventures up there to cover training camp starting next week.
BTW, he’s wanting to hear from you about what you want to hear from him during SEC Media Days later on this week.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, Birmingham, Boston Herald, Ian Rapaport, Ian Rapoport, new beat writer, New England Patriots, PatsPulpit, Sports, The Birmingham News, The Rap Sheet
I had the privilege to sit and talk with former University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide captain Todd Bates, a Heflin, AL native who signed as an undrafted free agent with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans in 2005.
Bates was honest about his personal experience with former Titans teammate, quarterback Steve McNair, sharing his thoughts on what McNair’s legacy might be in light of his tragic and untimely death on Saturday in Nashville.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Crimson Tide, football, Heflin, interview, legacy, memories, reflections, remembrance, Sports, Steve McNair, Tennessee Titans, thoughts, Todd Bates, video
Lost in the talk about the City Council approving an extra $250,000 for this year’s City Stages (bringing the total amount to $550,000) was the announcement by Mayor Langford that Birmingham, AL would be submitting a proposal to be one of the facilities that could be used for the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Now, to put this in perspective, there are 37 potential host cities (with 45 facilities total) across the United States being asked to submit for a chance to hose the soccer matches. The hope is to have the final list ready by the end of the year, allowing them to be included in the bid book, due in May 2010.
If successful, it would be the first time Birmingham sees World Cup action since the 2005 qualifying match between the U.S. and Guatemala at Legion Field. The U.S. is competing against several countries for the honor, including the United Kingdom, meaning that our sister city across the pond wants in on it too.
Photo: Soccer ball. thebuffafamily/Flickr
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Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, bid, Birmingham, FIFA, futbol, information, Legion Field, match, potential host city, soccer, Sports, U.S. Soccer, World Cup
The Birmingham City Council just voted on items pertaining to a potential restoration project for America’s oldest ballpark, Rickwood Field.
The ballpark is located on Birmingham’s West Side and will turn 100 years old next spring. The following was taken verbatim from the City’s Facebook group, as sent by Alicia Brown:
“Mayor Langford has proposed the formation of the Baseball Museum that will honor both the Negro Baseball League and the Southern League. Some Council members expressed concern about the “change in scope” by including the white leagues, but Mayor Langford explained that Birmingham has matured and is ready to recognize all of its history. Council voted a resolution to support the museum, but did not approve funding, delaying the project.“
Posted in On the agenda, Sports
Tagged AL, Alabama, baseball, Birmingham, delay, hall of fame, Larry Langford, Negro League, politics, project, restoration, Rickwood Field, Southern League, Sports
There’s been a great deal of coverage via our numerous media outlets about this weekend’s Davis Cup tie here in Birmingham, AL. We thought it might be a good idea to take a look at how international media outlets are covering the event. Check out this podcast (click on the green button in the post to listen) conducted by World Radio Switzerland about the matches scheduled for this weekend in The Magic City.
SPOILER ALERT: BTW, While James Blake lost his match, it appears that Andy Roddick will win his.
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Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, coverage, Davis Cup, international, podcast, Sports, tennis, World Radio Switzerland, WRS
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