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Alabama women's basketball's Kristy Curry gets new contract, but for how much?
The Gadsden Times - Alabama
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Alabama women's basketball coach Kristy Curry was one of a handful of Crimson Tide athletic coaches and assistants who were approved for new contracts by the University of Alabama System compensation on Monday. Curry led the Crimson Tide to its...
Alabama’s bowl victory in ’53 was an absolute blowout, ‘near perfect’
AL.com - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: Every day until Aug. 29, Creg Stephenson is counting down significant numbers in Alabama football history, both in the lead-up to the 2025 football season and in commemoration of the Crimson Tide’s first national championship 100...
Birmingham scored a major international sporting event, a first for the US in nearly a decade
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
Boccia, a game of strategy and precision played by athletes with disabilities, will bring the world back to Birmingham in summer 2026. Hot off the completion of the World Police and Fire Games, that brought athletes from more than 70 countries,...
Manny Diaz, 4 Duke football players heading to ACC media days
Asheville Citizen Times - North Carolina
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Quarterback Darian Mensah, offensive lineman Brian Parker II, cornerback Chandler Rivers, and defensive end Wesley Williams will represent the Blue Devils. Duke's 2025 season opens against Elon on August 28. The ACC Network will provide coverage...
Did EA Sports College Football 26 get its toughest stadiums rankings correct?
USA Today - Virginia
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You won’t find much fighting among college football fans if they are told they has the best environment in North American sports. It’s who has the toughest one where the punches are thrown. In one of the most argumentative-driven sports, perhaps...
Popular Alabama winery closing after 20 years, ‘exploring potential relocation’
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
An Alabama winery in business for two decades will be closing next month. Corbin Farms Winery, on County Road 87 in Calera, has announced on social media that its last day of operation will be Aug. 10. Thanking its customers for their steady...
SEC Media Days: Pittman joined by Ball, Green, Sorey Jr.
The Sentinel-Record - Arkansas
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July 10, 2025
Talking Season kicks off for the Southeastern Conference on July 14 at SEC Media Days in Atlanta, with the Arkansas Razorbacks taking their turn on July 17 with players accompanying sixth-year head coach Sam Pittman. For Pittman, it will be his...
How will Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ affect Medicaid, SNAP in Alabama? What you need to know
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
An Alabama lawmaker who leads a state budget committee said President Trump’s tax cut and spending bill means Alabama will have to tighten programs that hundreds of thousands of families depend on for health care and food. Rep. Rex Reynolds,...
23 covered bridges in Alabama that were lost to history
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
In the 1800s, builders in the United States began putting roofs on bridges to protect the wooden floors and trusses from the elements. It was easier and less expensive to maintain the covers than the bridge spans. The location of Alabama’s first...
School choice, shark warnings, runaway weeds: Down in Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
We’re talking about the effects (so far) of Alabama’s new school-choice law as the school year draws closer: Lulu’s (federal) Law A federal version of Lulu’s Law has passed the U.S. Senate, reports AL.com’s Heather Gann. Lulu Gribbin was the...
Full list of SEC Media Days attendees revealed
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
Next week is one of the most anticipated of the year for Southeastern Conference players and fans, with the annual SEC Media Days set to return to the College Football Hall of Fame and the Omni Atlanta Hotel after the event took place last season...
5 years of Alabama motorcycle crash data: month with most fatalities may surprise you
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
In Alabama, there are about two fatal motorcycle crashes in an average week, according to a database maintained by the University of Alabama. AL.com reviewed five years of data on bike crashes collated by the institution’s Center for Advanced...
9 underrated Alabama barbecue joints that are hidden gems
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
There are plenty of iconic barbecue joints known throughout the state, and all for good reason, but they aren’t the only ones turning out some seriously good food. As part of our Unsung Alabama series, we’re highlighting some of the state’s hidden...
Days after FIBA U19 World Cup win, 5-star athlete Caleb Holt set to visit Nate Oats' Alabama, Bruce Pearl's Auburn
Sportskeeda
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July 10, 2025
Caleb Holt, Class of 2026 prospect and a 2025 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup winner, is set to take visits to Nate Oats' Alabama Crimson Tide and Bruce Pearl's Auburn Tigers. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard is the No. 4 recruit in the country,...
Country music icon steps back from music to mourn husband’s death: ‘I can’t do it right now
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
Dolly Parton just can’t write music these days. The country music legend, 79, revealed on the "Khloé in Wonder Land" podcast she is still grieving the death of her husband Car Dean. “My husband passed away three months ago,” she said. “Several...
'00s Musicians Who Died And No One Noticed
Grunge
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July 10, 2025
If there's any one word that could define the popular music of the new millennium, it would have to be transitional. With the messed-up music industry of the 2000s calling the shots, everyone in the business of recording dealt with a move from CDs...
Globetrotting musician to perform in Eureka
Times-Standard - California
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July 10, 2025
Bryan Bielanski, an acoustic rock ‘n’ roll singer-songwriter based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will perform July 22 at 6 p.m. at the Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, 1595 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. This globetrotting musician has been touring the U.S....
Former Alabama high school standout hoping for deep connection with Atlanta Falcons’ new QB
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
In his first season with the Atlanta Falcons, wide receiver Darnell Mooney said, he thought he “did pretty well with the deep routes” in 2024. And that aligns for 2025 with what the former Gadsden City High School star has seen from Falcons...
Which player with Alabama football roots has the most Pro Bowl selections?
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
Former Clay-Chalkville High School star Nico Collins joined 11 Crimson Tide alumni as the players from Alabama high schools and colleges chosen for the Pro Bowl for the 2024 season. Last season’s Pro Bowl players with Alabama football roots, with...
Here are South Carolina football, LaNorris Sellers' ratings in EA Sports College Football 26
Yahoo Sports
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COLUMBIA — Though South Carolina football doesn't kick off until Aug. 31, fans can pass time by playing as the Gamecocks in EA Sports' "College Football 26". The standard version of the game is available as of July 10, but for those who preordered...