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Negro League Baseball Conference


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Published July 16, 2010 at 9:58 p.m.

The history of baseball is rich with legendary figures, but the players of the Negro League often remain in the background. Now, their story is being told in Birmingham ... "This was one of the fields that had the largest attendance that I had a chance to play at when we played here in 1957 we had a full house," Former Negro League baseball player, Sam Allen says.  ... Rickwood Field is more than an historic landmark for Allen, its a step back in time ... "1957 we kicked them and then I came

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Former Bama linebacker Lowe inducted into College FB Hall of Fame


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Published July 16, 2010 at 6:13 p.m.

SOUTH BEND, IN. - Woodrow Lowe, a star Alabama linebacker during the 1970s will be among 23 players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame during ceremonies Friday and Saturday the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.  ... Known as one of the hardest hitting linebackers in the history of Alabama's prestigious  program, Lowe led the Crimson Tide to the 1973 national title as a three-time First Team All-America selection. Playing under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant,

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UAB’s Read to Head American Academy of Ophthalmology Science Committee


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Published July 16, 2010 at 10:08 a.m.

Russell W. Read, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been selected to chair the committee that oversees the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) Basic and Clinical Science Course (BCSC) on Intraocular Inflammation and Uveitis ...

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Gulf Spill Can Have Emotional Impact on Children, Says UAB Expert


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Published July 16, 2010 at 8:33 a.m.

While the oil spill in the Gulf may have a profound impact on those who make their living in the region, children in the area may also feel the stress, says University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) child psychologist Vivian Friedman, Ph.D ...

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On Show at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery: “Men at War, Women at Leisure”


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Published July 15, 2010 at 8:46 a.m.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Visual Arts Gallery is showing “Men at War, Women at Leisure,” a selection of works on paper from the university’s collection through July 31, 2010 ...

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Professional Society Names UAB Engineering Institution of Excellence


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Published July 15, 2010 at 4:22 a.m.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering is the recipient of an Institutional Award of Excellence from the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS) ...

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Troy King joins brief in support of Arizona immigration law


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Published July 14, 2010 at 5:02 p.m.

Attorney General Troy King is asking a federal district court to dismiss the U.S. Justice Department’s challenge to the State of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law ...

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Remembering 1986


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Published July 14, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Bill Connelly and the guys over at Football Outsiders are continuing their countdown of the top 100 college football teams of all-time, and in their most recent installment they reveal their #49 team: the 1986 Penn State Nittany Lions. Most of you will probably remember that team well given their monumental victory over Miami in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl. Jerry Sandusky's defensive schemes confused Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde all night long, and the five interceptions he threw created the

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The Importance of Leadership


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Published July 13, 2010 at 11:33 a.m.

One of the pieces of writing I've always enjoyed reading and re-reading over the years is The Future By Way of the Past series posted many years ago by an anonymous member of Tider Insider. Now, admittedly, I have no clue who wrote those pieces -- obviously, though, it was someone with a fairly decent degree of insight-- and admittedly I don't agree with everything written, but even so I tend to think the series as a whole does a nice job of summarizing many of the issues at play from the end

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RBR Reading Room: Bragging Rights


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Published July 13, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

This week, Roll Bama Roll has invited CocknFire of Team Speed Kills -- the SB Nation website covering all things pertaining to the Southeastern Conference -- to review Bragging Rights: A Season Inside the SEC, College Football’s Toughest Conference , the Richard Ernsberger Jr. book on the 1999 football season in the greatest conference in the country ... By the time you get two-thirds of the way into Bragging Rights: A Season Inside the SEC, College Football’s Toughest Conference , you

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