World & Nation
In the powerhouse world of Alabama college football, the Blazers have long been the scrappy underdog.
Dec. 31, 2014
Sports
The University of Alabama, which plays its home football games in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, might build a stadium south of Bessemer, President Joab Thomas said last week.
Jan. 13, 1985
Obituaries
Gene Bartow succeeded John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach in 1975, and two years later became the architect of a new athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Jan. 4, 2012
University of Alabama Birmingham baseball Coach Harry (The Hat) Walker, 68, announced his resignation.
May 18, 1986
Published reports that the University of Alabama possibly broke NCAA rules while courting a 7-foot 1-inch high school basketball prospect have prompted a university investigation.
Oct. 10, 1985
Gene Bartow, saying, “It was simply too late in the year to leave,” withdrew his name from consideration as basketball coach at Arizona State and will remain at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Aug. 10, 1985
The Rev.
Nov. 12, 2008
California
The man suspected of killing five women in Clairemont and University City could not have committed a murder in his native Alabama last March because he happened to be at work that day, his former San Diego employer said Thursday.
March 8, 1991
Ed Salem, 72, an All-American at the University of Alabama who played a memorable game against Auburn when the two schools revived the series in 1948, died Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala., of complications from diabetes.
Dec. 26, 2001
Defensive tackle Willie Ryles of Alabama remained in critical condition in a Birmingham hospital after surgery to relieve pressure from a blood clot on his brain.
Aug. 20, 1986