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The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) is a state museum located in Birmingham, Alabama, dedicated to communicating the state’s athletic history.The museum displays over 5,000 objects related to athletes who were born in Alabama or earned fame through athletics that reflects positively upon the state, usually through excellence at an educational institution or sporting event in Alabama.
On January 6, 1996, "Blaze", a friendly green dragon, was introduced at a basketball game. "Blaze" is considered a member of the spirit squads and appears at all football and basketball games. Blaze's head has appeared on the sides of UAB's football helmets since 1996, when the team moved up to Division I-A.
UAB football began with the play of an organized club football team in 1989. [5] After two years competing as a club football team, on March 13, 1991, UAB President Charles McCallum and athletic director Gene Bartow announced that the university would compete in football as an NCAA Division III team beginning in the fall of 1991, with Jim Hilyer serving as the first head coach.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games has come to a close after 11 days of sporting action with a ceremony showcasing Birmingham’s musical vibrancy. The extravaganza, held at the Alexander Stadium, saw ...
Hours before crowds were expected to gather for the unveiling of a mural honoring baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays in downtown Birmingham, a handful of cars drove by, slowing to a halt as ...
Staff (2014). "Alabama-Birmingham Coaching Records". Alabama-Birmingham History. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015; UAB Athletics Media Relations Office (2017). "UAB Football 2017 Media Guide" (PDF). Birmingham, Alabama: University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The Birmingham–Southern Panthers football team represented Birmingham–Southern College (BSC) in the NCAA Division III and competed as part of the Southern Athletic Association. BSC played its home games at the 1,600 seat Panther Stadium , which is located on-campus in Birmingham, Alabama and opened in November 2008.
Birmingham resident Nikki Sapiro Vinckier, 35, poses for a selfie at her house, whose front yard she crammed with political signs after an anonymous neighbor left a message saying she couldn't ...