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Pierce Appointed UAB Associate Professor Emeritus

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Published June 21, 2010 at 2:37 p.m.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Education faculty member Cecilia Pierce, Ed.D., associate professor emeritus during its June 18 meeting ...

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Monday Morning Sports

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Published May 17, 2010 at 12:35 p.m.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Dan Forsman made an eagle and four straight birdies on the way to winning the Regions Charity Classic by three strokes yesterday. Forsman, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, had a pair of late bogeys to shoot 66 ... MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Se Ri Pak birdied on the third playoff hole at Number 18 to beat Brittany Lincicome yesterday in a rain-shortened Bell Micro LPGA Classic. The Hall of Famer from Korea used a nice bunker shot to set up her the shot that sealed her 25th

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McFadden Taken In 5th Round By Raiders

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Published April 24, 2010 at 11:21 p.m.

AUBURN ... McFadden was the second Tiger to be drafted, joining running back Ben Tate, who was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round (58th overall) ... The Pompano Beach, Fla., native played in 49 career games at Auburn, starting in every game during his final two years. He finished with 87 career stops, 26 pass deflections, and nine interceptions. He is tied for the Auburn career record for interception returns for touchdown with three ... "It’s a blessing to have the opportunity to

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Auburn All-Decade Team Announced

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Published April 13, 2010 at 8:53 p.m.

AUBURN—The Auburn football All-Decade Team for the 2000s, featuring ... six former All-Americans and 16 first-team All-Southeastern Conference ... players, has been announced after nearly 10,000 Auburn fans voted on ... AuburnTigers.com during the month of April. The 25-player roster ... includes 11 offensive players, 11 defensive players and three special ... teams players, 17 of whom were on Auburn’s 13-0 perfect season in ... 2004 ... The offense includes running back Ronnie Brown,

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Snowballs did have a chance in the South

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Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 4:46 p.m.

ATLANTA (AP) — It doesn't take much snow to shut down the Deep South ... Even before the first flake fell, flights were canceled Friday at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta. A Starbucks on the Gulf Coast closed for the day, citing a steady drizzle and temperatures in the mid-30s as "inclement weather." Classes were canceled nearly everywhere ... As much as 7 inches fell in central South Carolina, one of the hardest-hit areas. The powder wasn't expected linger, though, like it has in the

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Mount Cody wants to take Alabama to summit

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Published Jan. 3, 2010 at 10:31 p.m.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Terrence Cody's unyielding presence works best on the football field ... The 6-foot-5, 354-pound All-American nose guard specializes in clogging up the middle, drawing double teams and generally being a disruptive force on the interior of Alabama's defensive line ... Away from the game, his girth is a mixed blessing. He uses it to help diminutive folks like coach Nick Saban ... "You do a lot more things that short people can't do. I help coach on and off the bus,"

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Auburn's Coleman rebounds from injury struggles

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Published Dec. 25, 2009 at 9:42 a.m.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Antonio Coleman wasn't playing with his hands tied, but it felt like it ... The Auburn defensive end spent part of the season with a cast protecting his right wrist and couldn't shed blocks, sack quarterbacks or even make tackles. For two games, Coleman didn't have a single tackle ... "I feel like I was doing all I could to help the football team with the situation that I had," he said. "It was tough, and my teammates knew that I was going through a tough time. Those guys

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Tide & Gators Lead Way on All-SEC Team

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 8:16 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- SEC Champion Alabama and SEC Eastern Champion Florida each had a ... league-high nine representatives on the 2009 All-Southeastern Conference Coaches’ Football Team, the league ... office announced on Tuesday. Alabama had eight members on the first team, while Florida had seven ... Eleven of the 12 SEC schools had a member on the first-team All-SEC squad. Georgia had three players ... on the first team, with Ole Miss claiming two ... Georgia had seven total representatives

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Family Freebies Oct 9-11

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Published Oct. 8, 2009 at 8:48 p.m.

NATIONAL SHRIMP FESTIVAL ... Oct 8-11, Gulf Shores National Shrimp Festival, 38th Annual 251-974-1510. www.nationalshrimpfestival.com. Free. Gulf Shores Public Beaches--Delicious food, fine arts and crafts, children's art village, live entertainment (local and national acts), sand sculpture contest and more. Thurs.-Sat., 10 a.m.- 10 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.- 5 p.m ... CULLMAN OKTOBERFEST ... Cullman, Alabama: Oct. 3-10. German music, food and dancing, weiner dog race, bratwurst eating contest,

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Finally!! Blazers Stop Southern Miss 30-17

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Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 3:35 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Hiram Atwater returned an interception ... 40 yards for a touchdown to seal UAB's 30-17 win over Southern ... Mississippi on Thursday night, the Blazers' first victory over ... their Conference USA rival ... The Blazers (2-3, 2-1) had set up Josh Zahn's second field goal ... of the fourth quarter after recovering a muffed punt. Southern Miss ... (3-2, 1-1) still needed only a touchdown and extra point to improve ... to 10-0 over UAB ... Atwater stepped in front of Austin

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