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The Birmingham channel: Let’s get physical

Monday, March 26th, 2018

A look at Birmingham in videos …

The view from behind the net at a Birmingham Bulls match at Pelham Ice Arena (our vertical video of the week). From Matthew Merrifield.

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A moment with a homeless man (our other vertical video of the week). From Kacy Summers.

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Promo for Homewood gym Nexus Fitness. From Nexus Fitness.

More from Nexus Fitness. From Nexus Fitness.

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Promo for Lee Branch gym Quevity. From Zeekee.

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Dancing in Fairfield. From Victor Tyrone Ravizee.

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Promo featuring comedians DaddAzz and Melissa for this past weekend’s Best of Both Worlds Comedy Show at Birmingham Event Center in the ACIPCO-Finley neighborhood. From DaddAzz.

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Cycling on a break (our other other vertical video of the week). From the Blessed Life of a Trucker.

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Corbitt Chandler, chief executive officer of Apex Current digital marketing agency in Homewood, presents “Facebook Marketing and Sales Funnel Training” at Forge downtown. From Apex Current.

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A minute with dentist and UAB graduate Elizabeth Kalliath for Chicago’s MG Dentistry. From MG Dentistry.

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From 25 years ago this month, reports on the Blizzard of 1993. From Vorton J. Maxwell.

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Lakeview dance party! From Manish Let’s Get Em a k a DJ Manish.

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Checking out the BJCC area downtown. From Random Booshae.

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Panel discussion “I Remember Birmingham 1963” earlier this month in New Orleans. Participants were New Orleans professor Raphael Cassimere Jr.; Bastrop, Texas, composer and trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe; Meadville, Pa., artist and assistant professor Steve A. Prince; and Birmingham’s Sarah Collins Rudolph. From Amistad Research Center.

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Birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin on Rise of the Rest, a competition awarding $100,000 to a local startup. From Alabama NewsCenter.

Shipt CEO Bill Smith on Rise of the Rest. From Alabama NewsCenter.

And Mayor Woodfin comments on Birmingham winning a Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge prize. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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Birmingham police report on the active shooter earlier this month at UAB Highlands on Southside. From Associated Press.

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Drone footage of the annual Feast of St. Mark Italian Festival, held in April at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Vestavia Hills. From Zeekee.

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Teams from Atlanta and Birmingham compete in Kevin Kirk’s Cut Party Battle in December at the Birmingham Marriott. From Kevin Kirk.

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Squirrel hole in a Birmingham house. From Rid-a-Critter Inc.

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Visiting downtown Homewood and Morris Avenue. From Wynter Childers.

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More from Birmingham’s Kyle Sullivan and his monthlong trip to Antarctica in 2017. From Neoteotihuacan

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Trains in Irondale. From Carson Bean.

Trains earlier this month in Woodlawn, McCalla and Irondale among other locations. From SOU610.

Trains in December in Irondale. From Alcheng1000.

Trains in February downtown, in Irondale and in Temple, Ga. From River Line Productions.

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Ramsay High resource officer Alex Vildibill dances with students at the senior cookout. From Larry Heath.

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Bellhops moving company participates in the 14th annual Chili Cook-Off earlier this month at Brookwood Village in Homewood. From Bellhops.

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Birth video for Lillian Grace Dotman earlier this month at UAB Hospital. From Megan Pettus Videography.

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Birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin marks 100 days in office by announcing plans for the city earlier this month at the Alabama Theatre downtown. From Mayor Randall Woodfin.

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Promo for the Alabama School of Fine Arts downtown. From Alabama School of Fine Arts.

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Birmingham rock band Smoking with the Bandit performs “Blood Red Eyes” at the Almost Legal Podcast studio in Sterrett. From Jay Galloway.

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Out on the town, including the Roof at Redmont Hotel downtown. From Pia Ming.

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Atlanta singer Puddles Pity Party, a k a Mike Geier, performs earlier this month at Iron City on Southside (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Kevin Muir.

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Dancing Dolls of Birmingham performs (our final vertical video of the week). From Tre’Vonnda Gaines.

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Time-lapse footage of the 2018 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month at the CrossPlex in Five Points West. Only a few facilities nationwide use a hydraulically banked track (seen at 0:48). From Davis Architects.

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Family trip to Birmingham. From Pia Ming.

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Comedian Crissle West tells the story of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963 led by Gwendolyn Sanders (Eris Baker of “This Is Us”) for Comedy Central’s “Drunk History.” From William Pierce.

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Fonteneau and Arnold law firm on regulations for sick leave. From Trey Miller.

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Acting coach and Birmingham native Britt Rentschler. From John Rosenfeld.

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Courtlin Arrington, 17, accidentally shot and killed earlier this month on campus at Huffman High. From Daily Mail.

Huffman student Michael Jerome Barber charged in shooting; report given in sign language. From Sign1News Admin.

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Feature on Lakeview nonprofit artists’ co-op Paperworkers Local. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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The Spirit of Houston marching band rehearses in 2014 at Samford’s Seibert Stadium before the BBVA Compass Bowl. From Marc Martin.

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Alabama to face Ohio State in Sugar Bowl

Sunday, December 7th, 2014

Auburn to Outback; Birmingham Bowl taps Florida, East Carolina

Alabama SEC Championship 2014

Alabama celebrates its SEC Championship win over Missouri.

It’s been a crazier-than-usual week for football in Alabama …

• For the 6th consecutive year, a team from the state will be battling for the national championship. No. 1 Alabama (12-1) faces No. 4. Ohio State (12-1) in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day in New Orleans.

The winner faces either No. 2 Oregon (12-1) or No. 3 Florida State (13-0) on Jan. 12 in Dallas.

Alabama beat No. 16 Missouri 42-13 Saturday in Atlanta for its 24th SEC Championship. Hueytown native and persistent troublemaker Jameis Winston led Florida State over No. 12 Georgia Tech 37-35 in the ACC title game.

• No. 19 Auburn (8-4) will head to Tampa, also playing on New Year’s Day, for the Outback Bowl, facing No. 18 Wisconsin (10-3).

• South Alabama (6-6) will play in Montgomery’s inaugural Raycom Media Camellia Bowl on Dec. 20, taking on Bowling Green (7-6).

• In the Naming Sponsorship Still Available Birmingham Bowl on Jan. 3, Florida (6-5) will battle East Carolina (8-4). The Gators are making their first trip to this bowl, while the Pirates lost to South Florida in the first then-called PapaJohns.com Bowl in 2006.

• Mobile’s GoDaddy Bowl will have Arkansas State (7-5) in its fourth consecutive appearance Jan. 4. The Red Wolves won two out of three times and will face Toledo (8-4), last in the bowl in 2005 beating Texas-El Paso.

• UAB will not go bowling. The Blazers finished 6-6, with slim hopes of a bowl bid turned even slimmer by Tuesday’s announcement that the program was kaput.

• The 66th annual Reese’s Senior Bowl takes place Jan. 24 in Mobile. The South leads the series over the North 29-26-3.

• In last week’s high school finals

  • Hoover beat Prattville 35-21 to win the first ever 7A championship.
  • Leeds defeated Deshler 30-0 for the 4A title.
  • Clay-Chalkville topped Saraland 36-31 for the 6A championship, finishing a perfect 15-0.
  • Pleasant Grove lost to St. Paul’s 35-13 in the 5A finals.

Video: Announcement of the Top 4 teams

Tigers, Tide earn bowl bids, Heisman honors

Monday, December 9th, 2013

Vanderbilt - BBVA Compass Bowl

Vanderbilt coach James Franklin celebrates with his team
Sunday over their BBVA Compass Bowl invitation.

The state of Alabama excels at football. Doubters, see evidence below …

• While No. 2 Auburn heads west to play for the national championship, rival No. 3 Alabama (11-1) will play Jan. 2 in the Sugar Bowl. Facing the Tide in New Orleans will be No. 11 Oklahoma (10-2).

Should both Auburn and Alabama win their bowl games, they could end the season ranked 1 and 2.

• Alabama and Auburn received additional good news today, as Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron and Tigers running back Tre Mason received invites as finalists to the Heisman ceremony Saturday in New York.

Jameis WintsonLeading candidate Jameis Winston, left, quarterback at No. 1 Florida State, is a Hueytown native.

• Closer to home, the BBVA Compass Bowl will feature Vanderbilt and Houston, both 8-4. The Jan. 4 game at Legion Field will be the last to feature the bank as title sponsor; a new sponsor has not been announced.

Vanderbilt last played in a Birmingham bowl game in 1982, for the Dec. 31 Hall of Fame Classic. The Commodores lost to Air Force 36-28 (and yes, I was at that game).

• Mobile will hold its two annual bowl games. The GoDaddy Bowl on Jan. 5 will pit returnees Ball State (10-2) against Arkansas State (7-5). It’s Arkansas State’s third consecutive appearance, and the first for Ball State since 2009.

And the 65th Senior Bowl will take place Jan. 25.

• With 78 bowl-eligible teams but only 70 slots, someone has to stay home and watch all these games. Alabama teams Troy and South Alabama — both 6-6 — didn’t receive invites.

• In last week’s state high school championships, Hoover beat Auburn 20-3 in 6A, a second consecutive title and 30 straight wins. Madison Academy topped Leeds 31-14 in 3A.

 

Football: The all-too-familiar post-season

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Video: The official BCS rankings putting Alabama
and Notre Dame in the top game.

For those who enjoy the comforts of seeing the same teams again and again, this football post-season is for you …

• No. 2 Alabama capped another stellar season with an 11-1 record, a win over Georgia Saturday night for the SEC Championship and a BCS title fight against undefeated No. 1 Notre Dame next month.

The two storied programs haven’t faced each other in 25 years. Notre Dame leads the series 5-1, going back to New Year’s Eve 1973.

This marks the Tide’s third trip in 4 years, and the fourth consecutive year the state is represented in the national championship. The game takes place Jan. 7 in Miami and airs at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.

• It wouldn’t be the BBVA Compass Bowl without Pitt. Literally.

Since the bank took over title sponsorship in late 2010, the 2011 and 2012 games invited Big East-but-soon-to-be-ACC member Pittsburgh to Birmingham’s bowl game.

Pitt (6-6) returns Jan. 5 to face the SEC’s representative, Ole Miss (6-6), making its first appearance in the game.

Kickoff is at noon at Legion Field, airing on ESPN. Tickets are $30 and $50 and can be purchased online or by calling (877) 464-9529.

• Hoover will play for the 6A state high school championship Friday. If that sounds familiar, it might be because this represents the Bucs’ 12th trip in the past 13 years. Dynasty much?

Undefeated Hoover plays Opelika (10-4) at 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, McAdory (14-0) makes its first trip to the big game on Thursday. The Yellow Jackets face Spanish Fort for the 5A title at 7 p.m.

All Super Six games take place Thursday and Friday at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium, airing on My68. Tickets are $10 and available online.

 

State sends team to play for BCS title for third consecutive year

Monday, December 5th, 2011

 

Video: Alabama coach Nick Saban discusses his team’s
trip to the BCS National Championship Game.

In the 2009 season, it was Alabama. In the 2010 season, Auburn.

And this year, Alabama again plays for the national championship. The Tide faces LSU in a rematch, or perhaps, grudge match. Alabama lost to LSU 9-6 in overtime on Nov. 5.

No. 1 LSU was a lock for the game at a perfect 13-0. Alabama (11-1) waited until Sunday’s official announcement, just edging out No. 3 Oklahoma State in the BCS rankings. LSU beat Georgia Saturday 42-10 for the SEC Championship, while Alabama’s last game was the Iron Bowl, beating Auburn 42-14 on Nov. 26.

No matter who wins, the SEC will take home the national title for the sixth consecutive year. Auburn won the 2010 title, while Alabama won the 2009.

The game airs at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 on ESPN, in 3D where available.

• Heisman finalists will be announced tonight, and expected to make the short list is Trent Richardson, running back at Alabama. Mark Ingram won it at Alabama in 2009. Update: It’s official, as Richardson will be competing against Tyrann Mathieu of LSU, Andrew Luck of Stanford, Montee Ball of Wisconsin and Robert Griffin III of Baylor.

• Other bowl games:

  • Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Virginia (8-4) will face No. 25 Auburn (7-5) on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta.
  • BBVA Compass Bowl: Southern Methodist (7-5) will head to Birmingham for the Jan. 7 game, thanks to the SEC pulling out of the bowl this year, opening a slot for a Conference USA team. SMU will face Pitt (6-6) representing the Big East. Pitt defeated Kentucky this year at the first BBVA Compass Bowl.

• UAB finished its season 3-9, leading to the firing of coach Neil Callaway and Sunday’s hire of Garrick McGee, Arkansas’ offensive coordinator, as his successor.

• Hoover, the only Birmingham-area team to play in the state finals, lost to Prattville 35-34 Friday in Tuscaloosa.

Auburn to face Oregon for BCS National Championship

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Other state teams headed to bowls; high school champions crowned

Video: Auburn coach Gene Chizik and Oregon coach
Chip Kelly look ahead to the big game.

Auburn has had a perfect season, looking to cap it with a couple of important victories.

• First, Heisman Trophy finalists will be announced at 5 tonight, and quarterback Cam Newton is considered the one to beat this year. The winner will be announced at 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPN. Should Newton succeed, he’ll be Auburn’s third Heisman winner after QB Pat Sullivan in 1971 and running back Bo Jackson in 1985. It would also move Auburn up to a five-way tie for fourth place among all-time Heismans by school. Update: Newton is one of four Heisman finalists, along with LaMichael James, running back for Oregon.

• Second, the No. 1 Tigers head to Glendale, Ariz., to take on No. 2 Oregon on Jan. 10 in the BCS National Championship Game. Auburn earned its trip after crushing South Carolina 56-17 in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. This marks the Tigers’ first appearance in the BCS title game and the school’s shot at a second national championship, the first in 1957. The game airs at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN and in 3D where available.

See Auburn’s SEC victory across
newspaper front pages
from Alabama.

Other bowl games announced Sunday (all airing on ESPN):

  • R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Troy (7-5) takes on Ohio (8-4) at 8 p.m. Dec. 18 in the Superdome. It’s the Trojans’ third trip to the New Orleans Bowl.
  • Capital One Bowl: BCS No. 16 Alabama (9-3) faces BCS No. 9 Michigan State (11-1) at noon on New Year’s Day in Orlando. Alabama’s Nick Saban coached at Michigan State from 1995 to 1999; the Spartans’ coach, Mark Dantonio, was an assistant coach under Saban at that time. The two teams have not played against each other, and are scheduled for games in 2016 and 2017.
  • BBVA Compass Bowl: Kentucky (6-6) meets Pittsburgh (7-5) at 11 a.m. Jan. 8 at Legion Field. The Wildcats make their fifth straight bowl appearance, with just two SEC wins this season.

Plus, the schedule and the networks for all 35 bowl games.

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The AHSAA Super 6 football championships featured three teams from the Birmingham area. The Thursday and Friday results from Auburn:

  • 6A: Daphne 7, Hoover 6
  • 5A: Spanish Fort 14, Briarwood Christian 0
  • 3A: Leeds 42, Hamilton 32

The Green Wave of Leeds won its second title, its first recently in 2008. All six games are available for viewing online.