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UAB advances in NIT, takes on North Carolina Tuesday

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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UAB defeats North Carolina State.

The UAB men’s basketball team defeated North Carolina State on Saturday at home, 72-52, in the second round of the NIT.

The Blazers face the 2009 champions, the Tarheels of North Carolina, at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bartow Arena. The game will be available on ESPN and streaming audio. Tickets are $15 and available online; sales were moving briskly on Sunday.

Update March 22: The game is sold out.

The Samford women’s team lost its second-round NIT game to Missouri State on Sunday, 75-54. The Bulldogs finished 23-11, tying the school record for wins in a season.

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Photo: UAB Sports

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one cure

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Easier to fix
health care than the cancer of
partisan rancor.

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mother nature’s prerogative

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Why not sunny and
warm, followed by snow and rain
and chills? Seasons change.

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EXCLUSIVE: 2010 Schaeffer Crawfish Boil adds Akon, Seether, Theory of a Deadman, Goo Goo Dolls, Jay Sean

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The lineup is complete for Birmingham’s sole music festival. According to the official site, the lineup for the 2010 Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil will be …

April 30

May 1

Tickets go on sale Friday through TicketMaster; prices to be added. $35 for a two-day pass or $20 for one day.

The festival takes place next to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex [satellite view].

Video: “Beautiful,” Akon,
featuring Colby O’Donis, Kardinal Offishall

Video: “Whatcha Say,” Jason Derülo

Video: “Shimmer,” Fuel

Video: “Slide,” Goo Goo Dolls

Video: “So Much Love,” The Rocket Summer

Video: “Down,” Jay Sean, featuring Lil Wayne

Video: “Gasoline,” Seether

Video: “Santa Monica,” Theory of a Deadman

Video: “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train

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printemps, salut

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

With the arrival
of spring, the nose itches and
aches. Damn allergies.

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ice and hardwood

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Balls and pucks, dribbles
and dekes, madness arrives in
many forms this month.

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UAB men, Samford women advance in NIT

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Men’s basketball

basketballUAB defeated Coastal Carolina 65-49 Tuesday at home, sending them to the second round of the NIT. The Blazers play North Carolina State at 4 today in Bartow Arena. [game audio]

Meanwhile, Troy lost its opening round game to Ole Miss Wednesday, 84-65.

Women’s basketball

Samford had better luck against its Ole Miss counterparts, winning in the last 5 seconds 66-65 at home. The Bulldogs travel to Missouri State for their second-round NIT match, playing at 2 p.m. Sunday. The game will be available on WVSU (91.1 FM) and through the station’s online stream.

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New Birmingham real estate real-time guide

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

real estate homes for sale signs

Photo: Images Money (CC)

With spring nearly upon us, you may be in the market for a new house. Or condo. Or just a fresh new apartment to rent.

It’s a buyer’s market these days, but you still need to know what’s available right now.

Our new Birmingham Real Estate page has up-to-date listings for the metro area, brought to you by local professionals. Check in any time day or night to see the latest open houses, properties for sale or for rent.

And if you’re looking for an apartment, we have a special $10 application fee discount available.

Home buyers, apartment dwellers:
Visit Birmingham Real Estate today.

beyond the edge of midnight

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Prowl the city streets
looking for action, looking
for some distraction.

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march missteps

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

The tango of spring
and winter, as each fights to
lead across the land.

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vast improvements

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Big changes afoot.
Everything old must make way
for up and coming.

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EXCLUSIVE: The B-52s added to 2010 Schaeffer Crawfish Boil lineup

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

schaeffer crawfish boil 2010 b-52s

The Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil has let slip another act for the 2010 lineup: the B-52s. The Athens, Ga., band is best known for its quirky rock hits “Rock Lobster” and “Love Shack.”

The B-52s will play April 30 May 1. The two-day music festival previously announced its first act, Alice in Chains.

Update: The Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis also lists the B-52s for that same night. That might mean that the B-52s aren’t scheduled to play at the Crawfish Festival until May 1, or not at all.

Update March 18: Confirmed. Despite the mock-up graphic above, the B-52s will play at 6:20 p.m. May 1.

The festival takes place April 30 and May 1 next to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex [satellite view]. No word on ticket prices yet.

Video: “Rock Lobster,” The B-52s

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2010 Schaeffer Crawfish Boil has first act: Alice in Chains

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Video: “Man in the Box,” Alice in Chains

The Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil, perhaps the last music festival in Birmingham, has announced its first act: Seattle hard rock band Alice in Chains.

The 2010 event will be three days instead of two days in 2009, April 30-May 2 April 30 and May 1, (updated to reflect change on official Web site) next to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex [satellite view]. Ticket prices have not been announced.

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an hour here, an hour there

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Folks may gripe about
springing forward, yet they fall
back on time-wasters.

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rock star knitting

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Electric needles
shred leather yarn into a
bitchin’ Afghan shawl.

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