Tag: Sports

BSC Baseball Players Savor Final Bus Ride as Panthers

Time flies but the Birmingham-Southern baseball team opted to take the bus.

A day after falling in its third game in the double elimination Division III College World Series, the Panthers hit the road rather than taking to the sky. They weren’t delaying the inevitable – returning to a college that closed Friday.

Instead, they were savoring every moment they had with one another.

“I don’t think I would have wanted it any other way,” said Jan Weisberg, BSC baseball coach the past 17 years. Read more.

JeffCo Allots $90,000 for Displays Highlighting History of Bham Barons

The Jefferson County Commission voted Thursday to play ball with a baseball historian, approving $90,000 for displays at Regions Field that will commemorate former members of the Birmingham Barons.

Kenneth Cunningham, deputy director of the Negro Southern League Museum, said the project will produce walk-around exhibits at the ballpark the Barons currently call home.

“When visitors attend games, we’re going to have displays along the concourse,” he said. Read more.

Commission Considering Funding to Keep Magic City Classic in Birmingham

The Jefferson County Commission today sent a resolution to the agenda of Thursday’s meeting to pay $500,000 to the Alabama Sports Council in support of the Magic City Classic.

The resolution followed a vigorous discussion among commission members about the level of support the county will provide to the annual gridiron meeting between Alabama State and Alabama A&M universities.

Commissioner Lashunda Scales initially presented a resolution for the county to pay the ASC $750,000 for each of the next three years to help keep the game at Birmingham’s Legion Field, where the past 80 Classics have been played. Read more.