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Category: University of Alabama
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Alabama Basketball Manager Says He, Not Player, Was at Deadly Shooting
A freshman player sued The Times after it placed him at a crime scene. The newspaper will correct its coverage.
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Alabama Fires Baseball Coach After Reports of Suspicious Betting on Team’s Game
The university said the coach, Brad Bohannon, was fired for cause but did not provide details.
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Alabama’s Tumultuous Season Ends With Loss to San Diego State
The New York Times – Sports:Alabama’s season, which included questions about its handling of a deadly shooting, ended well short of its ambitions of an N.C.A.A. men’s basketball title.
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Houston and Alabama Size Each Other Up From the Same Arena
The New York Times – Sports:The Cougars and Crimson Tide, the remaining No. 1s in the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament, both played this weekend in Birmingham, Ala. They will headline a wide-open round of 16.
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Saturday’s Matchups to Watch in the NCAA Tournament
The New York Times – Sports:Can Princeton and Furman keep the upsets coming in the men’s tournament? And will we see any double-digit seeds win on the women’s side?
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A Fourth Alabama Player Was at a Deadly Shooting, in a Car Hit by Bullets
The New York Times – Sports:The presence of a fourth Crimson Tide player at the deadly shooting in January has come to light as the team begins its run as the top overall seed in the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament.
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Seedings for N.C.A.A. Men’s Tournament Show Wide-Open Field
The New York Times – Sports:Alabama, Houston, Kansas and Purdue earned No. 1 seeds in a tournament where top teams seem more beatable than usual, and others that usually might be considered upstarts have viable paths to the championship.
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Alabama’s Championship Push Arrives With Murder Indictment
The New York Times – Sports:A former Crimson Tide player, Darius Miles, and Miles’s friend Michael Davis were indicted by a grand jury. At the Southeastern Conference tournament, Brandon Miller starred for Alabama after being interviewed as a witness in the case.
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Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts Represent Progress and Lost Opportunity for Black Quarterbacks
The New York Times – Sports:Black quarterbacks will lead both teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But for much of pro football history, Black players were steered away from the position because of racist assumptions.
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‘Born for the Storm’: How Jalen Hurts Learned to Be Unflappable
The New York Times – Sports:His father coached Jalen Hurts to lead, but two games at Alabama — a bruising benching and a comeback — gave him the fight that has been key to his M.V.P. candidacy with the Philadelphia Eagles.