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USA Today
01-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Shaw Pritchett leads Alabama-Georgia team to U.S. Senior Challenge win
Shaw Pritchett leads Alabama-Georgia team to U.S. Senior Challenge win Shaw Pritchett recognizes that his U.S. Senior Challenge-winning foursome may look, on the outside, like a bit of a mishmash. The team, captained by Pritchett's good golf buddy Michael Arasin, from Auburn, Alabama, included players from both sides of the Georgia-Alabama line. Montgomery, Alabama, resident Pritchett hadn't even met one of them, Georgian Danny Nelson, until the practice round at Hobe Sound (Florida) Golf Club this week. 'Maybe it was a little bit of a hodgepodge of putting a team together,' said the newly-55 Pritchett, 'but it was nice that it worked out.' Three of the four members roomed together in an Airbnb for the week and generally enjoyed the rare team event in senior amateur golf. And that produced good results for all. Pritchett, who has won the Alabama Senior Amateur the past two years, got the recruiting call from Arasin early in the season to play the national senior team event that rotates to venues around the country. And Pritchett turned out to be a good recruit: He contributed a score each round in the play-four-count-three format. In fact, Pritchett very nearly locked up individual honors in the Senior division. With consistent rounds of 73-75-74, Pritchett finished just one shot behind winner Charlie Stevens of Wichita, Kansas. Pritchett stayed in the game even as winds picked up in the final two rounds and wreaked havoc on a difficult Hobe Sound layout that features several sandy, native areas. 'I think each day the pin positions got a lot harder,' Pritchett said. 'Today they were really, really hard and then the other thing, probably the second and third day, the wind blew about 15 mph consistently, the whole time. It was a grind out there the last two days, just to get the ball in the hole. You hit one in the middle of the fairway and normally you say I've got this, this should be an easy par, let me go find a birdie. That was just not happening on this golf course.' One key indicator of strength of venue stands out on the U.S. Senior Challenge leaderboard: The amount of scoring fluctuation among the top players in the field. Arasin, a talented player who perennially contends in senior amateur tournaments, backed up opening rounds of 72-73 with a final-round 80 and finished T-5 in the Senior division. Stan Humphries, who had been a key player on the Louisiana team that had a six-shot second-round lead, logged rounds of 71-74-83 and was T-11. Hobe Sound is a private course that doesn't often open its doors to national events, and Pritchett found the conditioning excellent though the challenge constant. 'I cannot say enough about the conditioning,' he said. 'The holes were really challenging, pretty much every hole was a challenge. You didn't really have a breather on the entire course.' Thanks in part to Pritchett's consistent play, the Alabama-Georgia team finished at 25 over and just one shot ahead of the Louisiana team captained by Grady Brame, who posted a final-round 73 that was one of the best rounds of the day. It just wasn't quite enough to keep his team in the lead spot, though it did secure Brame a top-5 finish in the Senior division. Team Michigan finished third two shots behind Louisiana and the Florida team captained by William Boockford, which had led after the first round, finished fourth, 10 shots behind that. Led by Charlie Stevens, the Senior division medalist, Team Kansas rounded out the top 5. Donny Phillips of Suwanee, Georgia, claimed the Super Senior division title in a playoff with Memphis resident David Apperson after both finished at 14 over. Chris Hall of Acworth, Georgia, the final member of the winning Georgia-Alabama team, was fourth in that division. Lee Sandlin of Dallas won the Legend division title at 4 over, which was three shots better than Boockford, of nearby Tequesta, Florida. Gary Jeffreys, of El Paso, Texas, was the top Super Legend player at 14 over. That was five shots better than Skip Tellefsen of Jupiter, Florida.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘UA is not a fascist playground': UA College Democrats respond to Trump delivering commencement address
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — The University of Alabama College Democrats (UACD) released a statement railing against the announcement that President Trump will deliver a commencement address at the college on May 1. 'UACD is shocked and disgusted to learn that our unpopular, divisive, and authoritarian President will be involved in commencement for the graduating class of 2025. This insult will not go unanswered,' the statement read in part. President Trump announces he's agreed to commencement address at University of Alabama The group took particular issue with Trump's appearance following the detention of Alireza Doroudi. Doroudi, a 32-year-old doctoral student majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama, was detained by officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement before 5 a.m. March 25 at his off-campus apartment in Tuscaloosa. Doroudi, originally from Iran, is now being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena, Louisiana without bond. Previously, a representative with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security claimed that Doroudi posed 'significant national security concerns,' but failed to elaborate on what those concerns were. 'The Trump administration kidnapped one of our PH.D. students for no reason a few weeks ago and is holding him without bond at an ICE black site in Louisiana. There is no greater insult than this,' the statement read. The UACD's full statement can be read below. Trump initially announced he would be delivering a commencement address at the university through a Truth Social post Monday evening. The ticketed event, which will be at Coleman Coliseum, will be open to all spring 2025 graduates. UA College Republicans took issue with the message sent out by the UACD, stating 'We were disappointed to see the inflammatory reaction from our radical leftist counterparts, the UA College Democrats. They do not represent Alabama, and they do not represent our student body.' Full UACD statement: UACD is shocked and disgusted to learn that our unpopular, divisive, and authoritarian President will be involved in commencement for the graduating class of 2025. This insult will not go unanswered. The last time the disgraced criminal visited campus, he was able to turn the Alabama-Georgia game, the biggest college football game on our campus in years, into a political sideshow. We cannot allow this to happen with our commencement ceremonies. For all of his meddling in UA affairs, Donald Trump lost our campus to former Vice President Kamala Harris last semester. UA is not a fascist playground. The Trump administration kidnapped one of our PH.D. students for no reason a few weeks ago and is holding him without bond at an ICE black site in Louisiana. There is no greater insult than this. Given that the White House has pulled federal funding from colleges and universities across our country, we understand if the Bell administration may be stuck between a rock and a hard place. We simply don't want UA to be turned into a backdrop for MAGA propaganda. UACD and its partners are actively mobilizing in response to last night's news. We will have more updates whenever possible, and we hope to update everyone in the next few days. The University of Alabama College Democrats Full response from University of Alabama College Republicans: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced he will deliver the commencement address for the University of Alabama's Spring 2025 graduating class. We are honored to welcome the President back to Tuscaloosa, and we are proud to attend a university where America first values are dominant and, thanks to our state's Republican lawmakers, common sense is taught. We were disappointed to see the inflammatory reaction from our radical leftist counterparts, the UA College Democrats. They do not represent Alabama, and they do not represent our student body. The University of Alabama College Republicans Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
08-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Tyreek Hill says playing in front of Donald Trump is a 'bucket list' item: 'I've always been a fan'
The stars are out in New Orleans for Super Bowl week, and the biggest one is expected to be there for the game itself. President Donald Trump is slated to attend Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, which will mark the first time that a sitting president will have attended the big game. Trump has shown his face at plenty of sporting events over the years, getting face time at numerous UFC events. Late last year, he attended the Alabama-Georgia game, the Army-Navy game, and a Steelers-Jets contest. Had Tyreek Hill stuck with the Kansas City Chiefs, he'd likely be playing in front of the president. For now, though, it's only in his imagination. And he really wants to do it. "That's tremendous. To be able to play in front of Donald Trump, that would be something to knock off the bucket list," Hill said to Fox News Digital at an event in New Orleans. "Not every day you get to play football in front of the guy who people respect and is at the top of the helm of this country. "I've always been a fan of Donald Trump, by the way. That'll be awesome." Brittany Mahomes and her mother-in-law Randi both supported the president during his re-election campaign. Before the game kicks off, Trump will speak with Fox News Channel's Bret Baier. The pre-taped interview took place at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and will air in the 3 p.m. ET hour on Super Bowl Sunday. Trump didn't attend many NFL games the first time around as he clashed with players' decision to kneel for the national anthem as a form of protest against social injustice. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Fox News
04-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Trump expected to attend Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans
President Donald Trump is expected to attend Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday to watch the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Trump would be the first sitting president to attend the game, according to the New York Post. Punchbowl News first reported the president was expected to head to Caesars Superdome for the game. The Associated Press confirmed the report, citing a White House official. A source familiar with the matter also told Fox News Digital he would be at the game. The president has attended college football games over the last few years. He made his presence felt at the Alabama-Georgia game in September and attended the Army-Navy game after he won the election over Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump didn't attend many NFL games the first time around as he clashed with players' decision to kneel for the national anthem as a form of protest against social injustice. He was at the Pittsburgh Steelers' game against the New York Jets in October after a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. He will have plenty of fans in attendance at the game. Brittany Mahomes and her mother-in-law Randi both supported the president during his re-election campaign. Before the game kicks off, Trump will speak with Fox News Channel's Bret Baier. The pre-taped interview took place at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and will air in the 3 p.m. ET hour on Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl LIX will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET. Pregame coverage can be seen on FOX beginning at 1 p.m. ET. Tubi will also stream coverage on its platform for the first time. The Chiefs are looking to make history as the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
