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Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Sport
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7 former Alabama players to be featured in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WIAT) — Super Bowl LIX will kickoff Sunday between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, and the Alabama Crimson Tide will be well represented. The 59th Super Bowl will feature seven former Crimson Tide players. Kansas City doesn't have any former Alabama players while the Eagles feature Jalen Hurts, DeVonta Smith, Eli Ricks, Landon Dickerson, Byron Young, Cameron Latu, and Tyler Steen. Hurts was the first freshman to start at quarterback in Nick Saban's career. He led the Crimson Tide to the 2016-17 national championship game where the Crimson Tide lost to Clemson. Following his junior season in 2018, he transferred to Oklahoma. He was selected with the 53rd pick in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Smith is arguably the best wide receiver to ever put on an Alabama jersey. His historic 2020 campaign which ended with 1,856 receiving yards and 23 touchdowns earned him the Heisman trophy and led Alabama to a national championship win over Ohio State. He was selected with the 10th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. 'We're glad they're back, but it's very sad why it's back': Gulf Shores moving forward with return of NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship Ricks transferred to the Capstone after two seasons at LSU. He appeared in 10 games, recording 13 tackles and four pass breakups. Dickerson spent three years at Florida State before transferring to Alabama. He was apart of the 2020 national championship team and won the Rimington Trophy, which is presented to the best center in the country. He was also a first-team All-American. He was selected with the 37th pick in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Young spent four seasons at Alabama as a defensive tackle. He finished his Alabama career with 132 tackles and 3.5 sacks. He was selected with the 70th pick in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Latu spent five seasons at Alabama and played a major role in his final two seasons. He finished his Crimson Tide career with 787 yards and 12 touchdowns. In 2021, he surpassed Irv Smith Jr's. record of touchdown passes by a tight end with eight. He was selected with the 101st pick of the third round in the 2023 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. Steen arrived to Alabama in 2022 after four season at Vanderbilt. He started all 13 games at left tackles and earned second team All-SEC recognition from coaches. He was drafted with the 65th pick in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Super Bowl LIX will mark the second time in three years the two teams have played each other. Kick off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on FOX. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
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Proposed legislation aims to totally revamp the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs
Mobile, Ala. (WKRG) — After a shakeup last year that saw the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs unceremoniously fired from his post by Gov. Kay Ivey, legislation has been introduced to revamp the department. 'We're glad they're back, but it's very sad why it's back': Gulf Shores moving forward with return of NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship If passed, Senate Bill 67 and a companion bill in the House would allow the governor to appoint the commissioner of ADVA. Since the department was established in 1945, the State Board of Veterans Affairs was in charge of hiring and firing the commissioner. The proposed legislation would also relegate the State Board of Veterans Affairs to an advisory capacity. A hearing before the Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee was scheduled at the State House today (Wednesday, Feb. 5) and the bill was approved by a 5 to 2 vote with one abstention. Veterans in the Mobile area familiar with the debacle that saw former Commissioner Admiral Kent Davis lose his job are also crying foul over the legislation to revamp the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. Pensacola woman sentenced for causing 2022 deadly crash in Santa Rosa County, officials say Davis was popular with many veterans in the state. He is credited with overseeing several improvements during his five years as commissioner. These are some of them: Overseeing the opening of a new State Veterans Home in Enterprise and reducing the backlog of veterans on a waiting list, the longest waiting list of any state in the country Reopening a dozen Veterans Services Offices that had been shuttered during the decade before Davis took office Securing a grant to expand the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort. Davis called the legislation retaliation for the dust-up he had with Ivey last year, which began when Davis filed an ethics complaint against a member of the governor's cabinet. Davis further said the proposed legislation was written by the governor's staff, which the bill's sponsor, Sen. Andrew Jones (R) of Centre, seemingly admitted to on the public affairs program ''Capitol Journal' on Dec. 20, 2024. Jones said, 'I got an update from some of the Governor's staff just yesterday that they are continuing to work through the process of developing the legislation and it's my understanding that it would go through both of our respective committees. 'You know, I see this as really a way to elevate the Department of Veterans Affairs, bring them fully in the fold of state government, and highlight the work that's being done for veterans, and make that person a member of the Governor's team and the Governor's cabinet.' Davis told that he plans to file a lawsuit over the governor's alleged 'supreme executive power over his firing and the Alabama Ethics Act anti-retaliation provisions. MPD officer resigns months after being placed on administrative leave Davis said, 'I obviously disagree with the governor's actions. I think over 5 years we'd accomplished a lot, and frankly, a lot of that has been stymied by the governor's actions.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
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Mobile man runs from police with backpack full of drugs, gets arrested: MPD
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers have arrested a man who allegedly ran from them with a backpack full of drugs. 'We're glad they're back, but it's very sad why it's back': Gulf Shores moving forward with return of NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship According to an MPD news release, officers tried to pull a vehicle over in the area of Bascombe Street and Alba Street around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when the driver refused to stop. The driver, now identified as 43-year-old Fernandas Onree Graham, stopped the vehicle he was driving near Arlington Street and began running from officers, according to the release. Officials said officers caught Graham and found drugs inside the backpack he was carrying. Man drives motorized shopping cart on Airport Boulevard, gets arrested: Mobile PD Graham was booked into Mobile Metro Jail and charged with felony attempt to elude, trafficking cocaine, trafficking fentanyl, first-degree possession of marijuana, use/possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, and illegal possession of prescription drugs. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
