Pool by Tom Campbell and Glynn Wilson NEW YORK — Running back Mark Ingram became the University of Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner Saturday night in the closest vote in the history of college football’s most prestigious award. Ingram becomes the 75th winner of the stiff-arm statue and puts the university into the record books…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Could Mark Ingram Win Alabama's First Heisman?
NEW YORK — Could running back Mark Ingram become the first Heisman Trophy winner in the history of the University of Alabama? He appears to be the favorite, according to a number of sports writers and commentators who handicap these things. We will find out shortly. Our correspondent Tom Campbell is at the Marriott Marquis…
Environment Agency Director Resigns
Engineer Trey Glenn Quits Department of Environmental Management Video by John L. Wathen, Hurricane Creekkeeper There’s no clear indication from environmental non-profit groups in the state why Glenn resigned at this time, although is it rumored that he has been the subject of ethics charges, negligence of duty, creating total confusion and dissent at the…
Tiger Woods Taking Hiatus from Golf
Tiger Woods, perhaps the greatest golfer in the game’s history, is taking an indefinite leave of absence after days of tabloid scandal stories in the wake of a mysterious wreck outside his Florida estate a couple of weeks ago, according to this statement just released on his on his Website: TigerWoods.com. “I am deeply aware…
President Obama Calls for Peace, Defends War
In his acceptance speech at the Nobel Peace Prize awards, President Obama quoted Martin Luther King Jr. on non-violence and said sometimes war is necessary to bring about lasting peace. White House Newly enshrined among the world’s great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh…
Migrating Monarch Butterfly Photo Essay
Glynn Wilson The amazing migrating monarchs pass through this part of Middle Alabamaland every fall on the way south from Canada to Mexico, and in the spring on the way back. All rights reserved on the photos. Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson
Jeff Bridges Plays Bad Blake in Crazy Heart
The Hollywood buzz is, this could be one of the best movies this year… Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film “Crazy Heart” from writer-director Scott Cooper. Also starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall, it is scheduled to be released in…
Siegelman Appears on Fox News, Again…
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman made his case once again on Fox News on Tuesday. He is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will take up his conviction in a review of the law against honest services mail fraud. The Supreme Court is considering about a half-dozen cases on the rights of people accused of crimes…
Heisman Trophy Award Finalists Named
by Tom Campbell NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2009 — Alabama’s Mark Ingram has made the final five and could become the university’s first Heisman Trophy winner when the awards are announced Saturday night. Alabama’s Mark Ingram nominated for Heisman Trophy… Tim Brown, the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner from Notre Dame, announced the finalists for the…
Drive-By Truckers Sing 'Never Gonna Change'
I hope they are wrong, about Alabamaland… Time will tell…
Alabama Teaches Character and Class
Paul “Bear” Bryant’s image casts a shadow over Tuscaloosa and all of Alabama. One spot stands open on the walk of fame, for the next coach to win a national championship. Will it be Saban? This year? Class. It’s been awhile since we’ve heard that term used in the way Florida quarterback Tim Tebow did,…
Snow Dusts Middle Alabamaland…
A light snow fell on parts of Middle Alabamaland last night and this morning, but due to temperatures above freezing, it will melt away pretty quickly, forecasters say. Glynn Wilson The last remnants of fall color in sharp contrast with the first snow of winter… The National Weather Service is predicting sunny skies and a…
Snow Expected in Middle Alabamaland
Snow in Birmingham in December. Climate change? Glynn Wilson There’s a slight chance of snow late in the evening, then snow is likely after midnight in Middle Alabamaland. And there’s a slight chance of snow early in the morning, according to the National Weather Service. In fact, there’s about a quarter of an inch of…
National Title on the Line in Georgia Dome
TV Lineup and Lines Below Time Out by Dan Rutledge It’s Week 14, the SEC Championship Game Week, the week all football fans have been waiting on all season long. Let’s not kid ourselves. Saturday’s affair in the Georgia Dome is THE GAME … the real national title game. Oh, they will put on what…
Only the Rich Can Save Us?
Ralph Nader will always be remembered by his critics as the man whose bid for the White House in 2000 gave us eight years of George W. Bush. The disdain many liberals have for Nader still runs deep nearly a decade later. I wrote a version of this story for Gambit Weekly back when under…
President Calls for More Troops in Afghanistan
Clear Mission Outlined; Costs Addressed WhiteHouse.Gov by Glynn Wilson President Barack Obama called for the deployment of 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by summer as a prelude to a the beginning of withdrawal from the region by mid-summer 2011, along the way laying out a clear mission for the military but pointing out that…
In National Address, President to Call for More Troops
Surge in Afghanistan as Prelude to Withdrawal? In a prime-time speech to the nation Tuesday night from West Point, President Barack Obama will outline a surge in troops in Afghanistan as a prelude to an exit strategy from armed conflict in the region. His speech will propose sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan over six…
Postal Workers Endorse Earl Hilliard for Congress
The Birmingham Area American Postal Workers Union, Local 303 and the International Office of the American Postal Workers Union officially endorsed State Representative Earl Hilliard, Jr. in his campaign to fill the open seat in Alabama’s 7th Congressional District left when Artur Davis decided not to seek reelection to run for governor. Sara Witherspoon, State…
