— A pair of local player stood tall Friday to help Alabama break a three-game losing streak and defeat Mississippi at the 23rd annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Basketball Game. Athens’ Alliyah Smith and Clements’ Daneshia “Lou Lou” Malone, both standing over six feet tall, helped Alabama win 64-54 in the first game of a doubleheader with a boys all-star game.
Cody Glenn pitched seven scoreless innings as LSU beat Alabama 3-0 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Wednesday.
CHICAGO (AP) — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher is calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
The eight-time Pro Bowl player announced his retirement on his Twitter account Wednesday. In a statement, he said, "After spending a lot of time this spring thinking about my NFL future, I have made a decision to retire."
The game lasted more than 4½ hours and ended at 12:25 a.m. The 17 innings matched the longest game in tournament history with Auburn-Arkansas in 1994.
Alabama used a 3-run rally in the eighth inning to push past Auburn for a 6-3 victory in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday.
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