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Local News

Diamonds on the Diamond: Athens softball returns to ball park for youth camp

After securing their second 6A State Championship in three years, the Athens High School softball team returned to ... Read more

Local News

Legendary JUCO coach hits home run with annual baseball camp in Athens

After his seventh NJCAA World Series appearance in May, longtime junior college head coach Bobby Sprowl returned to ... Read more

State And Nation

Celebrations honor Willie Mays and Negro League players ahead of MLB game

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Ajay Stone strolled around historic Rickwood Field and gazed at tributes displayed in ... Read more

Local News

Reed Blankenship returns to West Limestone for inaugural football camp

Reed Blankenship’s unconventional journey to become a starting safety in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles ... Read more

Editorials

(Editorial) MLB embracing baseball’s history

Who holds Major League Baseball’s record for the highest batting average in a single season? It’s not Ted ... Read more

State And Nation

Rickwood Field, Willie Mays’ first pro park and monument of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through ... Read more

Uncategorized

Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one ... Read more

National Sports

Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one ... Read more

News

Hall of Famer Willie Mays will not be in attendance for Negro League tribute game in Birmingham’s Rickwood Field

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Willie Mays will not be in attendance when the San Francisco Giants face the ... Read more

Local News

First Responders Softball Game brings good fun to a blistering day

As the summer sun beat down on the Athens Sportsplex Thursday evening, bringing in temperatures of nearly 90 ... Read more