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Coach Mike Locksley has taken a winding road to end up at his dream job surrounded by other Black leaders in a quest to mold men and find gridiron glory.

The game will also honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a Birmingham native who began his professional career with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948.

From the sign code in Arab, Alabama, which regulates privately owned signs on private property: While trying to maintain content-neutrality, signs that contain vulgar, threatening, hate speech, lewd or indecent content are not permitted. I believe that should read "while not actually trying to maintain content-neutrality." Indeed, a prohibition on…

Deuel Ross, who argued the voting rights case Allen v Milligan before the court, discusses the significance of the 5-4 decision

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

What a stretch for Tyler Watts.

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Is Villanova’s Cam Whitmore making a late charge? Entering draft week, some mocks have the #Rockets selecting Whitmore over Amen Thompson at No. 4 overall.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined American Airlines regional carrier Piedmont Airlines for a breach of safety after a worker was “ingested” into the engine of an aircraft in Alabama on New Year’s Eve.

A man convicted of the 1999 cold case slaying of two teenage girls has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison