Auburn Tigers, College Sports, J.R. Tidwell
I started down what would become my professional career path in a small classroom at Curry High school in 2006. My 11th grade English teacher, a recen...
College Sports
College Sports, PICTURE FLIPPER, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
September 12, 2012
FLORENCE — The youth and inexperience of the UNA Lions football team did not help them Saturday, as the squad fell to the Harding Bisons 31-10. The Li...
College Sports, High School Sports, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
August 4, 2012
A familiar face to some members of Franklin County will soon grace the mound for the University of North Alabama Lions baseball team. Morgan McCarley,...
College Sports, PICTURE FLIPPER, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
July 4, 2012
C.K. Irby, whose grandparents are from Russellville, was named to the 2012 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award watch list earlier this year. ...
Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, College Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
May 9, 2012
Everyone does it, but the trick is to not get caught. That is the mentality that goes around the sports world from college to pro ball.
College Sports, High School Sports, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell
April 21, 2012
I have been covering sports in one way or another for about six years now. I am no stranger to press boxes, sidelines and perimeter fences. One of the...
College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
April 7, 2012
The UNA Russellville Alumni Club will host an event called “On the Road Again” with UNA’s head football coach Bobby Wallace at the A.W. Todd Centre on...
College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
April 4, 2012
And then 2012 March Madness and the 2011-12 NCAA men’s basketball season were over. Kentucky ran the length of the tournament and asserted its dominan...
College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
March 14, 2012
March Madness will soon be turning people apathetic towards college basketball into ravenous fans for a few weeks time. I have yet to fill out my brac...
College Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
February 15, 2012
West Virginia has settled its lawsuit with the Big East and will join the Big 12 in July.To this I have one very important question. Why?
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