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Phil Campbell High School has two new faces that will soon grace its grounds. The Franklin County Board of Education has hired Jonathan Raper as the n...
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J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell
June 6, 2012
I don’t watch a lot of NBA games, but I usually take in some playoff games each season. This year’s semifinals feature four teams that have every righ...
J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell
May 23, 2012
We have come to that time of year again folks. The time of the year when kids are free from the bonds of the classroom for a few months. A time when b...
High School Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
May 19, 2012
And just like that, the 2012 softball season was over for the teams of Franklin County. It joins the likes of the 2012 baseball season, the 2011/12 ba...
High School Sports, J.R. Tidwell, Sports
by J.R. Tidwell
May 16, 2012
I love my job. I don’t see how anyone that does what I do could complain about covering sports for a living. Sometimes this means I’m in for a long da...
J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell
May 14, 2012
I grew up watching the Braves. I like the game, but part of me watched the matchups on television because there was always a chance that Bobby Cox mig...
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.
J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell
May 5, 2012
There’s no doubt about saying this: Junior Seau was one of the all-time greats to play football as I was growing up. I didn’t always follow the NFL, b...
J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell
May 3, 2012
Plans have a funny old way of not running according to themselves. It seems like every time I plan some kind of big to-do some kind of monkey wrench f...
J.R. Tidwell, Sports, Sports Columnists
by J.R. Tidwell
April 28, 2012
The time may finally, at long last, have come. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL Pro Bowl might end as soon as this season. He cited the poo...
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