Posted on 01 September 2010
University of South Alabama, Regions Bank and the Jaguar Football team have joined together to help support United Way. Proceeds from the South Alabama season opener will benefit United Way. The $10 game tickets must be purchased at a Regions Bank by Friday, Sept. 3rd! Tickets are available at Regions Banks in Mobile, Baldwin and the Gulf [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 August 2010
Mobile’s 2nd Annual Ass-Kickin’ Contest was held Sunday August 29 at MaGhee’s Grill on the Hill. Last year the contest was started, according to promotional material, when friends of a “man with several needs” gathered to arrange assistance and decided “he needs a good swift kick in the ass!” “A fundraiser was arranged which included an ass-kicking contest, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 August 2010
Mobile Roller Derby vs. Chattanooga Roller Girls - Dreamland Skate Center Aug 21 Continue Reading
Posted on 09 August 2010
Celebrate 25 years of riding in Alabama toward a world free of MS! Start and finish both days at the Gulf State Park Beach Pavillion and ride along the beautiful gulf coast. Ride 45, 75, or 100 miles Saturday Sept. 18th and 45 or 75 miles Sunday Sept. 19th! Don’t forget to join us for [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 August 2010
Mobile Bike Club’s “Urban Assault” Just riding around beautiful downtown Mobile for approx. 15 miles. Meets Thursdays at Mellow Mushroom Midtown (Loop) at 6:15pm – Departs at 6:30 Perfect for die hard or leisure riders. “So easy even a monkey can do it.” Continue Reading
Posted on 01 August 2010
Saturday, Aug 28 7:05 PM at Hank Aaron Stadium Continue Reading
Posted on 29 July 2010
Bobby Wyatt, a Mobile native and UMS Wright senior, shot a 57 in the 65th Boys’ State Junior Championship at the Country Club of Mobile. He had a bunch of eagles and birdies and so forth. The lowest score in Competitive Golf History – pretty amazing. A 55 and 56 have been recorded – but both on [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 05 July 2010
Another MPD Syrrp Raid Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
The fishing in south Mobile Bay is good - lots of fat specks Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
Dirty nasty rematch between two Gulf Coast teams. Military, Police, Fireman, and students get 1/2 off with ID.Receive $2 off MRD merchandise when you bring the following items to help with the clean up the oil spill on Dauphin Island: rubber gloves, bandanas, Gojo, Dawn, energy bars, powdered gatorade. Donations go to the National Guard unit #217 Task Force DeepWater Horizon. Its Gonna Get Crude !!!!!! Continue Reading
Posted on 15 June 2010
Baseball In Mobile, 2004, Arcadia Publishing Spanning from the late 1800s to the present day, Baseball in Mobile recounts the introduction of baseball to the Port City, chronicles the vast talent of Mobile natives who have influenced the sport, and introduces the players and teams of modern Mobile, many of whom are sure to become tomorrow’s [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 June 2010
"We have always wanted to fuse music with sports and with Roland Turner and Mike Wilson that will certainly happen." Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2010
Mobile Bay Sierra Club monthly meeting Tuesday evening, June 1st, at 5 Rivers Delta Center at 7:00 p.m. Program: The National Geographic “Gulf Oil Spill” video of what happened April 20th, 2010, on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The video shows how salvage crews battled their way to the burning rig on April 20th following an [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 May 2010
We're honored to have the premiere broadcaster of our grandparents' generation take an unflinching look at Mobile Roller Derby. Even though he is old, his wisdom is timeless. Continue Reading
Posted on 20 April 2010
Uncle Henry interviews with the people at Mobile Roller Derby’s Saturday bout. Starting with a brief chat with former call screener Leeanna, followed by Coach El Jefe, Glamazon Painforest, Hattiesburg’s Bullet Proof Barbie and then Mobile’s Tata Bodacious. www.mobilerollerderby.com Don’t miss it – listen and download here. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 March 2010
Even if you are not a baseball fan – you should listen to this podcast from “Stuff You Missed in History Class” about one of Mobile’s most interesting personas, the Alabama Reform School for Junvenile Negro Lawbreakers, the era of integration, how he used to call in the outfielders to make a point to his opponents and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 March 2010
Sunday March 21 11 a.m.- Bike polo at Crawford Park. 351 S. Ann St. a few blocks south of Government st. 4 p.m.- Crawford to USA race. $1 to enter. Straight up race. about 8 miles. Winner take all. 6 p.m.- Alley Cat Race. Meet at Picklefish Restaurant 5955 Old Shell Road across from Mitchel Center. Alley cat style [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 March 2010
John McPhee, The Sporting Scene, “Catch-and-Dissect,” The New Yorker, October 19, 1998, p. 58 “There are more than ten thousand fish skeletons in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and about a quarter of them came from the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.” – “Catch-And-Dissect” By Pulitzer Prize Winner John McPhee THE [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 March 2010
Tour de Ladr run/bike this am in Point Clear to benefit Camp Rap-a-Hope. It’s not too late to jump in. http://tourdeladr.com/about Continue Reading
Posted on 02 March 2010
Tonight March 2nd at 7:00 p.m at Five Rivers on the Causeway. Mobile Bay Sierra Club speaker will be Jim Felder, executive director of the Alabama Scenic River Trail. His presentation will show the ongoing creation of the 631-mile trail for boaters and paddlers from the northeast corner of Alabama to Fort Morgan at the mouth of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 February 2010
A rare but deserved repost: Continue Reading
Posted on 10 January 2010
Concert lineup as follows in Bienville Square: 10 A.M. Excelsior Brass Band 11 A.M. Rebecca Roubion 12 P.M. Dorothy Savage 1 P.M. Eliot Morris Continue Reading
Posted on 22 December 2009
Comic Cowboys Sign, 2008: Continue Reading
Posted on 03 December 2009
Not officially yet, but count on it. read more at 2theadvocate.com Continue Reading
