UAB soccer team having open try-outs
Posted on 08. Feb, 2012 in Sports
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The UAB men’s soccer team will hold open tryouts for any currently enrolled students who may be interested in walking on to the men’s soccer team.
The tryouts will be held on UAB’s West Campus Field on February 16 at 3 p.m.
Interested players must be current UAB students and bring necessary paperwork.
Per new NCAA and Conference USA guidelines, students who are interested in trying out must provide proof of a physical within the last six months, as well as a sickle cell tes
Softball ready to start the new season
Posted on 08. Feb, 2012 in Sports
It’s been a long, cold winter here at UAB. The school is looking out for something to bring this year’s heat. That thing, or sport rather, is softball.
Last season the Blazer ladies ended with a 39-19 record, with a loss of only 5 home games and a 3rd place position in the C-USA rankings.
The sport began in 2000 and is fairly new to UAB, giving the sport just over a decade of play time for the school.
Head Coach Marla Townsend, who in 2006 was named Softball Coach of the Year, is retur… Read More
Super Bowl ads and the art of seduction
Posted on 08. Feb, 2012 in Sports
There’s a misconception about Super Bowl advertisements.
“People think we are just there to purely entertain people,” said Michael Sheldon, chief executive of Deutsch LA, which created a 60-second Super Bowl spot to promote the Volkswagen Beetle. “But an advertiser’s mission is to get you to fall in love with their brand and buy their product.”
The art, and the challenge, is to weave a company’s brand and message into the storyline of a commercial without ma… Read More
National Signing Day: UAB grabs 30
Posted on 08. Feb, 2012 in Sports
A very cool and collected man, Coach Garrick Mcgee announces UAB’s picks during signing day. Coach McGee announced the newcomers to the UAB program with energy and majesty. This being his first head coaching job, coach McGee wanted to pick the right guys and build his own brand with this new team. The new coach was excited expressing that he got everyone he wanted, and acknowledged that the new recruits are excited to be a part of the change. UAB’s academic prestige played a… Read More
UAB serves Marshall payback for home loss
Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 in Sports
On Wednesday, January 25, UAB traveled to Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia in the second match up between the teams this men’s basketball season.
The first game was a nail biter at Bartow Arena, with Marshall coming away victorious 61-59. This game, in large part, followed the same trend. The largest lead for either team was 10 and the lead changed 12 times in this contest. At half, the score was 30-28 in favor of the Blazers. Marshall saw their last lead with 4:25… Read More
UAB gives ECU their first conference win
Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 in Sports
After the Blazer victory at Marshall led by senior forward Cameron Moore, the team faced off against a losing East Carolina squad. The Pirates have lost seven in a row, four straight to the Blazers, and are 0-3 in their last three road games, seemingly an easy win for the Blazers.
During the first possession the Blazers played with a fire under them, moving the ball furiously and scoring with ease. But the Pirates would not be denied, feeding it to their big man Darrius Morrow for e… Read More
Amber Jones goes over 1,000 career points as the Blazers torch the Golden Hurricanes
Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 in Sports
Wednesday night was another promising evening for the Lady Blazers, who after a 47-40 success over Tulsa left the women with a 14-5 overall record in the season thus far.
The ladies stormed the court and within a reasonable amount of time had taken over with an 11-0 lead. The first seven went to Amber Jones, who also ended the night with 6 assists and an 11 point final for the game.
Coming in on the final closing minutes of the game, the team kept the Golden Hurricanes to 26 points whil… Read More
Napoleon named on pre-season conference POY
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 in Sports
UAB right-handed pitcher Dillon Napoleon was chosen on Thursday to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team.
Napoleon was one of only 15 students named to the preseason all-league team and was one of just four pitchers selected. Napoleon earned C-USA Newcomer of the Year in 2011, the first in Blazer history, after transferring from Heartland C.C., which is located in Normal, Illinois.
In his first season with the Green and Gold, Napoleon finished with a record of 5-3 and 2.87 E… Read More
Lady Blazers fall to the Blue Raiders
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 in Sports
The Lady Blazers of the tennis court headed to Samford Tennis Complex on Saturday to take on the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders.
In Saturday’s match, the Blue Raiders won by sweeping the doubles point and at the bottom of the singles lineup.
Two of the points came from freshman Rachel Daniell and junior Isabel Fernandez. Daniell beat MTSU’s Flavia Nagayama, 7-6, 6-3, at No. 3 singles. On the other side of the court, Fernandez, who came from VCU, destroyed Yuiri Nomoto… Read More
Getting to know Garrick McGee and the new UAB Football staff
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 in Sports
On November 26, the Blazers took the field for their final game of the 2011 season, and with the season went Head Coach Callaway. But the football blaze wasn’t extinguished yet.
The following month, on December 5, it was announced in front of the press that Garrick McGee would step in and fill the open coaching position in hopes of a winning 2012 season.
McGee hails from Tulsa, OK and played quarterback at Arizona State University, eventually ending up back home where he was qu… Read More
Blazer Territory — Home Sports
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GreenMail News Highlights
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