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National Championship: Alabama Beats Georgia 26-23 in Overtime

Alabama beats Georgia 26-23 in overtime to win its 11th college football national championship. (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Categories: Alabama, Montgomery Metro, News, Statewide Tags: Alabama, Alanta, Bulldogs, Crimson Tide, Georgia, Mercedes Benz Stadium, The National Championship Game

John Longshore Gives Game Day Analysis for National Championship

Our Alabama News Network coverage of the National Championship Game in Atlanta wouldn’t be complete without hearing from our sports analyst John Longshore, who is eagerly awaiting kickoff along with everyone else. Longshore will be watching to see whether Alabama’s experience in playing in front of a national audience in big games will give the Crimson Tide the edge over…

Bama Fans Ready for Game Day in Atlanta

Game day is here in Atlanta for the college football national championship. Alabama and Georgia will play in an all-SEC showdown that has Bama fans ready for kickoff. We have crews in Atlanta following fans who are counting down the minutes until the Crimson Tide takes the field. Those fans have been through some ups and downs during the season,…

Noon Update: Cool, Wet Monday; Warmer Week of Weather

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS: A cloudy, raw, and wet day for Alabama to start the work week, as a soaking rain is expected. Rain amounts should be in the one inch range; some thunder is possible, but there is no risk of severe weather. We should reach the low 50s this afternoon. CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: For fans headed to Atlanta…

Long-time Broadcaster, Selma-Native Bill Bolen Dies

Longtime Alabama television anchor Bill Bolen has died. An obituary published by Bolen’s family says he died Thursday. He was 89. The family didn’t release a cause of death, but Bolen had been under hospice care. Bolen was a Selma native who began his broadcasting career in radio. He moved to television and spent 41 years at Birmingham’s WBRC-TV before…

Tips for Buying Tickets to the National Championship Game

When scouting for discount tickets to a big sporting event or trying to snag seats to a sold-out concert, many consumers turn to the secondary ticket resale market, which includes online ticket exchanges and professional resellers (or brokers). Purchasing tickets from the secondary market can be a great deal but, unfortunately, ticket fraud can occur. “For every big sporting event,…

High-Speed WiFi Coming to Downtown Selma

On Friday, the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), through a program partnership with the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), announced a $75,000 investment to help build a high-speed Wi-Fi network in downtown Selma. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) releases the following statement: “Universal high-speed internet is not only possible, but it is necessary to the survival of rural America,” said Rep….

Frigid Friday Morning, Warming Trend Begins

FOR FRIDAY: After the frigid start to the day, expect another day full of sunshine, but once again it stays unseasonably cold with temperatures 10-15 degrees below average; Friday’s high will be in the lower and mid 40s. STRANGE CLOUDS ARE CIRCLING ANTARCTICA: NASA’s AIM spacecraft is monitoring a vast ring of noctilucent (night-shining) clouds circling Antarctica. These strange clouds,…