Ex-coach Gene Bartow undergoing cancer treatment
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- Birmingham drops Smokies in home opener 6-2
- Connecticut firm buys two Birmingham companies
- Birmingham rounds three four preview
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Ex-coach Gene Bartow undergoing cancer treatment
The Associated Press
(AP) — Former UCLA and UAB basketball coach Gene Bartow has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. The 78-year-old Bartow will begin outpatient treatment at the Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham next week UAB said Wednesday. Bartow succeeded John Wooden as UCLA’s coach in 1976 and led the Bruins to the Final Four. He left after two seasons to start UAB’s program. “Coach Bartow is the person most responsible for this athletics program and means so much to UAB and all Blazers” UAB athletic director Brian Mackin said. Bartow is now president of the company that owns the Memphis Grizzlies and is to be inducted in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November.
Honda suppliers descend on Birmingham
Bizjournals.com
Management representatives from North American suppliers joined the Japanese automaker to discuss how the two can join together in an effort to offset the effects of the downturn. The group will include about 600 suppliers from across the continent the company said in a news release. “The conference rotates every year and it’s always near a major manufacturing plant. ”Morrison said the conference will also be aimed at maintaining an open dialogue between Honda and its suppliers. “Even in these times we still feel it’s important to continue to have communication with our suppliers” Morrison said. “It’s not a celebration it’s very much business-like.
Birmingham drops Smokies in home opener 6-2
Maryville Daily Times
Tennessee SmokiesFirst Game at Smokies Park: April 20 2000 a 10-7 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts. 4 MSeating: 6412Record Attendance season: 2002 – 268033Record attendance game:1. 7381 May 24 2008 vs.
Connecticut firm buys two Birmingham companies
Bizjournals.com
_BE5CDABFCCC84882AD77E378F45DFC29. (NYSE: PX) has acquired. Fowler Brothers of Birmingham Ala. and Service Gas Supply Inc. of Midlothian Texas.
Birmingham rounds three four preview
Motorsport.com
BothKendall and Pruett will be busy all weekend long from autograph sessionsto being on hand for drivers meetings to getting some track time behindthe wheel of the Ford Mustang FR500S to give some lucky VIP guests thethrill of a lifetime with some laps at speed at Barber Motorsports Park. Kendall and Pruett will both be in some familiar company over theweekend as the two have legions of fans from their tremendouslysuccessful days in Ford Mustang machines through the years. Austin Hatcher Foundation Partnership kicks off efforts at BarberLocal (Hoover Alabama) driver Joe Lee Middlebrooks and Steve Phillipswill kick the race weekend off with a visit to the Children’sHospital in Birmingham on Thursday morning as part of the Series’partnership with the Austin Hatcher Foundation. There will be activitiesall weekend long designed to raise both awareness and funds for theFoundation. The Austin Hatcher Foundation’s mission is to supportresearch towards the diagnoses treatment and development of a cure forpediatric cancer and to provide support and hope to children and familiesundergoing treatment as well as to those who have lost children due tocancer. The Austin Hatcher Foundation also champions bold research newtreatments and the vision for a cure.
Sports Briefing | College Basketball
New York Times
and Alabama-Birmingham coach Gene Bartow has received a diagnosis of stomach cancer. Bartow 78 the president of the company that owns the N. ’s Memphis Grizzlies will begin outpatient treatment at the Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham next week U.
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