Cecil Hurt was born in Tuscaloosa, went to high school in Huntsville and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1981. He has worked for The Tuscaloosa News since 1980, first as a correspondent and, since September 1982, in a full-time capacity. He has served as the beat reporter […]

Don Staley was named President & CEO of the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission June 23, 2017, by a unanimous board vote. Staley, who left Tuscaloosa in 2014 to take on a similar position in Foley, Alabama returns to the […]

  As Associate Athletics Director for the University of Alabama, Tommy Ford works in the Crimson Tide Foundation, overseeing the A-Club Alumni Association and the Red Elephant Club booster groups.   Ford, a native of Gadsden, Ala. and a 1974 […]