Rick Chancery MOBILE, Alabama -- Many former football players at McGill-Toolen, Daphne, Fairhope and Robertsdale High schools have Rick Chancery to thank for teaching them the fundamentals of defensive football. Chances are, they also credit Chancery with teaching them math. Throughout his 29-year career, Chancery has balanced roles as one of the top defensive coordinators in the state and one of the top mathematics teachers on campus. "To me, coaching is teaching," said Chancery, currently the defensive coordinator at McGill-Toolen. "I've been told I teach class the way I coach -- I'm real vocal. You've got to be disciplined in there just like on the field." McGill-Toolen head coach Bart Sessions said Chancery proves that coaches can be just as dedicated to the classroom as ... Continue reading →
A new digitally focused media company — the Alabama Media Group, which will include The Birmingham News, the Press-Register of Mobile, The Huntsville Times and al.com — will launch this fall to serve readers and advertisers across the state, according to Cindy Martin, who will become president of the new organization.The change is designed to reshape how Alabama's leading media companies deliver award-winning local news, sports and entertainment coverage in an increasingly digital age. The Alabama Media Group will dramatically expand its news-gathering efforts around the clock, seven days a week, while offering enhanced printed newspapers on a schedule of three days a week. The newspapers will be home-delivered and sold in stores on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays only.A second company, Advance Central Services Alabama, ... Continue reading →
The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which distinguished itself amid great adversity during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, is about to enact large staff cuts and may cut back its print publishing schedule to several days a week, according to two employees with knowledge of the plans.Newhouse Newspapers, which owns the Times-Picayune, will apparently be working off a blueprint the company used in Ann Arbor, Mich., where it reduced the frequency of the Ann Arbor News, emphasized the Web site as a primary distributor of news and in the process instituted wholesale layoffs to cut costs.A request for comment from the newspaper’s editor, Jim Amoss, late Wednesday night was not returned.The plans have been kept under wraps, but the newspaper will likely cease to exist as a ... Continue reading →
Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley (32), shown here returning an interception in the BCS championship game, was named first-team preseason All-SEC by Phil Steele. (Reuters Pictures)Six players from Alabama and two from Auburn were named to Phil Steele's first-team preseason All-SEC team, released Wednesday.The Alabama first-team contingent includes three offensive linemen and two linebackers. Barrett Jones, D.J. Fluker and Chance Warmack were first-team offensive linemen and C.J. Mosley and Nico Johnson formed 2/3 of the linebacker corps. Also named to the first team from Alabama was defensive tackle Jesse Williams.Auburn players on the first team were right end Philip Lutzenkirchen, defensive end Corey Lemonier and kick returner Tre Mason. Tiger receiver Emory Blake and punter Steven Clark were second-team selections, as were Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner ... Continue reading →
