Nick Saban, Alabama and College GameDay
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Nick Saban will have to make a little more room in his already crowded trophy case. On Tuesday, Saban won the Sports Emmy Award for "Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent" for his work on ESPN's "College Gameday" Much like his days as the coach at Alabama,
Nick Saban has accomplished just about everything in the world of college football. At 73, his journey in the sport dates back to his playing days in 1970. The only time he stepped away from college football was during a brief stint as head coach of the Miami Dolphins and as an assistant for the Cleveland Browns and Houston Oilers in the NFL.
Nick Saban is being considered to help lead President Donald Trump’s planned commission on college sports, but the former Alabama head coach and seven-time national champion doesn’t seem to think a formal body is necessary.
Saban won the award for Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent on Tuesday night, edging out names like Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman, Jason Kelce, and Jay Wright. It capped off a wildly successful first year as a College GameDay analyst following his retirement from coaching.
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A former county commission candidate pleaded guilty to voter fraud, reports AL.com’s Carol Robinson. Terry Heflin, a Clay County Democrat, had been arrested on seven counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots. He was accused of applying for absentee ballots for other people and then using those ballots to vote for himself.