🌱 Tide Super Regional Updates + Good News For Eli Gold

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this Sunday morning started with everything you need to know.

First, here's today's weather: A thunderstorm in spots. High: 88 | Low: 68 ⛈

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Patch Shout Out

Our Shout Out this Sunday morning goes to University of Alabama 400-meter hurdler Chris Robinson, who became the first UA student-athlete to win an individual NCAA Outdoor title since 2021 and the first to ever win in the event itself. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. No. 16 Alabama baseball kept it close against No. 1 Wake Forest on Saturday, but ultimately fell 5-4 in game one of the Winston-Salem Super Regional. The Crimson Tide and Demon Deacons will meet up again Sunday at 11 a.m. (Tony Tsoukalas, Tide Illustrated)
2. Don't miss this look back on Friday, which was the 59th anniversary of Bloody Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. (Peyton Newman, WVUA 23 News)
3. Alabama baseball assistant coach Made Reida was sent to the locker room early during Saturday's game against Wake Forest. (Rodd Baxley, Tuscaloosa News)
4. Legendary Alabama radio broadcaster Eli Gold said on a radio show Friday that he is "free and clear of cancer," after stepping away from the booth to receive treatment. (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
5. A Supreme Court ruling in an Alabama case regarding congressional district maps could boost suits increasing Black voters' power in other states. (Zachary Roth, Alabama Reflector)

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