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Sports Minded host Brittany Young and guest Mike Hill - Studio Host for FS1 Los Angeles - discuss Hill growing up in Bessemer, Alabama and working at ESPN and Fox Sports. They also talk about Super Bowl LIX, NBA All-Star weekend and the future of college athletics.

Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles' ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn't even close. Jalen Hurts up and down career with Alabama also came up during the post-game press conference.

Jalen Hurts and six former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide will try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs from a first ever “three peat” in today’s Super Bowl. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are pursuing history. The Chiefs will try to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls when they face the Eagles on Sunday in the Superdome.

Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced Saban’s selection last week and the rest of the 18-player, four-coach class on Wednesday. Michael Vick and Michael Strahan are among the former players who will be inducted.

Mike Shula is eager to return to the Southeastern Conference as South Carolina's offensive coordinator. This comes nearly two decades after the former Alabama quarterback was fired as the Crimson Tide's coach.

The Miami Dolphins placed former Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve after the quarterback was diagnosed with his third concussion in two years. The star player will be sidelined for at least four games.

Former Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is now dealing with the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, all of them coming in the last 24 months. And there are now questions about his future — both short-term and long-term. The Miami Dolphins quarterback was hurt in his team's 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night, sustaining the injury on a play where he collided into Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin. Tagovailoa, who was rushing successfully for a first down, initiated the contact by lowering his shoulder into Hamlin instead of sliding as many quarterbacks do on a scramble.

Texas is Number 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. Ohio State received five first-place votes and stayed at Number 3 during an off week. Number4 Alabama and Number 5 Mississippi held their places and Tennessee moved up a spot to Number6, flip-flopping with Southeastern Conference rival Missouri.

It wasn’t a good week for two former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Safety Jaylen Key was waived by The New York Jets. The team picked the former Alabama player with the last pick of this year’s NFL Draft, making him known as the annual “Mr. Irrelevant.” There was also bad news for former Tide linebacker Ronnie Harrison.

Georgia is number one in The Associated Press Top twenty five preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the super conference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top ten of the rankings. Alabama is number five.