Drew
Hill
Sports Reporter
Work Experience
August 2016 - May 2018
-- Sports Intern For The Tuscaloosa News --
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Alabama women’s basketball beat writer for two seasons, including recruiting and podcast appearances
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Alabama football writer, spring 2018
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Features and game coverage of Alabama men’s golf, track and field, women’s volleyball, boxing and high school athletics on deadline
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Operation of the Tidesports.com website and social media
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Data analysis for unanimous first-place winning Should Your Kid Play Football project in the national APSE contest
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May 2017 - August 2017
-- Sports Intern For The Louisville Courier-Journal (Gannett) --
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Coverage of the ACC Baseball Tournament, NCAA baseball regional and super regional
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USA TODAY cover story on amateur mixed martial arts and Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission
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General University of Louisville athletics coverage
September 2017 - Present
-- Freelance Worker For The Associated Press --
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Stringer for Alabama football home games, transcribing and organizing quotes on extreme deadline
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Freelance writer for Alabama men’s basketball and football
Education
2014 - 2018
University of Alabama
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Four-year graduate from the college of communications with a bachelor's degree in sports news and information.
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Recipient of the J.E. Lisby Memorial Scholarship for sports writing
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Founding member of the nationally recognized APSE Tuscaloosa Student Chapter
USA TODAY Cover Story
Danger in the cage
Boxing
Click the photo to read each article.
Love for autistic brother drives Louisville boxer's search for professional success -- Courier-Journal
Frustrated Deontay Wilder ready to fight and move on -- The Tuscaloosa News
Street signs honoring late heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis go up in July -- Courier-Journal
Louisville boxer Carlos Dixon stuns crowd with 31-second KO in pro debut -- Courier-Journal
Real Deal Championship Boxing was a knockout Saturday night in Louisville -- Courier-Journal
Coming off loss, Breazeale responds with knockout -- The Tuscaloosa News
College Basketball
UCF upsets No. 24 Alabama 65-62 -- Associated Press
Louisville has a 'beast' in transfer Dwayne Sutton from Manual High School -- Courier-Journal
Hall’s double-double helps Alabama edge Rhode Island 68-64 -- Associated Press
Tide hopes new practice drill will translate to higher free-throw percentage
-- The Tuscaloosa News
Tide women reflect on strong finish, next season
-- The Tuscaloosa News
Miller, fan base made Indiana commitment easy for Ohio forward -- Courier-Journal
Preps and College Football
Bryant scores in final minute to beat Homewood -- Tuscaloosa News
Pickens County routs Spring Garden, advances to 1A quarterfinals -- Tuscaloosa News
Weekly gameday updates and players to watch -- Tidesports.com
Podcast
Tidesports.com
Author Pages
The Tuscaloosa News
Courier-Journal
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