World Games CEO expects no COVID limits, showcase for post-pandemic Alabama
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
World Games CEO Nick Sellers, left, and Alfa Insurance CEO Jimmy Parnell talk about their partnership for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)
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“We fully expect to have full venues again,” Sellers said.
He hopes the World Games can help “re-connect humanity” in a post-pandemic world.
It will also showcase Alabama and its love for sports, he said.
“I think the world’s going to see what we already know,” Sellers said. “There’s a new Alabama emerging.”
Friends, family mourn Huffman HS coach who died after contracting COVID Derrick Johnson (Source: AHSAA) By WBRC Staff | January 12, 2021 at 5:28 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 5:28 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama High School Athletic Association announced the death of 43-year-old Huffman High School wrestling coach Derrick Johnson.
In a news release on the AHSAA website, leaders said Johnson died Sunday, January 10, just five days after his 43rd birthday after contracting COVID.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, the faculty staff and students,” AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese said. “Derrick Johnson had a tremendous positive impact on the lives of the many students he taught and was considered an icon in the community he served.”