Mel Lucas, the first athletics director and baseball coach at South Alabama, has died. He was 93. Lucas died Jan. 1, according to his obituary. South Alabama announced his passing on Tuesday. “Mel is ...

Leo Parker may not be a name that instantly springs to mind in the world of late 1940s bebop. There was one point, in 1948, however, when serious people, like Barry Ulanov, regarded Parker as the best ...