Boston Celtic and former Alabama guard JD Davison will be back in his hometown of Letohatchee, Alabama, to put on a youth basketball later this summer. The camp is currently scheduled for Aug. 3.

The camp will be held at Calhoun High School, Davison’s alma mater. The camp will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

A graphic about the camp, posted by the TIG marketing agency, advertises free food and drink along with free haircuts. General admission is $25 and VIP is $50.

Davison, a 6-foot-3 guard, played one season at Alabama. He averaged 8.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists while playing in 33 games. He was a second round pick for the Celtics in the 2022 NBA Draft.

Davison’s former college coach sounded off on recent trends in the game

College athletics are what you make it now when it comes to all the changes to it over the last several years. For example, Nate Oats, who’s currently coaching at the level, has no issue with it because of his opportunity and how he has adjusted to it over his near decade, specifically the last five years.

Oats spoke about the shifts in collegiate sports and how it has impacted his job during an interview with Seth Davis. To him, he’s not unhappy at all because, to begin with, he’s a college basketball coach that is compensated well to be that. The rest that comes with it is easier to manage when that is true to begin with.

“It’s not making it miserable. I don’t buy that at all,” Oats stated.

“I get paid a lot of money to coach basketball. I was coaching basketball while having to do a full-time job teaching for over 15 years. So I don’t think you’re ever going to hear me complain about my job,” said Oats. “I get paid way more money than I ever thought I was going to get paid and I get to coach basketball. Not required to turn in lesson plans, all that stuff and grade papers. I love my job.”

Still, Oats, like essentially all coaches, think things could be better. That starts with the powers that be being clearer about the rules and evolutions that are coming. That would allow programs to adjust faster do their work more efficiently each day and for each season.

“What does it look like? What’s the revenue sharing going to look like? What’s the collectives going to look like? Where are we at NIL-wise?” Oats asked. “I think there’s a lot of changing parts, a lot of changing rules that you have to figure out on the fly.”

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi lawmaker said Tuesday that he has been cleared of a DUI charge brought against him last year in Alabama.

Republican Sen. Michael McLendon of Hernando was arrested on June 5, 2023, near Foley, Alabama, after law enforcement officers said dispatchers received a call about a reckless driver heading southbound on U.S. Highway 98. The charge was for the possibility of driving under the influence of both alcohol and another substance.

Court documents reviewed by The Associated Press on Tuesday show that District Judge George Elbrecht issued a one-page order dismissing the misdemeanor charge against McLendon on June 12, just over a year after it was filed.

“This experience reaffirms the importance of setting a positive example both in my personal and professional life,” McLendon, 60, said in a statement Tuesday. “I have a stronger understanding and a greater appreciation for our judicial system.”

McLendon has been in the Mississippi Senate since 2020. His district is in DeSoto County in the state’s northwestern corner.

DALLAS, Texas— While the past several months have brought a substantial amount of change for the Alabama football program, Georgia head coach and former Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kirby Smart thinks the standard of matchups between the two programs will not change.

Smart, whose teams have won two of the last three national titles and two of three conference titles, does not foresee a world where the respective programs aren’t near the top of college football anytime soon. “That’s two great universities,” Smart said Tuesday at SEC Media Days in Dallas. “Both committed, the commitment to excellence at both places is really high.”

The Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs last went up against one another in December 2023 at the SEC Championship Game. It turned out to be Nick Saban’s final win as a head coach. Alabama snapped Georgia’s historic 29-game winning streak in a 27-24 triumph. New head coach Kalen DeBoer won’t have to wait long to get his first chance against Smart and his players. Alabama and Georgia are set to face off on Sept. 28 in one of the most anticipated games of the forthcoming college football season.

“I don’t expect [the matchups] to change,” Smart said. “You’re talking about two teams that have been at the forefront of college football. It’s probably gonna be that way for a long time… The standard that Coach [Saban] created there at Alabama, the standard we’ve created. Those two are gonna be matching up for a long time, and I think it’s what’s great about college athletics.”

Starting with the two teams’ faceoff in the 2017-18 national title game in Atlanta, Alabama is 5-1. The Crimson Tide won all three matchups from 2008-15 while Smart was the defensive coordinator. Crucially, Georgia’s lone win was in January 2022 at that year’s national championship game. Kickoff time for this season’s game between the programs is already locked in, and it’ll be a night game at Bryant-Danny Stadium. Alabama has not played at Georgia’s Sanford Stadium since the 2015-16 season.