The news release is published on behalf of the Birmingham Bowl.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Youth football players from Birmingham and the surrounding areas are invited to attend a free half-day football fundamentals clinic on Saturday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to noon at historic Legion Field in Birmingham.

The Alabama Power Youth Football Clinic presented by Coca-Cola and hosted by the Birmingham Bowl is open to the first 200 youths, ages 8-13, to register online at www.birminghambowl.com. Participants are required to bring a signed waiver on the day of the clinic. Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. at Legion Field’s Gate 7, with the clinic set to run 9 a.m. to noon. Free parking is available at Legion Field on the day of the clinic. For additional information, contact the Birmingham Bowl office at 205-733-3776.

UAB football coach Bill Clark and his coaching staff will lead the clinic, giving attendees the opportunity to participate in on-field agility drills and offensive and defensive training. Each attendee will receive a complimentary T-shirt, lunch and two tickets for the 11th annual Birmingham Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 29.

"We are pleased to again partner with Alabama Power and other sponsors to provide area youths the opportunity to receive on-field instructions from Coach Clark and the UAB coaching staff. We look forward to a great turnout this year at Legion Field," said Mark Meadows, executive director of the Birmingham Bowl.

For up-to-the-minute information, be sure to like the Birmingham Bowl on Facebook: Facebook.com/birminghambowl and follow on Twitter @birminghambowl. The Birmingham Bowl is one of 13 bowl games owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN.

To interview a representative from the Birmingham Bowl, contact Heather Jeffcoat at 205-515-1972 or by emailing hjeffcoat@burtonadvertising.com.

ESPN Events
ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a large portfolio of collegiate sporting events worldwide. The roster includes three Labor Day weekend college football games; 13 college bowl games, 10 college basketball events and two college award shows, which accounts for approximately 250-plus hours of programming, reaches almost 64 million viewers and attracts over 700,000 attendees each year. With satellite offices in Albuquerque, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boise, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Montgomery and St. Petersburg, ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans.

ESPN Events also manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.

Collegiate Football
AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Houston); AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl　(Houston); Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl (Atlanta); Birmingham Bowl (Alabama); Camping World Kickoff (Orlando, Fla.); Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise); Gildan New Mexico Bowl　(Albuquerque); Hawai’i Bowl　(Honolulu); Las Vegas Bowl (Nevada); Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (Florida); MEAC/SWAC Challenge (Orlando, Fla.); Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (Nassau); Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.); St. Petersburg Bowl (Florida); The Home Depot College Football Awards (Atlanta) and Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth)

Collegiate Basketball

AdvoCare Invitational (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Armed Forces Classic (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu); DIRECTV Wooden Legacy (Orange County, Calif.); College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s (Los Angeles); Gildan Charleston Classic (South Carolina); Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic　(Honolulu); Jimmy V Men’s　 Classic presented by Corona (New York City); Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona (TBD); NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan) and State Farm Champions Classic (New York City)

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ESPN Media Contact: Rachel Margolis Siegal at 860-766-2798 or rachel.m.siegal@espn.com

Local Media Contact: Heather Jeffcoat, 205-515-1972 or hjeffcoat@burtonadvertising.com