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BIRMINGHAM - Kevin Scarbinsky of The Birmingham News received the Alabama Sports Writers Association's highest writing award for the second time at the association's 38th annual convention Sunday in Birmingham. The Birmingham News, which won its second straight and state-high tying ninth Herby Kirby Award, won 10 of the 22 awards presented. Scarbinsky won the Herby Kirby Award for his columns on "Auburn's search and hiring of a new football coach." The column was also judged best column. Scarbinsky won a convention-high three awards along with Jon Solomon of The Birmingham News and Mark McCarter of The Huntsville Times. The Birmingham News won its ninth Herby Kirby Award, which is given in memory of longtime Birmingham Post-Herald sports writer Herby Kirby, who died in the press box after covering Notre Dame's 24-23 national football championship win over Alabama in the 1973 Sugar Bowl.
