VESTAVIA HILLS — A packed-out Vestavia Country Club was treated to a night of fun stories and banter from U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and ESPN radio host Paul Finebaum in a CoachSafely Foundation event that raised $100,000 to go toward reducing the millions of preventable injuries sustained by young athletes each year.

Alabama's CoachSafely is a nonprofit organization that specializes in policy advocacy, research, and science-based education to advance its mission of reducing injuries in youth sports while keeping sports fun for children. After the Coach Safely Act, sponsored by State Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills), was passed in Alabama in April 2018, the CoachSafely Foundation was formed as a nonprofit to advance the law in the state.

Tuberville and Finebaum, who have

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