Alabama basketball fans hoping to see Mark Sears make his NBA Summer League debut with the Milwaukee Bucks are still waiting.

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor, speaks during a GOP rally on July 1, 2025, in Vienna, Va.

Sears’ gubernatorial campaign said Thursday that it demoted one key staffer and parted ways with another less than four months out from the general election, as the candidate lags in the polls and ...