By Rubin E. Grant The Mountain Brook girls track team didn’t rack up a bunch of individual gold medals, but it still won the Class 6A state championship for the The post ‘Team Effort’: M...
By Rubin E. Grant Hoover track coach Chris Schmidt believes it wasn’t just the way his athletes performed but also how they cheered that enabled the Bucs to sweep the The post ‘Everybody C...
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By Rubin E. Grant Tim Shepler took note of Nick Saban’s facial expression when the famed Alabama football coach announced his retirement in January and figured he probably should follow The ...
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By Rubin E. Grant Will Jackson wasn’t a part of Homewood’s 2021 state championship soccer team as he spent his freshman season training in the MLS Next youth soccer program The post Homewo...
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By Evan Dudley Outside and inside, it’s all part of the same ride for Laine Minich. An impenetrable force, a brick wall built around a net, Minich is not perfect, The post Total Buy-In: Youn...
By Madoline Markham Koonce Aaliyah Taylor’s style is vibrant. It’s eclectic. It’s quirky. And each day, she looks like a walking piece of art she’s created by drawing inspiration from ...
By Donna Cornelius In a cheerful kitchen, a group of women laugh, talk and ask questions. Some are giving instructions, while others try their hands at peeling potatoes or mixing The post Rest...
By June Mathews When Thomas Henry sought a meaningful way to serve his community, he discovered it in BridgeWays, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people learn how to The po...
I realized something this month, as I found myself facing all my kids’ culminating end-of-the-year events, including recitals, banquets, graduation, first communion and multiple mother-daughte...
By June Mathews When an M-60 helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near Cyprus in November 2023, five members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), also known as ...