Montevallo Music Camp strikes a chord with young musicians in 19th year

Published 3:50 pm Monday, July 14, 2025 By DAVE DOMESCIK | Staff Writer MONTEVALLO – Every summer for nearly two decades, the University of Montevallo has transformed into a musical haven for middle and high school students eager to sharpen their...

Red or White is an Alabama wine-pairing paradise

Red or white? You have choices with Red or White. There are four locations around our state, and the concept is attracting national attention. Mobile’s Red or White was just named the No. 2 Best Wine Shop in the country in a USA Today Readers’...

Minnesota Twins pick another pitcher from Alabama in MLB draft

With the 36th selection in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Sunday, the Minnesota Twins selected Alabama pitcher Riley Quick. On Monday, the Twins got another Crimson Tide pitcher, this time with the 479th selection, where they...

Mountain Brook star, Alabama signee selected in 2025 MLB draft. Will he stay with Crimson Tide?

Mountain Brook High star Caleb Barnett has been selected in the 2025 MLB Draft, picked by the Chicago Cubs with pick No. 571 overall in the 19th round. A two-way player for the Spartans last season, he is the second player from an Alabama high...

What Did Nussmeier Learn from Alabama Game?

LSU Tiger quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has made two career appearances against the Alabama Crimson Tide. In 2023, he entered the game for an injured Jayden Daniels. Nussmeier's day wasn't the prettiest, completing 5/10 passes for 53 yards. His...

SEC Media Days takeaways: LSU eyeing opening statement

LSU coach Brian Kelly understands the expectations that come with coaching at LSU. After all, the last three men to hold his job all led the Tigers to national titles. Heading into Year 4 at the program, Kelly is driving home a playoff-or-bust...

Briarwood alum, Alabama pitcher Jonathan Stevens picked by Minnesota Twins in MLB Draft

Published 11:55 pm Monday, July 14, 2025 By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor ATLANTA, Ga. – The Briarwood Christian Lions may soon have another alumni join a major league organization after Jonathan Stevens heard his name called on draft day....

Year in review: All 20 Tennessee sports reach postseason for second straight year

For the first time in school history, Tennessee Athletics achieved its third consecutive top-10 finish in the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup. Tennessee ranked sixth in the nation, marking its second-best finish since the Directors’ Cup was established...

Which Alabama high school football teams will surprise in 2025? We ask the experts

Now less than six weeks away from the official start of the 2025 high school football season, our All-Star prediction panel is gearing up to pick all the winners (and the scores) again this season. All six members of our panel return from 2024...

2 new picks bring Alabama’s total to 56 MLB All-Star Game players

The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft resumes at 10:30 a.m. CDT Monday, when the big-league teams start picking with the fourth round. The 30 teams will select 510 more players after 105 choices on Sunday night. Seven years ago, the...

Alabama Public Radio honored during 75th anniversary of oldest regional journalism award competition in the U.S.

Alabama Public Radio was among the news organizations to be recognized during the Society of Professional Journalists “Green Eyeshade Awards,” which observed its seventy fifth anniversary as the nation’s oldest and largest regional competition to...

South Carolina football adds commitment from 2026 QB Landon Duckworth

Shane Beamer and South Carolina football have added a major piece to their 2026 recruiting class for the second time. Four-star quarterback Landon Duckworth announced his commitment to the Gamecocks on July 18. He originally committed to South...

LSU picked 4th in SEC Media Days

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - We are less than two months away from the 2025 LSU football season. Tigers were picked 4th in the SEC at Media Days behind Texas, Georgia, and Alabama. The Tigers’ first game is August 30 at 6:30 p.m. against Clemson at...

Art on the Rocks combine with Wine Festival

Art on the Rock attendees can taste wine from all across Alabama during September’s event as the Alabama Wine Festival finds a new home. Gadsden Area Tourism has partnered with Noccalula Falls to merge the two events on Saturday Sept. 20. This...

Alabama will be impacted by the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill;’ Texas floods; THC bans in Alabama; and more…

How will President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” impact the state of Alabama? Why are so many sick liberals saying outrageous things about the victims of the Texas floods, and why are they playing a weird blame game? Do you have to care...

U.S. Nonprofits Funnel Millions to Israeli Army Volunteers

American volunteers for the Israeli army have partied with Ben Shapiro in Boca Raton, met with House Republicans Brian Mast and Mike Lawler in Washington, and joined New York City Mayor Eric Adams at Gracie Mansion. On a Manhattan rooftop late...

Jalen Hurts and wife, Bry Burrows, make rare public appearance at Eagles Super Bowl ring ceremony 1 month after second wedding ceremony [PHOTOS]

The Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl LIX ring ceremony took place on Friday, and Jalen Hurts and his wife, Bry Burrows, twinned in all-white attire. The event was held at The Battery in Philadelphia, five months after the Eagles’ 40–22 win over the...

Yankees 2025 draft pick results/social media guide (updated)

Sunday night marked the beginning of the 2025 MLB Draft, and the Yankees welcomed two new picks to their system: Georgia high school shortstop Dax Kilby in the first round and Texas A&M shortstop Kaeden Kent in the third. Draft rules limited the...

Alabama basketball former Chris Youngblood gets starting nod in NBA Summer League

Big Blue View mailbag: Old friends, new questions as training camp arrives

We have made it, good people! This is the final Big Blue View mailbag before training camp starts. Let’s get to it. Doug Mollin asks: On Monday, you had a story on [Andrew] Thomas being in ESPN’s top 10 tackles. Got me thinking back to that 2020...