You think football dominates SEC sports? That might be the case the other 11 months, but this March SEC basketball teams take the spotlight as three powerhouse programs head into the NCAA Elite 8. Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida are among the nations best basketball teams in 2017 and will play this weekend for a [...]
Whenever someone asks where I was born or grew up, I inevitably say, “I’m from Savannah.” Without fail, they respond by complimenting our neighbor to the southeast. “Oh Georgia! What a wonderful city.” My response: “No, Savannah, Tennessee. It’s a small town 100 miles east of Memphis, near Shiloh National Military Park and Pickwick Lake.” [...]
Decatur, Alabama seemed like my second home during most of my formative years and no visit was complete without a stop at Big Bob Gipson Bar-B-Q on 6th Avenue. There is little doubt I did not fully appreciate great barbecue as a child since I ate it so often. Yet each time I enter Big Bob [...]
Sixty-four teams comprise the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket and 26 are from Southern programs. The teams were announced yesterday after conference championships were decided. Toping the list of teams from the South are North Carolina, Kentucky, Duke, Louisville, Baylor, Florida and Florida State. North Carolina Central, Wake Forest and New Orleans must win qualifying [...]
Only hours after Chef Brian Thurmond of 148 North in Collierville, Tennessee wakes up each morning does he realize he’s not having a dream, rather he’s living one - owing a fine dining restaurant built on a foundation for the love of food, family and cooking. “The little mistakes I’ve made in my life turned [...]
