Today’s guest columnist is Bill Ivey.
Nate Oats is arguably the best college basketball coach in the country.
He recruits at a high level, understands how to create a structured but creative atmosphere, and knows he can win big at Alabama.
Coach Oats is building a foundation that could lead to a national championship. Continue reading The Best Basketball Team in Bama History
Today’s guest columnist is Jimmy Krell.
Some folks may have thought we were nuts, but my wife and I moved to downtown Birmingham and we couldn’t be happier.
Not only that, but my partners and I moved our dermatology practice to downtown.
This has been one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. Continue reading We moved to downtown Birmingham, it’s awesome!
Today’s guest columnist is Ron Blatman.
The year was 1998.
Oklahoma City was moving full speed ahead with huge economic development projects that were transforming the city.
They called it MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects Strategy).
Birminghamians were captivated by the Oklahoma City experience and sought to emulate its success. Continue reading Birmingham dodged a bullet, but missed the opportunity of a lifetime
Today’s guest columnist is Bucky McMillan.
Editor’s note: Bucky McMillan grew up in Mtn. Brook and coached basketball at Mtn. Brook High School where he won five state championships.
In 2020, he became the head basketball coach at Samford which had only one winning season in the 14 years preceding McMillan’s arrival.
This week his Samford team earned an invitation to the the NCAA Tournament winning the championship game of the SoCon tournament.
He wrote this column for ComebackTown three years ago entering his second season at Samford: Continue reading Man with Mtn. Brook legacy makes extraordinary prediction–could actually succeed
Today’s guest columnist is Dr, Thomas Reidy.
A blackjack split open Joe Gelders’s head before three men shoved him into a nearby sedan. It was late in the evening on the 26th day of September 1936.
The kidnappers drove an hour and half from Birmingham to a wooded area near Maplesville, where the tormentors stripped Gelders naked but for his underwear, then beat him nearly to death. Continue reading Birmingham, a story of Communism you may not know
Today’s guest columnist is T.K. Thorne.
Rob Langford is probably not a name you are familiar with. He was a quiet, thoughtful man who wanted to make things better.
When the FBI chose him to serve as Special Agent in Charge of the Birmingham, Alabama office, he came with an open mind. Continue reading Tribute to Birmingham FBI Special Agent who cut the legs out from under two evil men
Today’s guest column is Keith Cromwell.
Of course Birmingham is The Magic City, because I’ve seen dreams come true here with my own eyes.
I took the helm of Red Mountain Theatre (RMT) as Executive Director in 2003 and I’ve been overwhelmed with the potential for Birmingham and its youth. Continue reading Look out Broadway–Birmingham is ‘comin’
Today’s guest columnist is Jake McKenzie.
What is Birmingham’s BRAND: The fundamental nature of who we are, what we embody, and how The Magic City resonates with the world?
It’s our message to the world is what makes Birmingham unique. Continue reading What is Birmingham’s brand?
Today’s guest columnist is Sam Blakemore.
“Sam, I’m angry at God… that little girl is too precious for Him to do this to her.
She doesn’t deserve this; and I’m mad at God for doing this to her!”
I saw rage in her father’s eyes because Anna’s health was taking a turn for the worse. Continue reading Poignant plea: Parents need marijuana for suffering kids
Today’s guest columnist is Carol Edge.
Everyone knows the history, knows that Birmingham was aka the most segregated city in the nation, knows that Birmingham was aka Bombingham, and if they don’t know the litany of events in 1963 — well, they ought to.
American history is yoked to civil rights history. It’s what we’re founded on, what we have grandly succeeded at and dismally failed at. Continue reading Woman rocketed by experience growing up in Birmingham