By Rubin E. GrantMountain Brook golf coach Alex Lockett once described former Spartans’ golfer Gordon Sargent as a “special talent.”Now, that special talent will get a chance to showcase his game on perhaps the grandest golf stage in the nation. Sargent, 19, has accepted an invitation to compete in the 2023 Masters.Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National Golf … [Read more...]
Balanced Bucs: Hoover Boys Basketball Team Looking to Make a Run at State Title
By Rubin E. GrantHoover’s boys basketball team ended December with an 18-2 record, but third-year Bucs head coach Scott Ware isn’t putting much stock in the mark.That’s because the Bucs posted a 16-3 record at the turn of the calendar last season but finished 5-7 and was eliminated in the area tournament.“We’re super happy to be 18-2, but we haven’t won anything,” … [Read more...]
On the Upswing: Young Homewood Girls Basketball Team Showing Marked Improvement
By Rubin E. GrantOne week into the new year, the Homewood girls basketball team already had surpassed the number of wins it had in Gavin King’s first season as the Patriots’ head coach.King guided the Patriots to a 17-13 record last season, but after three blowout wins last week, Homewood’s record stood at 18-4.“We are definitely improved,” King said. “We are better … [Read more...]
Home Made: Family-Tested Menu Drives Diners to Helen
By Anne RuisiOpen the menu at Helen, Emily and Rob McDaniel’s downtown Birmingham restaurant, and you’re likely going to see items that are literally family-approved. Creamer peas and middlins, a type of heirloom rice grown in South Carolina, is a dish he created with help from his staff but tested on his family at their Vestavia Hills home. It’s served with a … [Read more...]
Like Mother, Like Daughter: ROAR to Honor Marilyn Waggoner at Gala
By Anne RuisiSurgery was about the only option available in the 1970s when Marilyn Mitchell Waggoner’s mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. Initially it was successful. For almost five years the procedure kept the cancer at bay, but it returned and eventually Waggoner’s mother passed away.“We didn’t then have the benefit of knowledge that we do now” to fight … [Read more...]