For a second straight week, Alabama got a shout-out on “Saturday Night Live.” After last week’s reference to Tuscaloosa native Deontay Wilder’s boxing match entrance outfit, the sketch comedy show set ...

Americans consider the Southern accent to be the friendliest in the country, according to a new study. More than one in three people find the Southern twang — found in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, ...

The list isn’t long, but our readers generally came to a consensus on the movies and TV shows that found success with the Southern accent: It’s hardly surprising that the born-and-raised Southern ...

Since he was hired as Alabama’s new football coach earlier this month, questions have swirled around Kalen DeBoer and whether the born-and-bred South Dakotan who has never coached farther south than ...

If you’re on Twitter, chances are you saw a shocking claim: A Republican congressman actually mocked a Puerto Rican woman’s accent last week during a hearing. But like so many viral and appalling ...

A Southern accent has been portrayed on television and movies as everything from slow-witted (Jethro Bodine on “The Beverly Hillbillies”) to fiesty (Scarlett O’Hara) to wise (Andy Griffith). But sexy?