Column: Everybody else had a shot. Why not Shug?
7 days ago
Nothing knocks the smile off his face, not even barbs about his syrupy Southern drawl or being short enough to give his jockey instructions eye-to-eye.
Iowa AP reporter and editor Melanie Welte dies
112 days ago
When Welte took a call from south of the Mason-Dixon line, a distinctive Southern drawl would emerge and remain for a few minutes before she'd return to speaking like a Midwesterner.
Bill Plaschke: Michael Oher prefers his Super Bowl role to 'Blind Side' fame
113 days ago
"It's all been extremely crazy, man," Oher explained Thursday in his slow Southern drawl.
Wave of emotions hits Ravens' Ed Reed at Super Bowl
113 days ago
Ed Reed is a Louisiana man through and through, from the Southern drawl to his affinity for down-home cooking.
Netflix goes all-in on 'House of Cards'
115 days ago
But Willimon had the breakthrough that if he made Francis a congressman from South Carolina -- where much of Willimon's family lives -- a Southern drawl would make the phrase more natural.
Netflix shuffles the TV deck with 'House of Cards'
120 days ago
But Willimon had the breakthrough that if he made Francis a congressman from South Carolina - where much of Willimon's family lives - a Southern drawl would make the phrase more natural.