Drew Taylor
@mrdrewtaylor.bsky.social
Digital Managing Editor at CBS42.com, Journalist, Husband, Music Lover, Reader, all-things Alabama
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I was fortunate enough to spend a little time talking with Mark Kerr, whose life and struggles in the UFC are part of the new movie, "The Smashing Machine," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. www.cbs42.com/news/local/m...
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was fortunate enough to spend a little time talking with Mark Kerr, whose life and struggles in the UFC are part of the new movie, "The Smashing Machine," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. www.cbs42.com/news/local/m...
New haircut, who dis?
July 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New haircut, who dis?
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Chuck. Here he is in front of his favorite store in Savannah, Georgia.
June 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Chuck. Here he is in front of his favorite store in Savannah, Georgia.
Watching the segment, you can see longtime ABC 33/40 sports anchor Mike Raita, who now serves as Tuberville’s regional director.
May 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Watching the segment, you can see longtime ABC 33/40 sports anchor Mike Raita, who now serves as Tuberville’s regional director.
Hard to believe it’s been 14 years since the tornado tore through Tuscaloosa.
April 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hard to believe it’s been 14 years since the tornado tore through Tuscaloosa.
News of Sewell Chan’s ouster from Columbia Journalism Review reminds me of Gabriel Sherman’s 2006 profile of Chan, then at NYT, who had filed 422 bylined stories that year. This one anecdote about his tenure at WaPo continues to floor me.
April 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
News of Sewell Chan’s ouster from Columbia Journalism Review reminds me of Gabriel Sherman’s 2006 profile of Chan, then at NYT, who had filed 422 bylined stories that year. This one anecdote about his tenure at WaPo continues to floor me.
Fiancé of Alireza Doroudi says days since his arrest by ICE outside the University of Alabama's campus have "pushed us past our limits." www.cbs42.com/news/local/f...
April 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Fiancé of Alireza Doroudi says days since his arrest by ICE outside the University of Alabama's campus have "pushed us past our limits." www.cbs42.com/news/local/f...
My brother Luke just turned 30. My 30s have been my favorite decade so far and I can’t wait to see what he does in this next chapter. Happy birthday!
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My brother Luke just turned 30. My 30s have been my favorite decade so far and I can’t wait to see what he does in this next chapter. Happy birthday!
A look back at a very different police scandal that rocked Alabama back in 1959, when Jefferson County Sheriff Holt McDowell Sr. suspended four deputies for playing cards while on the job.
March 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A look back at a very different police scandal that rocked Alabama back in 1959, when Jefferson County Sheriff Holt McDowell Sr. suspended four deputies for playing cards while on the job.
Happy birthday to my wonderful Mom! I love her so much!
March 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Happy birthday to my wonderful Mom! I love her so much!
Happy Valentine’s Day to my best friend and the most wonderful person I’ve ever known.
I love you, honey.
I love you, honey.
February 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day to my best friend and the most wonderful person I’ve ever known.
I love you, honey.
I love you, honey.
I’d like to you all to meet the newest member of the family.
Meet Molly, or as my wife calls her, “our little Sagittarius queen.”
Meet Molly, or as my wife calls her, “our little Sagittarius queen.”
February 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’d like to you all to meet the newest member of the family.
Meet Molly, or as my wife calls her, “our little Sagittarius queen.”
Meet Molly, or as my wife calls her, “our little Sagittarius queen.”
In honor of David Lynch, you owe it to yourself to watch “The Straight Story,” one of his most soulful films in an inimitable body of work. Oddly enough, it’s also the only movie he ever made for Disney.
January 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In honor of David Lynch, you owe it to yourself to watch “The Straight Story,” one of his most soulful films in an inimitable body of work. Oddly enough, it’s also the only movie he ever made for Disney.
There are bad takes, and then there's the Cirque du Soleil-level of mental gymnastics Andrew Klavan undergoes to make Bob Dylan "anti-woke." When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, I guess.
January 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
There are bad takes, and then there's the Cirque du Soleil-level of mental gymnastics Andrew Klavan undergoes to make Bob Dylan "anti-woke." When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, I guess.
Barley is as happy as a pig in… things that pigs like.
January 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Barley is as happy as a pig in… things that pigs like.
There's a diorama of Joe Rogan interviewing the Black Keys on sale at eBay for $50,000.
This is the best trolling I've seen in quite a while.
This is the best trolling I've seen in quite a while.
December 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
There's a diorama of Joe Rogan interviewing the Black Keys on sale at eBay for $50,000.
This is the best trolling I've seen in quite a while.
This is the best trolling I've seen in quite a while.
Happy birthday to my amazing, beautiful, lifesaver of a wife. Love you with all my heart.
(First pic taken during our honeymoon in Montreal, second from the Kacey Musgraves concert in Nashville.)
(First pic taken during our honeymoon in Montreal, second from the Kacey Musgraves concert in Nashville.)
December 20, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Happy birthday to my amazing, beautiful, lifesaver of a wife. Love you with all my heart.
(First pic taken during our honeymoon in Montreal, second from the Kacey Musgraves concert in Nashville.)
(First pic taken during our honeymoon in Montreal, second from the Kacey Musgraves concert in Nashville.)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 20
December 18, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 20
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 19
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 19
December 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 19
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 19
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 18
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 18
December 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 18
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 18
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 17
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 17
December 14, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 17
#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 17
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid.
December 13, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid.