Rick's Podcasts

UWF Coach Stephanie Yelton talks about her non-hour Zoom call picking the Division 2 women's basketball brackets.

The full show: Walker Wilson, Jason Nathanson, Robert Bender, Ray Palmer, May from Perfect Plain and Bill Vilona.

Perfect Plain has specials for Sun Belt Basketball fans and McGuire's 5K runners.

Early voting starts in Escambia County on Saturday, March 9.  Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender has the details.

Hollywood’s big night is almost here! The Oscars are Sunday, capping off a long awards season, and all the predictions have “Oppenheimer” running away with all the awards. But will that be the case? Will there be room for any other winners? And if you’re not caught up, which of the nominees should you watch this weekend, and where can you see them? Jason Nathanson has all the answers. 

The Blue Wahoos' regular season starts in four weeks, but the ballpark will be busy with 24 baseball games and five events in the next 27 days. Bill Vilona has the details.

Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Texas State and Marshall picked up wins and earned spots in the quarterfinals at the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship on Thursday at the Pensacola Bay Center.  Ray Palmer recaps the games.Women - Friday, March 8Game 7 – (1) Marshall vs. (9) App State – 11:30 a.m. CTGame 8 – (4) Old Dominion vs. (5) ULM – 2:00 p.m. CTGame 9 – (3) James Madison vs. (6) Southern Miss – 5:00 p.m. CTGame 10 – (2) Troy vs. (7) Louisiana – 7:30 p.m. CT

President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union tonight. ABC News' Karen Travers has the behind-the-scene details.

Studer Community Institute is celebrating a significant sign of progress in its effort to “Build Brains.”Kindergarten Readiness scores recently released by the Florida Department of Education show 50% of Escambia County children were ready for kindergarten in 2023, up 5% from 2022 (45%), and 8% since 2021 (42%). SCI’s Building Brains program is all about giving every child the opportunity to be the best they can be. Moving the needle on kindergarten readiness is an important measure of success. Steve Nissim shares the details. 

Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare discusses how the city has lost community centers with gyms over the past decade. He would like to see more in the city's master plan.