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Sports Minded Show

"Basketball, Business & Family" Featuring Amber Jones

By Brittany Young
Published September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM CDT
  • Birmingham, Ala. native, but a product of Fairfield City Schools
  • Former basketball player at Fairfield High School, where she's the second all-time leader in steals
  • 2010 state champion, first in Fairfield High School history
  • Former Shelton State women's basketball player, where she won a NJCAA regional championship & Sixth Woman of the Year award in 2012
  • Former women's basketball player at Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Currently a member of Team Free Game in the MLK Women's Basketball League
  • AAU coach for the 14 & under Birmingham Blaze girls basketball team
  • CEO of Sweet Jones Dessert Shop
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Brittany Young
Brittany Young is Alabama Public Radio's Program Director and Content Manager. Brittany began her public radio journey in the spring of 2015 as a news intern for APR while in graduate school at The University of Alabama.
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