Sports
Power-laden Pearl River CC gunning for first-ever national baseball championship
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Twenty-six of the 29 Pearl River Wildcats are from Mississippi and at least 13 are headed to play ball at four-year colleges.
Sports
Starkville junior spearheads rules change, making fast-pitch softball a safer sport
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Starkville’s Ally Barefield, who just turned 17, has achieved a first in Mississippi – a high school student proposes and then spearheads successful legislation in high school sports.
Sports
Why does now 70-year-old Archie Manning remain so beloved? I think I know…
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‘He touches people. He strives to make even strangers’ lives better. He lives the Golden Rule every day, that is, he does unto others as he would have them do unto him.
Mississippi Culture
Richard Ford wins Library of Congress award: ‘Winning a prize is a great exception to the rule of a writer’s life’
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Ford: ‘On the one hand, I’m lucky still to be writing novels at age 75. Yet, as I am, this selection is a useful encouragement to me.’
Sports
Bulldogs continue domination of Ole Miss
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Mississippi State has now won 14 of its last 16 baseball games against Ole Miss after sweeping wet weekend series at Oxford.
Sports
Mother’s Day? It’s huge for Wesley Walls
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A Mother’s Day story: During Wesley Walls’ long, storied athletic career, his mother, Betty Walls, has been his biggest fan and sometimes his most honest critic.
While Kinnison pulls double duty, Statesmen win another title, hire a new hoops coach
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Delta State baseball coach Mike Kinnison has been working double duty all spring and this week all the hard work seems to have paid off.
Sports
Don’t look now, but Eagles’ ‘Big Un’ has heated up
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After hitting seven home runs in Southern Miss’s first 34 games, big Matt Wallner has now hit seven homers in the last nine. It’s no coincidence that the Golden Eagles have gone on a tear.
Sports
At Mississippi College, Drew Brees remembers Jackson and the grueling, ‘defining’ summer of 2006
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The leading passer in NFL history, was at Mississippi College Tuesday to make a speech. He took time to remember the summer of 2006 and the training camp that started the New Orleans Saints resurgence.
Sports
RIP, Johnny Neumann and John Havlicek: such a study in basketball contrasts
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One was a pro’s pro, and the other was admittedly his own worst enemy. These two basketball stars, who died this week, took totally different approaches to the sport.
Sports
Mangum needs five hits to break SEC record, but just try getting him to talk about it
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State’s hits king cares far, far more about winning than he does breaking individual records. That competitiveness is what makes him such a special player.
After 40 years, what was once Mayor’s Trophy is still cherished as Governor’s Cup
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This will be the 40th time Ole Miss and Mississippi State have played the annual baseball game in the Jackson area. It was first known as the Mayor’s Trophy game and played at Smith-Wills Stadium beginning in 1980.
Sports
Jay Ladner gets Southern Miss job he always wanted
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Ex-State coach Richard Williams believes Golden Eagles couldn’t have made a better hire.
Sports
Before record-setting Jake Mangum, there was Jeffrey Rea, another relentless hitter
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Legendary State coach Ron Polk, who has coached both Jeffrey Rea and Jake Mangum, calls them “two peas in a pod.”
Sports
Sadler earned his Southern Miss keep – then some
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Let’s get this out of the way first: Doc Sadler did a remarkable job in his five years at Southern Miss, especially when you consider the abysmal situation he inherited