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Rick Cleveland, a native of Hattiesburg and resident of Jackson, has been Mississippi Today’s sports columnist since 2016. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s in journalism, Rick has worked for the Monroe (La.) News Star World, Jackson Daily News and Clarion Ledger. He was sports editor of Hattiesburg American, executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. His work as a syndicated columnist and celebrated sports writer has appeared in numerous magazines, periodicals and newspapers. Rick has been recognized 11 times as Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year, and is recipient of multiple awards and honors for his reporting and writing.
Former Delta State and University of Mississippi coach was at Ole Miss during a time when the SEC basketball coaching roster was filled with colorful personalities. His impact on Mississippi was multi-faceted.
This June, she will be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Said Brock, “I was so surprised. I mean, it’s been 43 years since I played. I was just so proud to have been nominated, and now this …”
Pearl River Wildcats coach Chris Oney lost five players to Division I last year, but he has reloaded this season and has history-making season in the works
When Breein Tyree wasn’t swishing a 25-foot 3-pointer, he was driving around and through the Bulldogs and somehow scoring at the rim with people hanging all over him. He outscored Mississippi State 27-24 in the second half is all he did.
They needed a basketball official in Amite, La., Tuesday night. Naturally, Forrest Phillips answered the call. He was killed in an accident on his way home and Mississippi lost one of its best.
When the state’s best high school player signs his national letter of intent Wednesday, there’s a good chance it will be with a team that plays in the SEC West but it will likely not be State or Ole Miss
It’s been half a century, but Mississippi memories remain of Super Bowl IV, the last time the Kansas City Chiefs played in the Super Bowl. Columnist Rick Cleveland details three of those stories.
This is Super Bowl week in America and Natchez and Ole Miss football great Allen Brown, who died Monday, played for the first two Green Bay Packer Super Bowl Championship teams.
Perhaps the lasting memory of Eli Manning as a football player: how he handled every situation – on and off the field, win or lose – with utmost class
A dozen years after they coached together at Delta State, Dave Aranda is the new head coach at Baylor and Ron Roberts is his defensive coordinator. Their roles were reversed at Delta State, which has become quite the cradle of football coaches.
The 1966 Picayune High football team finished winless in 10 games. The Maroon Tide was so bad, the scores are not listed in the school’s annual. The most memorable aspect of that ’66 season is that Jimmy Johnson, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and soon to be inducted into the Pro Football of Fame, was a Picayune assistant coach
What makes Mike Leach a pirate, a maverick? Maybe this story from his childhood gives an indication of how his mind works and how he thinks far outside the box.
The Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday made a $1.3 million contribution to Friends of Children’s Hospital at UMMC
In 2018, Mike Leach said he wanted more Mississippi players at Washington State. Now, he’ll have them in Starkville instead
The Dahmer murder happened 54 years ago Friday. So let’s fast-forward to this bright, warm Monday morning when a large crowd, black and white and many in tears, gathered for the unveiling of a bronzed statue of Vernon Dahmer Sr., outside the Forrest County Courthouse on Main Street in Hattiesburg