Rick Cleveland, a native of Hattiesburg and resident of Jackson, has been Mississippi Today’s sports columnist since 2016. His work as a syndicated columnist and celebrated sports writer has appeared in numerous magazines, periodicals and newspapers. Rick has authored four books and has been recognized 13 times as Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year.
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A Mississippi tradition: Six state championship games, so many thrills
Inside the thrills, chills and spills of State Championship Weekend, when the best of Mississippi high school football was on display.
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Podcast: Mississippi’s fall sports bonanza
The Clevelands talk Mississippi’s high school and college football scene, the Braves in the World Series and the Saints’ win over the Bucs.
Best producer of NFL talent? If you guessed Mississippi, you are right.
The Magnolia State, relatively small and poor in so many ways, kicks tail when it comes to producing football talent. Always has.
Legendary Lafayette ‘Strib’ Stribling leaves a poignant Mississippi story
Lafayette Stribling, the remarkable basketball coach and stylish character who died Saturday at age 87, was most famous, at least nationally, for a miracle that didn’t quite happen.
Podcast: Conference realignment comes for Southern Miss
Southern Miss’ Jeremy McClain joins the pod to explain the jump to the Sun Belt Conference and what it entails for Golden Eagle athletics.
Southern Miss move to Sun Belt makes sense on many levels
Southern Miss has made the correct — and probably long overdue — decision to exit Conference USA and enter the Sun Belt Conference.
‘The Eli Boom’ transformed Oxford and was on display when Manning’s No. 10 was retired this weekend
Ole Miss will pay tribute to Eli Manning this weekend, retiring his No. 10 jersey during ceremonies at the LSU-Ole Miss game.
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