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The picks: State is due against LSU
The picks, not the fix, are in. We’re coming off our worst week of the season, 11-4, which puts us at 29-8 on the season. Cleveland That’s 78.4 percent, which isn’t bad, unless you play in the SEC West...
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With just over a month left before the start of the Sanderson Farms Championship, 2014 European Ryder Cup Team Vice Captain Padraig Harrington highlights the list of players with Ryder Cup experience...
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We’ve got big games; I’ve got guesses
Achiles had his heel. Napoleon had Waterloo. Custer had Little Big Horn. I’ve got the Saints. My forecast record for this football season is 50-13, which isn’t bad. But consider: In games not...
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SI’s Miss. Mayhem: Should we be worried???
Ole Miss and Mississippi State football share the Sports Illustrated cover this week, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve Cleveland heard a Rebel or a Bulldog say, “Oh s—, we’re screwed.” They...
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Don’t miss debut of new Hall of Fame book
We begin with an admission: I just thought I knew about everything there was to know about Mississippi sports history and heroes. And then I started working on a book — Mississippi’s Greatest Athletes...
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Guthrie wins Egg Bowl raffle; MSHoF wins big
Hunter Hood draws raffle winner for 2 Egg Bowl tickets. Peg Guthrie was the lucky winner of two Egg Bowl tickets in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum raffle for the Orley Hood Award...
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Egg Bowl: So many ways to go, including Bo
Bo Wallace, despite a bum ankle, struggled for every inch in a courageous Egg Bowl performance. What follows is my syndicated column that ran in most Mississippi newspapers published on Sundays. There...
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RIP: Jack Vaughn, 3-time Super Bowl official
Cleveland Jack Vaughn loved to tell the story about when he was officiating Super Bowl XXV at Tampa in 1991. “There were five Mississippi State Bulldogs on the field that day,” Vaughn once told me....
View ArticleTournament Sold out
We apologize but this years Cowboy Maloney’s Hall of Fame bowl is sold out. Check back next year and get in early.
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If you think Malik Newman had a big day . . .
Callaway superstar Malik Newman scored 90 points in one day of the JPS/Pepsi Holiday Tournament Monday. That’s right: 90, as in ninety. Newman scored 40 in the afternoon semifinals, 50 in the finals...
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MADDEN TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL RULES PLATFORM: The Tournament is being played on PS3 and PS4. Any Standard controller can be used. TEAMS: Players will be allowed to use any of the 32 NFL teams (Latest UP...
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Diaz to make encore performance at State
Don’t know how any Mississippi State fan would not be happy to see Manny Diaz returning as defensive coordinator. He already has proven himself at State once. Dan Mullen knows what he is getting. Yes,...
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He chose Pott over Arnie, never regretted it
The note came from out of the blue from someone I had never met. Dave Devendorf, a Michigan native who splits his time between Michigan and Florida, had read a piece I wrote about Hall of Famer Johnny...
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The art of covering a frigid marathon
(The Mississippi Blues Marathon, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, will be run Saturday morning in Jackson, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art....
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Deuce: In praise of his pal, Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas became a New Orleans Saints fan favorite. It’s a fact of life for NFL running backs, and Deuce McAllister knows it better than anyone. Cleveland “One of two things eventually is going to...
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Willis: Maybe it’s not all that surprising
Patrick Willis confirmed during his press conference that his future health was a prime consideration in his decision to retire. “No regrets,” Willis said. “I gave this game everything I had.” Now...
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Slive: recovering lawyer, visionary leader
Twenty years ago, Mike Slive introduced himself to me as “a recovering lawyer.” I laughed, and Slive said, “No, really, I am.” Two decades later, Slive, who has guided the SEC to unprecedented heights...
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Hall of Famer Hill Denson nabs No. 1,000
Hall of Famer Hill Denson, after his 100th victory, gets a handshake from long-time MSHOF board member Cal Wells. (Photo by Bill Lee) Belhaven baseball coach Hill Denson (Mississippi Sports Hall of...
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Freeze, Mullen, birdies and snakes, oh my
Fred Couples, Hugh Freeze and the critter with no shoulders. BILOXI — So, I saw Hugh Freeze leave it in the sand trap on the par-5 first hole at Fallen Oak. I saw Dan Mullen leave it in the trap from...
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