College Softball Tournaments Around Our State
While most NCAA Division I softball conference tournaments around the country are getting started this week, Division II and Division III tournaments are already underway or have crowned their champions. Belhaven University wasn’t able to reach the postseason as the Blazers continued their transition to Division III, but the Millsaps ...
Possible Late Free-Agent Pickups for the Saints
Shopping in the bargain bin isn’t something some people like to talk about, but most of us love to get a good deal when possible. At this point in the NFL offseason, teams are now looking for bargains on veteran players. There are still some good players left on the ...
Dak Prescott Second on Merchandise Sales List
NFL fans can argue whether or not the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team,” but they can’t argue that the men with stars on their helmets can move merchandise. Two rookies led Dallas to the playoff last season and led the NFL Players Association’s Top 50 players year-end sale list for ...
Posts and Odds for the 143rd Kentucky Derby
The winner of the 143rd Kentucky Derby will need to navigate a full field of 20 this Saturday, May 6. Officially, 22 horses are eligible for the race, with Royal Mo and Master Plan as alternates, but they need two horses to withdraw by early Friday morning to be in ...
Mississippi’s Undrafted Rookie Signings
When the Denver Broncos selected former University of Mississippi quarterback Chad Kelly, the draft officially came to an end. However, the work wasn’t done yet for the teams, and players who went undrafted still can live their pro-football dreams. NFL history is full of players who went undrafted that went ...
Grading the Saints’ Draft
Every NFL team walks away from the NFL Draft telling its fans that the team got better with every pick. That can’t be the case, of course, since some teams are going to clearly be bad next season, and some picks are not going to make it out of training ...
Winners and Losers From the First Round
Many people like to be a critic, and many people like to make a snap judgment on any number of topics. Many may see a preview for a new movie and instantly know if it will be great or not just from the short clip. You could apply that same ...
First-Round Mock Draft
Tonight, April 27, will be life-changing for 32 former college-football players. When the 2017 NFL Draft kicks off at 7 p.m., every team with a first-round pick will hope that theirs will become a future Hall of Famer and not end up on a list of the biggest draft busts. ...
The Storms Before the NFL Draft
There has been plenty of news before the NFL Draft’s kickoff tomorrow night, Thursday, April 27, that could send players down the draft board. Some is understandable, and some could be considered ridiculous. Let’s start with the ridiculous and work our way to more serious elements. One thing to remember: ...
Gov. Bryant Sets Special Session for June 5
Gov. Phil Bryant called for a special session for lawmakers to finish the fiscal-year 2018 budget. He made the announcement on his Facebook this week. Lawmakers will return to Jackson on June 5 to presumably pass the three budget bills that died during session. "In the interest of providing proper ...
Saints Sign Peterson
New Orleans just did a major solid for ESPN. Breaking news this morning, Tuesday, April 25, is that is the Saints are signing former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. It just so happens that the Saints travel to Minnesota in week one of the 2017 NFL season. That game ...
Art and Tacos
Story by Alex Thiel During the festivities of Museum After Hours each month at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Executive Chef and Culinary Curator Nick Wallace gets in on the action with his monthly ‘sipp Sourced pop-up menu. As the name implies, the pop-ups are based around the idea of ...
The Dark Side of Sports
Two former college-football stars ended up dead just over a year apart. Both former players ended up hanging themselves in their jail cells. Former University of Nebraska star running back Lawrence Phillips didn’t have the best childhood, as he grew up in group homes in his youth. Football was a ...
JSU, USM and MSU Playing for Conference Titles
As April comes to an end, there are three Division I baseball teams in our state that are chasing division or conference titles: Mississippi State University in the SEC, the University of Southern Mississippi in Conference USA and Jackson State University in the SWAC. JSU and USM are leading their ...
First Woman Kicker Gets Scholarship
Several women have played football at the college level for years now. Most of these young women were walk-on players, or players with no scholarship. In 1997, Liz Heaston became the first woman to ever play and score in a college football game when she scored in a game for ...
The First Tee of Central Mississippi
Sports are a great way to teach kids about life lessons such as winning and losing, hard work, dealing with adversity and more. The First Tee Central of Mississippi is a way for kids to learn lessons using the program’s “Nine Core Values” of honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility ...
49ers Release Former Belhaven Star
One of the feel-good stories of the 2010 NFL offseason has come to an ugly end seven years later. The San Francisco 49ers signed undrafted free agent Tramaine Brock out of tiny Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss. On April 6, 2017, Brock was arrested in Santa Clara, Calif., for suspicion ...
U.S., Mexico and Canada to Bid for 2026 World Cup
Only once in the history of the FIFA World Cup has more than one nation hosted the tournament. That was the 2002 World Cup, which had joint hosts South Korea and Japan. That could change with the 2026 World Cup if the joint bid to host from the United States, ...
Saints’ and Cowboys’ Preseason Schedules
As the NFL Draft inches closer, the league gave fans a treat on Monday, April 10, releasing the preseason scheduled for every team and the dates of the eight nationally televised games. Times and dates of the other games are not set at this point. Only one of the national ...
MSU’s Rooker is the Best Player in the State
Another month is left until the finalists for the 2017 C Spire Ferriss Trophy is announced, but the race might as well be called right now. If this was a heavyweight fight, the official would need to call it for a technical knockout. Mississippi State University outfielder Brent Rooker is ...