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Misssissippi's only PGA Tour event, the Southern Farm Bureau Classic started Thursday at the Annandale Golf Club in Madison. Tickets are $15 a day. But if you can't get up there until the weekend — or are so into Jackson that getting that far north of the city limits gives you a rash — you can follow the action on this live scoreboard.

Bye-Bye Bell

Jackson State ended the James Bell error on Monday, dismissing him two days after the Tigers lost to Arkansas Pine-Bluff 64-36 before a homecoming crowd that allegedly numbered 2,831. Looks like athletic director Roy Culberson, who hand-picked Bell, decided to cut the cord before his boss decided to save time by firing them both at the end of the season. Memo to JSU: Fire Culberson before he hires again, and find somebody, within the JSU family or not, who has experience as a successful college coach. In other words, don't do what Ole Miss diid.

Can You Be Misquoted In Your Own Column?

Talk about sleeping with the enemy: Since he became manager of the Chicago White Sox last year, he's written a regular column for a daily in Caracas, Venezuela. Presumably, his editor has never said of Ozzie, "he better shut the (bleep) up." But if Ozzie's editor is like most editors, Doctor S suspects that she has said that.

So Long, Saints?

Saints owner Tom Benson declared this week that nothing will be decided on the franchise's future until after the season. But ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports that, based on information from key league sources, the team has probably played its last game in New Orleans.

Bell Is Wrong Again

It's official. Jackson State football coach James Bell is an idiot. Throughout his reign of error, Bell has blamed members of the news media for his team's failures on the field, specifically WLBT-3 sports anchor Rob Jay and Clarion-Ledger reporter Mark Alexander. Bell's attempts to freeze these two men out has failed, just like everything else the coach has done at JSU. In fact, Jay is now the radio play-by-play man for the Tigers.

Football Post-Mortem

Here's a roundup of reaction to a weekend of bad Mississippi college football

Ole Miss: The Northeast Mississippi Journal's Parrish Alford wonders what Ole Miss' victory means. Doctor S knows: It means the Rebels aren't very good.

Mascot Mania

Bob Cook of flakmagazine (is he the next Bill Simmons?) weighs in on the insanity of the sports mascot debate. Naturally, Ole Miss is mentioned.

Hurricanes 2, Eagles 0

The Southern Miss football team got screwed on, all in the name of the almighty TV dollar. In the biggest non-surprise of the season, Conference USA rescheduled the Golden Eagles' game at Houston for Sunday, Nov. 13. The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 24, but was postponed due to Hurricane Rita. The conference refused to move the Eagles' game at Marshall on Tuesday, Nov. 8, which is scheduled to shown on ESPN2. Now USM has to play three games in 12 days, including back-to-back road games just 5 days apart. Events like this are how all of those conspiracy theories get started.

Out Of The Freezer, Back On The Ice

Doctor S sez: I like Brussels sprouts better than the NHL.

The NHL returns to the ice on Wednesday night after nearly two years of labor issues-related exile. Newsday's Johnette Howard sums up the situation nicely: "Hockey is sort of the Brussels sprouts of pro sports. No matter how you tweak it, cook it, tout it or dress it up, people still either love it or hate it. If you hate it, you think the game of 1,000 turnovers should've stayed shutdown for good. If you're a true believer, you can't wait until all 30 teams begin the regular season tonight, even if you're a still mad at the league for last year's lockout, or conflicted about mindlessly rushing back to a sport that endured one of the dumbest contract negotiations in sports history."

Naked Truth

Speaking of sports crime, here's an item from the always-reliable badjocks.com: An unidentified junior at Bentonville High School in Arkansas was suspended for 10 days after he made a mad dash across the football field during a game several weeks ago, wearing nothing but underwear, shoes and a bandana over his face. While trying to elude police, he showed more athletic ability than anybody on the field.

Sports Crime Update

Today's items on the sports crime blotter come from Romensko's The Obscure & Reading Room. It's definitely a must-read.

Where Eagles Dare

Hinds visits defending state and national juco football champion Pearl River on Saturday at 6 p.m. These two have played for the state title the last two seasons. Saturday's game should be a preview of another state championship tilt.

Armageddon, Part II

Last year, the Boston Red Sox buried the Curse of the Bambino with an incredible eight-game winning streak. First, they rallied from an 0-3 deficit in the AL Championship Series to oust the hated New York Yankees. Then the BoSox swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series to claim their first championship since the age of the dinosaurs. But the problem with the ULTIMATE season in baseball is that there's no such thing. There's always next season.

MSU Game Moved

Mississippi State announces:

JPS Athletic Events Rescheduled

JPS Athletics has rescheduled events for high school football, B-team football, middle school football, and middle school volleyball. High school volleyball will resume its original schedule on Monday, September 12. Cross-country track and softball will resume their regular schedules on Tuesday, September 13. Division softball and volleyball games will be rescheduled. Please visit the Athletics page for complete schedules.

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