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Doc's Football Fashion Follies

We admit it. Doctor S is obsessed with uniforms. With the threats that pour in every year (especially from Hattiesburg) after his SWAGs, you'd think he was dissin' the quarterback's grandmama or something. No, but he does believe that the way a man dresses matter.

2009 College Football Preview

Triggerman. Signal-caller. Pivot. Field general. By any name, the quarterback is the most important player on the field.

NFL: Favre Unretiring ... Again

Just three weeks ago, Brett Favre said he wasn't coming out of retirement to play for the Minnesota Vikings. He was lying.

High School Football: 3 Mississippi Teams Among Nation's Best

Three Mississippi teams are ranked among the top 50 in the nation including Madison Central.

College Football: Ole Miss No. 10 in Preseason Coaches Poll

Ole Miss is ranked No. 10 in the USA Today/Coaches preseason football poll.

NFL: Eli Cashes In

Eli Manning of the New York Giants has agreed to a seven-year, $106.9 million contract that will make him the highest-paid player in the league.

College Football: Here's Your Grid Sked

Here's this year's Mississippi college football schedule for you to print out and post next to your bookie's phone number, er, next to your TV remote.

NFL: Things That Make You Go Hmmm, Brett Favre Edition

Brett Favre's announcement Tuesday that he won't return to the NFL is being greeted with skepticism.

NFL: Favre Staying Retired

Brett Favre won't come out of retirement to join the Minnesota Vikings. Allegedly.

Fred Harris

Last night, Jim Hill High School students in Jackson gathered to honor and remember Fred Harris, the school's assistant principal and boy's basketball coach. Harris, 47, died unexpectedly Sunday of a heart attack at the University Medical Center around 5:30 p.m. .

Vying For The Ball

The air is thick with humidity, and beyond the buzz of cicadas and crickets, the July night is quiet except for the intermittent sound of Pearl River players idly conversing and fairground jubilation in the far distance.

Sports Hall of Fame to Induct Six in 2009

The Mississippi Sport Hall of Fame is inducting six new members at a banquet to be held at the end of the month.

Come All Ye Faithful

This week marks the unofficial start of the college football season. The Big Three will host their annual preseason parties in Jackson. Coaches, cheerleaders and others will be on hand to inspire the alumni and fans. In some ways, it's the best part of the season because everybody is still undefeated.

McNair: The Darker Side of the Dream

Former National Football League Most Valuable Player Steve McNair lived what many would see as a dream life. Born in the Mississippi town of Mt. Olive, McNair began his football career on the smallest of small-town teams. Graduating in 1991, he was named SuperPrep All-American quarterback and defensive back at Mt. Olive high school, and went on to be a record-setting QB for Alcorn State, winning the Walter Payton Award at a top player in Division 1-AA in 1994. He was the only player in NCAA history with more than 16,000 yards in career total offense, reports the Houston Chronicle.

Football: Memories of McNair

Former NFL MVP and Alcorn State legend Steve McNair was found shot to death along with a young woman on Saturday in downtown Nashville. On Sunday, Nashville police ruled McNair's death a homicide, but stopped short of saying it was a murder-suicide. He is being remembered for his achievements on the field and off.

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