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NFL and Twitter Reach Deal to Stream Thursday Night Games

One thing that has changed over the last few years is the way we watch television. The days of must-see TV are becoming a thing of the past. There are more ways than ever to watch the shows we love, though a few programs, such as “Game of Thrones” or …

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NFL Announces Preseason Schedule

While we wait for the NFL Draft later this month, the league has given us a taste of what is to come with the release of the 2016 preseason schedule. That means we now know who the New Orleans Saints will face to prepare for their regular season. If you …

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NCAA Lowers the Boom on Former USM Men's Basketball Coach Tyndall

The NCAA finally released penalties on the University of Southern Mississippi men’s basketball program and former coaches, including Donnie Tyndall, who are receiving the most severe penalties with the program. Tyndall, who was given a 10-year show-cause penalty, earned the worst one. The show-cause penalty for him runs from April …

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Mississippi State Baseball Continues to Climb Polls

Mississippi State traveled to Gainesville, Fla. to square off against one of the top teams in the SEC. In a series between two highly ranked teams, the Bulldogs seemed to face an uphill climb, as the University of Florida hadn’t lost at home this season and were on a 28-home …

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Tigerfest 2016 Is This Saturday

You know it’s spring when college basketball comes to an end and the long NHL and NBA season moves into the playoffs. Of course, baseball means springtime, as “The Boys of Summer” officially get their start. But the season is important for another insanely popular sport: football. Every high school …

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Three Rebels and a Bulldog

In just three weeks, the dreams of 253 college football stars will come true. They'll will be lucky enough to hear their name called during the 2016 NFL Draft. The NFL released the names of the 25 prospects that will be in attendance at Roosevelt University’s Auditorium Theatre in Chicago …

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The Crazy 24 Hours Is Still Going

Records, news, trades, playoffs and retirements have fueled the sports world for nearly the last 24 hours. It seems that if you look away for a single second, or go to bed before midnight like I did last night, you missed something happening in sports. Things got started in the …

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Playoffs Possible With New Orleans 2016 Schedule

It’s official. For the first time since 1970, a Super Bowl rematch will start the new NFL season in week one on Thursday night, Sept. 8, as the Carolina Panthers go to Denver to face the Broncos. That’s the first game of the season, but it loses a ton of …

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College Sports Revenue

Texas A&M University sits atop the college-sports world in total revenue in a recent report from USA Today. The Aggies earned more than $192.6 million in 2015—quite a leap from their 2014 revenue of about $119.5 million. A large portion of the 2015 revenue came from $92 million in contributions, …

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JSU's Rene Colon named SWAC Pitcher of the Week

The SWAC named its Player of the Week awards, and Jackson State University pitcher Rene Colon was named Pitcher of the Week for the conference. Colon earned the award for his work Sunday, April 17, against JSU rival Alcorn State University. In the Tigers' 5-1 win over the Braves, Colon …

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Drafting a Quarterback is Crapshoot: Part One

If you are running a mock draft of the 2016 NFL Draft, it might be time to just tear up any guesses at this point with the Philadelphia Eagles trading up to the second spot. The Eagles got the Cleveland Browns second pick in the second blockbuster trade before the …

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Drafting a Quarterback is Crapshoot: Part Two

The first part of this story looked at NFL teams drafting quarterbacks from 1998 to 2007. This second one will look at quarterbacks drafted from 2008 to 2015 and some interesting numbers behind these draft picks. Two quarterbacks were picked in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Matt …

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Another Former Wrestler is Dead

News of music star Prince’s death rocked the world yesterday, and rightfully so, as an icon of the industry is now gone. Earlier in the day, however, reports were already coming in that former WWE star Chyna, whose real name was Joan Marie Laurer, had died. Sadly, her death is …

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Rare News Out of the NFL Combine

Something so rare happened today that ESPN reporter Adam Schefter couldn’t remember how long it had been since it last happened. For the first time in a long time, none of the players invited to the NFL Combine failed the drug test. This was good news for the players who …

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Rebels and Bulldogs Battle in Pearl

Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi travel to Pearl’s Trustmark Park to play for the Governor’s Cup tonight. Both teams are ranked to varying degrees in every major college-baseball poll, with MSU reaching as high has third place and the Rebels as high as ninth. The Bulldogs come …

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Are the Saints and Brees Playing Chicken Before the Draft?

Some interesting things have come out of New Orleans over the past few days. Both the Saints and quarterback Drew Brees seem to be trying to position themselves for some possible post-draft fallout. By now, nearly every Saints fan knows that Brees currently has a $30 million salary number cap …

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Looking to the NFL Draft

Day one of the NFL Draft begins tonight with the first round and continues Friday and finishes on Sunday. This could be one of the wildest in recent memory, with the first two picks having already been traded. In the remaining few hours before the draft, pass the time by …

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Laremy Tunsil's Scandals Take Over First Round of the NFL Draft

Here's a quick rundown of what happened during the first round of the NFL Draft: The Los Angeles Rams made University of California quarterback Jared Goff the No. 1 overall pick, and the Philadelphia Eagles took Carson Wentz, a quarterback out of North Dakota State University, making him the No. …

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The Saints' Draft Graded, Other Mississippi Players Drafted

Months of preparation and work are over for NFL scouts as the 2016 NFL Draft wrapped up over the weekend. But that doesn’t mean the work ends for the players who are just beginning their professional careers. To be honest, it is fun to make judgments about how well a …

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NFL Dreams Live on as Undrafted Free Agents

Players’ dreams of taking the field in the NFL live on even if they don’t hear their names called in the NFL Draft. Those athletes still have a chance to make the roster of a professional team, but the road is harder. Each year after the draft, teams scramble to …