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AFC & NFC Championship Games: Preview and Predictions
The NFL Playoffs gave fans three out of four great games last weekend. Throw out New England’s blowout win over Denver and the other three games were close till the end or late into the fourth quarter.
Welcome to the new JFP website!
After months of development and trials, we went live with this new website late Thursday. Cheers to developer Matt Heindl (also the JFP distribution manager) for all his hard work. In addition, Kristin Brenemen and her design team worked really hard to get the look right, and Latasha Willis and …
Saints QB Drew Brees Discusses Bounties and His Contract on Two Radio Shows Today
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is spending a lot of time in the media over the last week. Neither the Saints nor Brees have been able to stay out of the media this off-season. Brees found himself in a firestorm last week (Tuesday, June 19) after comparing the Saints …
College Football Gets a Playoff
The BCS Presidential Oversight Committee approved a four team playoff for college football. The deal will start in 2014 and will last for 12-years starting in 2014 and ending in 2025. Teams will be seed and the games will be rotated over six sites hosting. Those sites are the Sugar …
Welcome to the Music Section
Hey y’all, welcome to the new JFP music section. Poke around, and you’ll see plenty of new features. We now have a page that lists local bands. As we continue updating it, it will have info about the artists’ influences, members, history, etc. Email me at [email protected] if you would …
New Ward 3 Election Set for July 24: Stokes v. Jackson, Bout II
The Jackson City Council tonight set a new election for Ward 3, in which LaRita Stokes' election to succeed her husband Kenneth Stokes was recently overturned for voting irregularities. What do you think will happen?
Henderson piece was cheap, WAPT, very cheap
So tonight I got a text that WAPT had done my story from a couple weeks ago about Robert Henderson, the pardoned felon who is now working for Council President (and mayoral candidate) Frank Bluntson. But when I watched the report, I realized that WAPT actually completely cribbed my enterprise …
Live From the Road: Flaming Lips' 24-Hour Tour
Alright, I am about to leave the office and hop on I-55 to Memphis, where I'll join up with MTV, VH1 and the Flaming Lips as the band tries perform a world-record 8 concerts in 24 hours. All the while, they will be hosting the O Music Awards, which will …
Jackson Showboats to Name Coach on Monday
I learned today that on Monday (July 2nd) the Jackson Showboats will formally announce the first head coach of the new franchise. The announcement will be made at Two Sisters Kitchen in Jackson at 11a.m. this Monday. I have been told that the new coach has ties not only to …
Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Needs JFP Nation's Help
All, I just learned that, on Tuesday, newish Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Brian Tolley, brought in from Louisiana or somewhere, asked the staff to help "folks who are writing ads for our new subscription model ..." (presumably the dumb charge-for-web stories idea). Apparently those "folks" are probably far from Jackson in …
MSU's Arnett Moultrie Drafted by Heat and then Traded to 76ers
The Miami Heat stopped celebrating their NBA Championship to join the rest of the league in New Jersey for the NBA Draft. Miami used their 27th pick to draft Mississippi State forward Arnett Moultrie. Before the night was done, the Heat trade Moultrie to the Philadelphia 76ers for a second …
Videos from Flaming Lips 24-Hour Tour
Here's a look at the Flaming Lips kicking off their 8th show in 24 hours at the House of Blues in New Orleans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc_2zjhRFyM Check back for more videos: Interviews with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips and Chris Pontius of Jackass Watch Chris Pontius lead the parade down Decatur …
Share your craft beer sightings and tastings!
Beer lovers: Our readers need your help! As you find and taste new craft beers previously unavailable in Mississippi, please take a minute and post them here (or tweet with hashtag #beermonth and we'll add them!). Meantime, see the JFP's special Beer Month archive here, including a JFP v. RYP …
Abortion protester Roy McMillan: 'Shoes Are Optional'
So, this morning we had a team of a reporter, an intern and photographer out at Mississippi's only abortion clinic. It's the morning after federal Judge Dan Jordan issued an injunction keeping the clinic open until at least July 11 because, in part, the folks who pushed it made it …
Jackson Showboats Name Wright Busching Coach
The Jackson Showboats have found their man and they didn't have to look very far to find him. Grant Worsley, Showboats General Manager, announced today at Two Sisters restaurant in Jackson that Wright Busching will be the first head coach in franchise history. Busching is a Jackson native who graduated …
Brees Wins Arbitration Over Franchise Tag
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees gained leverage in his contract battle with the team by way of today's ruling by arbitrator Stephen Burbank. The ruling clarified vague language of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on the franchise tag. At the heart of the matter is the wording: Article 10, …
Bush Library 'Straw Poll' Gives Romney Big Lead
In what I'm thinking may be something of an outlier, the George (H.W.) Bush Library at Texas A&M University (Gig 'Em!) has released its updated straw poll, showing Governor Romney leading President Obama by... wait for it... 32 points. The results as of July 3 are: Gov. Romney 4,034 (62.41 …
Former U.S. Sprinter Michael Johnson's Comments to Daily Mail: Fair or Foul
Michael Johnson might be best know for his golden shoes he wore during the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. He is the only male athlete to ever win the 200-meter and 400-meters in the same games. Johnson is currently working in England for the BBC as a commentator. He made …
Have questions for Jackson mayoral candidates?
Today, the JFP launched a series of interviews and other coverage of the 2013 mayoral race in Jackson. (Council coverage is coming soon.) Ongoing mayoral race coverage will appear at jfp.ms/mayorsrace. Right now the link goes to the first interview, with Jonathan Lee, which is linked below as well. But …
Did Jackson's Population Actually Grow in 2011?
Governing Magazine has an interesting tidbit for folks who are partial to Jacktown... according to their estimates, Jackson actually grew in 2011 for the first time... in a long time. According to Governing, this is part of a larger trend -- the population of urban centers saw a spike in …