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Oscars Rules Change for Animation, Documentary

Several major changes are in store for the upcoming 90th Academy Awards following a meeting of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors on Tuesday, March 28.

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Peterson to Visit the Saints

No one can say the New Orleans Saints are standing pat after three straight 7-9 seasons. This offseason, the Saints have been busy exploring options, making deals and bringing in players for meetings. New Orleans will be hosting another high-profile player on Monday, April 10, when former Minnesota Vikings running …

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Jackson One of 11 Cities for Pelicans’ D-League Team

Finding ways to develop talent is one of the most important aspects of running a winning team. The teams that are better at discovering and building up young players are normally the best in their leagues. Major league baseball uses the minor league to do that through the farm system, …

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M-Braves Begin Season on Thursday

When the Atlanta Braves owned the National League back in the early 1990s to mid-2000s, the team dominated with starting pitching. Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and others helped the club win its division from 1991 to 2005. The Braves set a MLB record after winning their division 14-straight …

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A Light in April

Chef John Currence is hosting an event in Jackson, the "Light in April" fundraiser for his organization, Move on Up, Mississippi. Here is information about the event from a press release, verbatim.* Chef John Currence is proud to announce the incredible all-star lineup for the second annual “Light In April” …

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Bulldogs and Rebels Play Spring Game This Weekend

College football lasts almost a year long, with the season starting in September, bowl games in December and January, national signing day in early February, spring practice in March and spring games in April. National signing day in college football has been a major deal to fans for a while …

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Future Bright For MSU Even After Title Game Loss

Even though another team celebrated under a shower of confetti, the Mississippi State University women’s basketball team had an amazing run. MSU ended the University of Connecticut’s 111-game winning streak in one national semifinal of the Final Four. The overtime game might be the best basketball game, men’s or women’s, …

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WrestleMania 33 Predictions: Part Two

Seven matches to predict are left on the card , and each one could be considered a main-event level match. If you missed the predictions for the three kickoff-show matches, and the three matches I would start WrestleMania 33 with, you can read all about them here. “SmackDown” Commissioner Shane …

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WrestleMania 33 Predictions: Part One

“Monday Night Raw” and “SmackDown Live” held their “go-home shows,” the last shows before a pay-per-view event, earlier this week, so the card for WrestleMania is set. That is, if the WWE doesn’t decided to add another match during WrestleMania 33. Neither go-home show made me feel any better about …

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Stone Cold Stuns the President

This is one of my favorite weeks in sports with the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Four and WrestleMania held on the same weekend. Looking at the card for WrestleMania 33, it could be a dud, but the in-ring action may surpass expectations, depending on the angles that the company …

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The Return of Fondren After 5

After Chane announced earlier this month that he would no longer do Fondren's First Thursday, the event's future was up in the air. However, Fondren Renaissance Foundation recently announced that it will come back as Fondren After 5. Here is some information about the new FA5 directly from Fondren.org: Rotating …

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A Miracle on the Hardwood

Even if you don’t follow sports, you’ve probably heard of the 1980 Olympics’ “Miracle on Ice” at some point. A group of young American hockey players took down one of the best hockey teams in the world in the USSR. What you might not know is that the game against …

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MSU Headed to Final Four

A season for the ages for the Mississippi State University women’s basketball team just keeps getting better and better. The program reached the Sweet Sixteen for the second year in a row, but these Bulldogs didn’t want to go home in the first game of the second weekend. MSU’s task …

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MSU Research Leads to Football Helmet That Reduces Concussions

Football players could soon be safer from concussions and if so, they will have Mississippi State University to thank for that. Researchers at the Bagley School of Engineering are studying ways to reduce concussions. Data from the Centers for Disease Control show that the U.S. has an estimated four million …

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Gov. Bryant Cuts State Budget, The Fourth Time in Current Fiscal Year

Gov. Phil Bryant announced his fourth budget cut to the current fiscal-year budget this afternoon. He will cut over $20 million from the state's budget, meaning a less than half percent cut for each state agency. He also pulled $39 million from the state's rainy day fund to plug budget …

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Payton-Manziel Super Bowl Meet-up

One of the more interesting stories this week is that New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton met with former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel during Super Bowl week. There are few examples of a player destroying their career the way Manziel has. NFL teams are known to put up with …

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Saints Sign Te’o

While we wait to hear about a possible deal between the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots for cornerback Malcolm Butler, the Saints still are working on fixing their defense, which was one of the worst in the league. It has gotten linebacker help with the poaching of former …

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Bulldogs to Face Huskies in Sweet 16

In the first two rounds of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, things went as planned for Mississippi State University. The hosting Bulldogs switched up the starting lineup and rotation, but Head Coach Vic Schaefer made the changes work. MSU got little resistance from opening-round foe No. 15-seed Troy University with …

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Busted Bracket

It’s WrestleMania season and NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament time, so what better way to mark the occasion than mix the two biggest events ending in April? Plus, the NCAA and WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon are two of the most hated things in sports. If you could throw in …

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Pro Day Dates for MSU, JSU, UM and USM

Players that didn’t receive an invite to the NFL Combine or didn’t like their performance at the Combine still have a chance to catch the eyes of NFL scouts. Across the country, schools are holding what are known as Pro Days. Draft-eligible players will workout in front of scouts at …