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[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
by Doctor S
August 27, 2008
Thursday, Aug. 28
Southern League baseball, West Tenn at Mississippi (7 p.m., Pearl, 1590 AM): The M-Braves open their final homestand of the season. … Junior college football, Northeast at Hinds (7 p.m., Raymond): The Eagles open the…
State Hall Of Fame To Induct Six
Two former Southern Miss football coaches will be among the six inductees in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2009. The class includes former USM coaches Jeff Bower and Jim Carmody, former Callway/Mississippi State/NFL player Tyrone Keys, former NFL player Hugh Green, forrmer Ole Miss/NBA player…
Football Schedules
Doctor S hasn't been giving himself enough credit lately. He put the football schedules for the metro-area high school teams and state college teams in the Sked and never mentioned it. Now you know where to look. You're welcome.
[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S
August 20, 2008
Thursday, Aug. 21
MRA at Jackson Academy (7 p.m., Jackson, 930 AM): The local high school football season kicks off.
A Dandy Dozen Plus One
by Doctor S
August 20, 2008
Thirteen must-see Mississippi football games this fall. Check it out.
Mo Goes To Cleveland
Murrah's own Mo Williams is the centerpiece of a three-team trade that sends him to Cleveland and makes the Cavaliers an instant contender to win the NBA East.
[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
by Doctor S
August 13, 2008
Thursday, Aug. 14
Olympic men’s basketball, U.S. vs. Greece (7 a.m., USA): The Redeem Team faces one of the teams that beat them in Athens.
Start A Revolution
by Lisa Anderson
August 13, 2008
Jeremy Polk and Paula Pellegrin wheeled Nelson Gibson’s rusty, circa 1967 Schwinn twin bicycle from their large truck and began working on it. Spending about 12 hours over the course of a week, the two transformed the old cruiser…
Are The Olympics Doomed?
The Summer Olympics officially begin Friday with the opening ceremonies in Beijing. What could go wrong in China over the next two-and-a-half weeks? Plenty, says Slate, starting with biblical-style plagues of locusts, (TV) darkness, bad air, too much rain and too little water. Other worst-case scenarios include terrorism,…
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Jet Favre
The long national nightmare is over (for today): The Green Bay Packers traded unretired quarterback Brett Favre to the New York Jets on Wednesday night. Favre wanted to go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but the Packers didn't want that. With Favre in the Big Apple,…
[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
by Doctor S
August 6, 2008
Thursday, Aug. 7
NFL preseason football, New Orleans at Arizona (7 p.m., ESPN): The Saints and Cardinals meet in the exhibition opener for both. Many of the players you see won’t be around in a month.
USM To Retire Reggie Collier’s Number
You can't wear No. 10 if you play football for Southern Miss anymore. The school is going to retire the former quarterback's No. 10 jersey on Oct. 11.
From Southern Miss sports information:
Southern Miss Announces Retirement of Reggie Collier’s No. 10 Football Jersey
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Safe at Home
by Natalie Clericuzio
July 31, 2008
At the start of the second week of March, Jordan Schafer wore an Atlanta Braves home uniform, playing left field. The Braves faced the St. Louis Cardinals, a club with the likes of Albert Pujols in the lineup. A…
[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
by Doctor S
July 30, 2008
Thursday, July 31
Southern League baseball, Chattanooga at Mississippi (7 p.m., Pearl, 1590 AM): The M-Braves and Lookouts wrap up their series at the TeePee.
Warriors Sign Lanier High’s own Ellis To 6-year, $66 million Deal
The Golden State Warriors re-signed Lanier High alum Monta Ellis to a six-year deal worth about $66 million. Ellis, 22, signed with Mississippi State in 2005, then opted to enter the NBA Draft where he was drafted in the second round.
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Aug 27, 2008[Kamikaze] The Media Fix Is In
J.T.: Amen to pushing a positive Jackson. And, yes, it is a movement. And, it is moving.
Aug 25, 2008
[Editorial] Something to Hide, Mississippi?
baquan2000: hey you guys know what my number one beef with the state of Mississippi is!? The freakin' price of a yearly…
Aug 25, 2008
[Editorial] Something to Hide, Mississippi?
jada: Ladd please keep up the presure on both governments. People need to know why some of us are so angry with…
Aug 22, 2008
[Editor's Note] Magic of the Game
Walt: Why can't we beat Cuba in the 100 yard hurlers. That Cuban young fellow made it look like a walk…
Aug 22, 2008
[Editor's Note] Magic of the Game
Walt: What wrong with America's sprinters in dropping or losing the batons. The girls and boys relay teams dropped the baton.…
Aug 22, 2008
[Editorial] Something to Hide, Mississippi?
ladd: What's so grating is that punitive policies *never* work. They only make media wonder what those agencies are hiding. So far, Ms. Weaver has seemed offended that I would even consider questioning their fee policies and sunshine practices. The first thing a PR flack for an elected official should learn is to expect to be questioned about open records. She certainly stands in start contrast to David Blount when he was in that position. I never remember having to beg him to give easy and immediate access to public information. Never. Usually a fax arrived, or we were told when we could pick up information.
Ironcially, Ms. Weaver is probably spending more "hourly" time trying to make it harder for us to get the information than it would take just to provide it.
The question is: Why is Delbert Hosemann running an office that wants to punish the public for requesting public information? This is very, very disturbing. I remember one of his campaign guys calling and telling me how progressive he was going to be as secretary of state—if a public servant doesn't even get the public's right to get information quickly and cheaply (or for free), how can you argue that you're progressive? There is nothing more backward in public office than making public records difficult or expensive to view.
Aug 22, 2008
[Queen] Raising a Man
Queen601: And while y'all differ in opinions, you do know what's best for him, and I know that if his "right" was something…
Aug 22, 2008
[Queen] Raising a Man
honey2me: Queen, thank you so much for sharing this with us. As a mother of a black man, I can certainly agree that…
Aug 21, 2008
[Queen] Raising a Man
emilyb: I agree with the praying and good thoughts :)
Also, many don't understand being an unsupported single parent (for…
Aug 21, 2008
[Queen] Raising a Man
Queen601: SIDE NOTE: Y'all, it is really hard to raise children these days being single, not completely un-young (yes made that up), and…