Monday, May 31
Honor America: Watch Some Baseball
It's Memorial Day, which means TV will be filled with two things: war movie marathons and major league baseball. The latter is usually more entertaining (unless you're watching an American ...
Sunday, May 30
Bring The Noise
The NBA has declared war on silence in arenas during games. Robert Weintraub writes about the league's deaf jams. Bring your earplugs.
CHAMPIONS!!
Delta State's baseball team defeated Grand Valley State 12-8 on Saturday night and won the school's first Division II national baseball championship. In case you're counting, that's the second national ...
Saturday, May 29
Go Fighting Okra!
Delta State has one of the best Divison II college baseball programs in the country. Yet for all of the Statesmen's success in the last 40 years, first under Boo ...
Hey, There's Been Some Work Done
Doctor S has been busy in his penthouse office, high atop the JFP Tower, modifying the Amazing SportsBlog. The Amazing improvements include adding new links (check out the new Jackson ...
Friday, May 28
War Games: a Review of ‘Troy'
Wolfgang Petersen's "Troy" is part Hollywood war movie, part Greek tragedy, part beefcake calendar, all cinematic spectacle. With Brad Pitt in the lead role and a price tag that falls ...
[Solomon] Backlash Against Outrage
Looking at visual images from U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, news watchers now find themselves in the midst of a jolting experience that roughly resembles a process described by Donald Rumsfeld: ...
[Update] Speaker McCoy: Gov, Senate Move ‘Terrible Thing'
After spending eight days in special session, costing taxpayers a total of $41,162 so far (see below), the Mississippi House of Representatives went home Friday, saying they will return next ...
[Lott] A $100 Fill-Up?
In Mississippi this week I've fielded many questions about our high gas prices. People demand to know, and we deserve to know, why Mississippians from the Coast to Corinth are ...
The Scarlet H
The sign,"!Stop! HYSTERECTOMY DAMAGES WOMEN," strapped to the side of a royal-blue Subaru parked in front of the University Medical Center, caught the attention of many Jacksonians the first week ...
Thursday, May 27
[Breaking] ‘Tort Reform' Hits Brick Wall
UPDATE, 4 p.m.: After an apparent lunch meeting between Gov. Barbour, Speaker Billy McCoy and Senate President Pro Tem Travis Little, Sen. Charlie Ross, R-Brandon, announced on the floor that ...
Not The Same Old Bull
Bull riding is usually the feature event at a rodeo. But the Professional Bull Riders have turned it into the whole show. Lily Burana writes that PBR is trying to ...
Wednesday, May 26
‘Philadelphia Coalition' Calls for Justice
The Neshoba Democrat is reporting that a multi-racial coalition of leader, business owners, newspaper editors and citizens in Neshoba County today issued a long-overdue statement, calling for justice for the ...
JFP "Cheap Date" Night - May 26
Where: Smith Wills Stadium on Lakeland Drive
Come out to Smith-Wills Stadium for JFP "Cheap Date" Night, for $1 beverages and, if you bring the ad from LAST WEEK's issue—the Howard Stern cover story—you'll get 2-for-1 tickets! ...
Earl Fyke IV
Sitting at the round corner table at Hal & Mal's—his team's Pub Quiz table—I realized that with young men like Earl Fyke IV around, there's reason to hope. This 24-year-old ...
[Rev] Miniature World
My favorite dive bar has a glass display case featuring action figures of all the bartenders. There's Tonya, the retro-50s glam gal with her carefully combed bangs and lacy skirts; ...
One Fine Fruit
It goes without saying that the banana, fleeting as it may be in its perfection, is one fine fruit. For Americans, it's raw fruit numero uno as well as our ...
Movie Picks
The following films are on area screens. Hurry. Only films with an asterik are reviewed.
13 GOING ON 30 (PG-13)Jennifer Garner is Jenna, a pre-teen who makes a wish and wakes up on her 13th birthday as a 30-year-old woman. Also stars Mark Ruffalo.
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THE BEST IN SPORTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS
College baseball, SEC Tournament and C-USA Tournament: Ole Miss and Southern Miss continue play in their league tournaments. Will the Rebels and Eagles be around for Sunday's championship games?
Watch Those Low-Carb Torts
This past week I've taken advantage of my access to a press pass to sit in on some fascinating meetings in the Capitol. From Judiciary A meetings on "both sides ...
Voter ID: ‘Not About Intimidation'
Despite efforts by the Mississippi Legislature to compromise on voter identification during the regular session, Gov. Haley Barbour held a May 13 press conference to demonstrate that he wants no ...
[Spann] Banishing the Labels
"Honey, I think I'm becoming a Republican!" I exclaimed to my husband one sunny spring afternoon while perusing a magazine. As usual, he calmly examined me for physical evidence of ...
Transcript: Black Lawmakers Accuse Barbour of Racism
AP reports: "Some black lawmakers say they think Gov. Haley Barbour and Senate leaders are trying to bypass House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Ed Blackmon in a debate over limiting ...
[Stiggers] Watch Yo' Metaphors, Similes and Allegories
The following is an editorial from chief linguist Dr. Trey Cognac Courvoisier Jackson Jr. of the James Brown "Say It Loud" Ebonics Speech Therapy Centers of America.
Alleged Racism at the Capitol
WLBT reported"Leading the charge was Representative Ed Blackmon (D-Canton), a key negotiator of tort reform. Blackmon and other committee leaders say they never talk face-to-face with senate leaders and Govenor ...
Tuesday, May 25
Leland Speed Touts ‘Creative Class'
A Clarion-Ledger story today about a Leland Speed speech talks about the "Creative Class" concept that we started talking about way back in our preview issue: "Other successes are discussed ...
Face-Off: The Battle for ‘Tort Reform'
When Sen. Gloria Williamson walked up to the podium on the first day of the 2004 Extraordinary Session called by Gov. Haley Barbour, she had one goal. The senator from ...
Should Tort Awards Be Capped?
Tort law is used to determine who is responsible when someone is injured and how much a guilty party should pay an injured person. Our current tort system is designed ...
Tort Reform: Myths and Realities
Some persistent myths seem to surround the tort reform discussion—even in media reporting—while other items are often offered as facts while they're closer to either assumptions or just simply guesses. ...
Coalition Calls for ‘Meaningful' Insurance Reform
Gov. Haley Barbour may be getting more than he bargained for in the 2004 Extraordinary Session he called to wrangle the House of Representatives into accepting his versions of tort ...
[Ladd] Ask the $34,000-A-Day Questions
In January, I wrote an editor's note about the governor that miffed some Democrats around the city. They told me I went too easy on Barbour. I wrote then that ...
Monday, May 24
You Call That An Injury?
Chicago Cubs corker Sammy Sosa threw out his back last week by sneezing. And he's not the first baseball player to sneeze his way onto the disabled list. But Darren ...
Gatemouth Moore Funeral Service
You may have seen the press on Gatemouth Moore's passing on Thursday, a Yazoo City, MS resident. Rev. Moore's funeral will be on Tuesday, May 25, in Jackson, MS at ...
Saturday, May 22
Bush Ratings Fall Steady, Predictable?
In Salon this week, economist James K. Galbraith challenges the conventional notion that the relvelations of torture and prisoner abuse in Iraq have caused Bush's current record dip in the ...
Friday, May 21
Boss Chicken
What the hell does this have to do with sports? Nothing, but Doctor S thought it was funny and vaguely unsettling, especially when one considers the source. Have your way ...
[Lott] Base Closure
By a razor thin 49 to 47 vote, the Senate narrowly missed an opportunity to put overseas military bases ahead of domestic facilities in the anticipated 2005 base closure round. ...
Traffic Ticket Amnesty Day
The City of Jackson Municipal Court Services will hold a Traffic Ticket Amnesty Day, Tues., May 25, allowing citizens who have failed to take care of parking/traffic tickets to come ...
Politech: ‘Insurance Reform,' Populism Surfaces in House
Well, they can't say the House hasn't gotten a chance to vote on tort reform. They have, in the first day of the 2004 Extraordinary Session called by Gov. Haley ...
Voter Fraud ... Wink, Wink
The JFP's Ayana Taylor is the only journalist who has really gotten inside the Voter ID issue--and challenged its supporters to explain just why this regulation is needed. The issue ...
Another Burning Question: Urine Sane?
Why do some athletes pee on their hands? Does urine really toughen the skin? No, it's just the opposite, writes Dan Kois, but this practice's benefits might be more psychological ...
Goodbye Larry?
Bulldog Nation is squabbling over an attempt by two members of the State College Board, both MSU alums, to oust MSU athletics director Larry Templeton. The one-year contract extension appears ...
Thursday, May 20
Yankees Commit Heresy
Maybe New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner really is the devil after all. The Yankees have quit selling Cracker Jack at Yankee Stadium, replacing it with Crunch 'n Munch? What? ...
Wednesday, May 19
Kerry, Nader to Meet Today
AP is reporting: "When Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry meets with independent rival Ralph Nader on Wednesday, Kerry isn't likely to ask him to leave the race. And it's even ...
Move Over, Larry Flynt: BANNED IN THE USA
Howard Stern is Freedom's New UnLikely Hero
Advertising Age says we are a nation not of red versus blue but of a "moral minority" versus an "edgy elite." And the moral minority is winning. Let us recite ...
Godfrey, Take Me Away
Godfrey Morgan, the Jamaican native whose food delights JFP staffers more than any other, is fulfilling one of his (and our) dreams: He now has a restaurant downtown. On May ...
Oprah, You Bad, Bad Girl
Stern isn't the only thorn in the FCC's paw. Bush's conservative agenda has spawned several new definitions of what indecent means, resulting in tons of FCC battles.
Little Mister Doe
He was found amid the stench of discarded wet coffee grounds, smushed cereal boxes and blackened banana peels. Ten fingers, 10 toes, a perfect baby. But a dead baby. Little ...
[Young] Cruelty Cuts Across Nationality, Gender Lines
Almost anything that can be said about the recently revealed abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American and British troops is going to be a cliché. It's horrifying and sickening; it's ...
Home, My Home
Freddie Mac is guaranteeing up to $10 million in loans that SouthTrust Bank will be offering as mortgages to new homeowners in West Jackson, which can be used to buy ...
[Ask JoAnne] The Free and the Grave
Sure, there are many faults in Bush, just as there are in any politician. I am the first to admit it. But in the JFP "Donkeys Have a Shot?" you ...
[Gigs] Architect for Social Change
Leslie Gross Davis, Esq. Sounds pretty dynamic, doesn't it? Everything about Leslie Gross, who added the Davis on April 24 when she married Christopher, is dynamic—from her smile to her ...
Cliquetastic: A Review of ‘Mean Girls'
Ever pored through an old high school yearbook to find your class's power elite surprisingly unimpressive? The girls who once stomped on your heart, the guys who stomped on your ...
[Stiggers] Yes, You Have Rights
The "Nu Apprentice: First Hired, Last Fired," starring Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, will return after this message.
The Media as Censor
The war in Iraq has also become a war of images. This week, we were troubled by a video of the be-heading of an American. The week before, it was ...
Another Burning Question: Where's Slamball?
Like thousands of you, Doctor S has been asking, "What the heck happened to SlamBall?" A quick Web search turned up the disturbing news that Spike TV has dropped SlamBall ...
Tuesday, May 18
[Rev] A Bunch of Hell Raisers
Did you know that a car columnist recently won a Pulitzer Prize? His name is Dan Neil, and he writes for The Los Angeles Times. I told my mom, and ...
Stop the Blaming
Reason magazine's Cathy Young provides perspective on the attempt to place 9-11 blame: "With the 9/11 commission holding its hearings, the blame game is in full swing. It's Bush's fault. ...
Monday, May 17
Lawmaker upset over beheading
Jeff Clark of the Daily Times reported Members of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation are outraged by the recent turn of events that have unfolded in Iraq, including the beheading of ...
Barbour refuses compromises on voter ID
Shelia Byrd of the AP reports "Gov. Haley Barbour says he won't accept a voter identification bill that exempts older people from proving who they are. Barbour has called lawmakers ...
Sunday, May 16
Barbour: Of Course, Bush Will Take Mississippi
The Clarion-Ledger reports today: "Mississippi Republicans say President Bush can bank on a solid re-election showing here and in much of the South, but the latest poll shows him in ...
Saturday, May 15
Funkin' It Back, by JC Patterson
Ready for some down-and-dirty brass funk, courtesy of the Big Easy's most popular brass band? Ready to dance 'til you drop, to funk like there's no tomorrow? The Rebirth is ...
Horse Tales
They call it the Seabiscuit effect. In 2003, the combination of Kentucky Derby/Preakness winner Funny Cide's unsuccessful bid for the Triple Crown and the popularity of the movie "Seabiscuit" spawned ...
Friday, May 14
Barbour calls special session
WDAM reports "Fulfilling his promise, Gov. Haley Barbour is calling lawmakers into special session next Wednesday to address changes to Mississippi's civil justice laws. Barbour announced the special session Thursday ...
Watch for tight school budgets through ‘06
Andy Kanengiser of the C-L reports"Mississippi public schools can expect to face hard times at least through 2006, key lawmakers said Thursday. School superintendents, left with weak budgets for the ...
Out On The Fringe, Still On The Track
Doctor S had assumed that roller derby had become extinct, much like the 10:30 Saturday night movie on your local TV station and wooden bats in Little League. But Felix ...
Thursday, May 13
[Lott] Look at the Numbers
The economy is growing, and jobs are being created. But don't take my word for it. Just look at the latest numbers by the Department of Commerce. Virtually every economic ...
May 13-19
The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days
Pro baseball, Amarillo at Jackson, 7 p.m. (1240 AM): The Senators open a three-game home series against the Dillas. … College baseball, Arkansas at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. (620 AM): ...
Barbour Calls Special Session for Tort Reform, Voter ID
[Verbatim statement] Governor Haley Barbour is standing by his pledge to call lawmakers back to the Capitol since the House of Representatives failed to address lawsuit abuse during their Regular ...
Ferriss Award Finalists
The three finalists for the first Ferriss Award, which goes to Mississippi's top college baseball player, were named on Wednesday. They are: Mississippi State outfielder Brad Corley, Ole Miss first ...
Wednesday, May 12
Bush Approval Ratings at All-Time Low
CBS News is reporting: "President Bush's overall approval rating has fallen to the lowest level of his presidency, 44 percent, in the latest CBS News poll, reflecting the weight of ...
[Irby] Trouble in Mind
I set foot back in Jackson on Feb. 10, 2004, after a year and a half of moving around. I had traveled to what I considered the most liberal parts ...
Black Monday: Mississippi's Ugly Response to 'Brown v. Board' Decision
It was the late spring 1953, and Gov. Hugh White had called a crucial special session of the Mississippi Legislature. He needed to mobilize a group of moderate lawmakers. If ...
An Easel with a View
To be an artist means to spend time alone, creating your work. The opportunity for us to be voyeurs and peak at the creative process happens twice a year in ...
Score One for the City
The city of Jackson moved a step closer to a convention center last Saturday, when the Legislature passed a bill that allows for a voter referendum on the issue. The ...
Buzz: FREEDOM IS JUST ANOTHER WORD
FREEDOM IS JUST ANOTHER WORD
News came Monday that The Associated Press and the Hattiesburg American are suing the U.S. Marshals Service for seizing and erasing journalists' tape recordings of a peech by U.S. Supreme ...
They Could Care Less
Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, was right. The Mississippi Legislature passed a $3.7 million budget in the nick of time—on Mother's Day as he had predicted. Lawmakers finally agreed at the ...
[Ladd] Thin Line Between Love and Hate
I was talking to a young woman the other day who is in the family of a Jackson man who toiled and lobbied and prodded and threatened for many years ...
Margie Thompson
Margie Thompson's second-grade classroom blooms. Dancing bears proclaim the longness and shortness of vowels. Colors swirl, and pep-talk art tells children that they can excel in math, in literature, in ...
[Tucker] You Have a Choice
My daughter attends a historically black university, the school from which I graduated, as a matter of which I graduated, as a matter of fact. But she could go anywhere, ...
‘Thurgood's Coming:' Tale of a Hero Lawyer
When Thurgood Marshall hung out his shingle in 1933 as an attorney in his hometown of Baltimore, he immediately became a very popular attorney among fellow African Americans. One problem, ...
[Stiggers] The State of Dee-wishous Queem-O-Wheet
The Cream-O-Wheat Meals on Wheels Foundation International (We Got A Big Hot Pot In the Back) presents Commentary Concerning Cream-O-Wheat by the Cream-O-Wheat man.
JPS, Then and Now
The 1957 Murrah High School yearbook is filled with happy white faces, and names like Hederman, Copeland and Mize. One photo shows the yearbook staffers cutting up and having a ...
How To Succeed Without Really Trying
The two best jobs in pro sports are backup catcher and backup quarterback. These guys make a lot of money for doing relatively little and the fans love them. Backup ...
GOP Blames Soldiers, Dems, Media for Scandal
In an editorial, The New York Times exposes the strategy to protect the White House from prisoner-abuse fall-out: "The administration and its Republican allies appear to have settled on a ...
Tuesday, May 11
Jock Blogging
Athletes have found a new way to give reporters the finger: the Jock blog. Slate's Bryan Curtis writes:
Monday, May 10
Lords Of CBL To Get Their Rings
Fresh off a 1-2 season-opening series at Coastal Bend, the Jackson Senators will play their home opener on Monday night. The Senators' game against the San Angelo Colts begins at ...
‘We Owe It to Emmett Till'
AP is reporting: "The Justice Department said Monday it is reopening the investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose death while visiting Mississippi was an ...
City on the Verge
Opening: DiFatta's show will open Thursday, May 13, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and then hang at Nunnery's Gallery, 426 Meadowbrook Road, through June 13. For more information, call 981-4426.
M-Braves Digging In
Groundbreaking for the Mississippi Braves' stadium will be held Tuesday at noon in Pearl. The site is behind the Tinsel Town movie theater. A free lunch (ballpark food) will be ...
[Rev] Motorcycle Heaven
GIVEAWAY: The Pearl River Resort is giving away a free Harley every Saturday through May 22. Ride your own bike to Choctaw for the Pearl River Run bike rally, Motorcycles ...
Sunday, May 9
[Ladd] Doing Mama's Business
This column was originally published in 2003. We feature it this week in honor of a very special mama. The first issue of the JFP was published on Sept. 22, ...
‘Gone Weekly'
If there's one JFP-related question I've heard more than any other from folks around Jackson in the past few weeks and months, it's been this one: "Are y'all going weekly?"
Saturday, May 8
Why Sacramento Won't Be King
The Sacramento Kings were on track to be the best offensive team in NBA history this season, Slate's John Hollinger writes. Then they put Chris Webber back in the lineup. ...
Friday, May 7
Senators Face Uncertain Future
Support local baseball! The Senators' first home game is Monday, May 10, at 7:05 p.m. against San Angelo at Smith-Wills. (Click here for full schedule.)
Eli's Giant Step
The New York Giants and their fans will get their first look at No. 1 draft choice and franchise savior Eli Manning on Friday on the opening day of the ...
Update: MLB Squashes Spidey
Spider-Man won't be on the bases at major league games after all. MLB killed a plan to put logos for the movie "Spider-Man 2" on the bases on Thursday, just ...
Thursday, May 6
- Best in Sports May 6-12
Pro baseball: Jackson at Coastal Bend, 7 p.m. (1240 AM): The Senators begin their season in Texas. ... College baseball, SWAC Tournament, Houston: In the first round, East champ Mississippi ...
Sens Face Uncertain Future
Support local baseball! The Senators' first home game is May 12 at 10:30 a.m. against San Angelo at Smith-Wills. (Click below for full schedule.)
News from the Restaurant Scene
Keegan's, 7049 Old Canton Road, behind Brookshires on Lake Harbor, (898-4554) began serving their lunch buffet about four weeks ago, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. There's soup, salad, meats, ...
[Ask JoAnne] Donkeys Have a Shot?
Do the Republicans have a lock on the state of Mississippi? Does a Democrat, or even just a non-elephant like myself, have a chance of voting for the winning candidate ...
[Stiggers] There's No Hidin' Place Down Here
Funkee Finger and Pookie Peterz Homeboy Hook-up Productions present M.C. Booty Cheeks' premiere hip-hop CD, "Their Eyes Are On The Ghetto: The Real Crack Epidemic." This controversial, socio-political CD features ...
Bradshaw Blasts Mannings
NFL Hall of Famer and Fox NFL host Terry Bradshaw is steamed about the way Eli and Archie Manning manipulated the NFL draft to place Eli with the N.Y. Giants. ...
[Mimi] Last of the Red-Hot Sugar Mamas
Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, ...
Where's Mario?
Bad news, Rage fans. Former Mississippi State star Mario Austin might not be with the team when they play their home opener on May 15. The Chicago Sun-Times reported on ...
Just a Jump to the Left
It's not exactly the '80s again. But there is a time warp-theme in Jackson theater right now (no, not Rocky Horror) with lots days-gone-by fare offered this spring. If you ...
Wednesday, May 5
The Rest of Us
A recent article in The New York Times Magazine portrayed a group of women who have decided to step away from careers to raise their young children. The title of ...
Education Under Attack
Anticipation stalked the halls of the Mississippi State Capitol. Agency heads showed up, educators camped out, advocates for children and families rallied. It was clearly crunch time. Lawmakers had only ...
Wendy Eddleman
As I listened to Wendy Eddleman at Flashbacks Espresso Café in Byram, I couldn't help thinking of those serene beauties often seen in Renaissance paintings. Not only is the 29-year-old ...
the Existential Tomato
May 6, 2004 In the spring, even the most urbanized Southerners exhibit an itch to plant tomatoes. Many Southern gardeners take stock of their formal perennial beds and despair of ...
Fran's Creole Girls
When I was a child in the 1950s, white middle class society pitied childless women. They had few options for a productive life outside of motherhood. The husband of a ...
Singling Out Single Moms
Great—another Hallmark holiday, as if picking out cards for your half-sister's secretary's niece's baptism wasn't enough already. Hoping to spark a national trend, American Singles Education Inc. is sponsoring a ...
No Man Is An Island
The University of Southern Mississippi has reached a settlement with two professors whose suspensions touched off a storm of protests by faculty and students two months ago. The university will ...
Baseball's Stink Bug
How far has Major League Baseball fallen? MLB is going to prostitute itself further by decorating the fhe field wih "Spider-Man 2" logos during games on June 11-13. Instead, why ...
All Chicks Didn't Just Hatch
One Thursday evening last November, I saw a group of women dressed in purple, the odd bit of red plumage on their bright red hats, listening to Rhonda Richmond sing ...
Scribes Scrap; Becks Back In Britain?
Brad Locke of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal tells the sad, but amusing, story of "reality journalism" gone awry up in Minnesota. Are Jack Kelly and Jason Blair eligible?
Tuesday, May 4
Tuck readmitted
Julie Goodman of C-L writes"Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, who has walking pneumonia, has been admitted to the hospital again, this time to the intensive care unit. Tuck was in stable ...
Special session likely due to stalled bills
C-L reports today: "Lawmakers left the Capitol late Monday night with no agreement on the how to fund the state's public schools, how to cover Medicaid recipients or how to ...
Becks Shock
British sports writers don't waste time with boring game coverage. Instead, they're on the David Beckham story. The latest: Real Madrid is going to cut loose soccer's top star because ...
Miami Not-So-Nice
The NBA playoffs have been going for — what, two months now? — and the last first-round series finally ends on Tuesday night. The New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat ...
Monday, May 3
House debates dipping in trust fund
Andy Kanengiser of the C-L reports: "Using money from Mississippi's tobacco trust fund to avoid slashing school budgets was one of the proposals discussed Sunday at the Capitol. But the ...
The Naked Lunch: A Hotdog And A Bud
The latest issue of the Nex York Express asks: What if William S. Burroughs was a Yankee Stadium bleacher creature? This is the kind of fantasy sports Doctor S prefers. ...
Get A Grip, Grab A Chair
"Remember when wrestling kicked ass?" Yeah, when Doctor S was 12. Anyway, that's the marketing motto of Full Throttle Wrestling, which will tape the first episode of its TV program, ...
Sunday, May 2
Macon, Miss., Contractor Escapes; 11 More Troops Killed
AP is reporting: "In a daring escape, American hostage Thomas Hamill pried open the doors of the house where he was being held late Sunday morning and ran a half-mile ...
Saturday, May 1
Giant Discontent
NFL sack king Michael Strahan is among the New York Giants dismayed by the team's dismissal of veteran quarterback Kerry Collins in favor of No. 1 draft pick Eli Manning. ...
Rage Begins
The Jackson Rage opened its inaugural season with an 87-86 victory over the Kentucky Reach Friday night at Elizabethtown, Ky. Former Mississippi State star and Russian refugee Mario Austin scored ...
