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A Look Back at Mississippi’s Basketball Season
The Final Four is here, and the book on Mississippi's current basketball season has closed. It felt like a particularly mad March for Mississippi basketball fans, but it was a …
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The Business They Chose
When I heard the news that Mississippi State University athletic director Scott Stricklin had fired basketball coach Rick Ray after just three seasons, ideas from two of the most acclaimed …
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Mississippi State University fired basketball coach Rick Ray Saturday, March 21, and hired former UCLA Final Four coach Ben Howland. Ray went 37-60 in three seasons in Starkville.
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MHSAA: Noble But Wrong About Callaway
A Mississippi High School Athletic Association rule from 1938 prevented Callaway High School from participating in the Dick's Sporting Goods High School Nationals.
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Callaway High School (31-3) won its fourth straight 5A title with a 66-43 victory over Ridgeland High School (29-4). Malik Newman scored 27 points.
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Crowning Queen Victoria
You won't see the biggest impact of Victoria Vivians' first college season in her statistics, although she led the SEC in scoring at 15.1 points per game.
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The championship rounds of the state high school basketball tournament tip off Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at the Mississippi Coliseum.
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Pearl River Community College beat Holmes Community College 65-54 to win the boys MACJC State Championship. Co-Lin Community College won the girls state title.
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Tourney at ‘The Big House’
Some call the Mississippi Coliseum "The Big House." And for two weeks every March, it plays host to one of the biggest and best events in Mississippi sports: the state …
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Jackson Preparatory School soccer defeated Madison-Ridgeland Academy 3-2 Feb. 21 for a fifth consecutive MAIS Division I state championship.
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Mississippi NBA Pairing Perfectly Timed
Looking to bolster their fading playoff hopes, the Charlotte Hornets reinvigorated the careers of two of Mississippi's all-time greats in the process.
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Callaway High School basketball played on national television (ESPNU) Saturday night and defeated Dominican High School (Whitefish Bay, Wi.) 76-47 behind 31 points from star Malik Newman.
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A Big Hit for Mississippi Baseball
After a period of declining offense and interest, the NCAA switched to a new baseball with flatter seams in hope of raising scores and ramping up excitement from the fans.
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JPS Game Calls for Venue Change
It was supposed to be the showcase act for the main event in Jackson Public Schools athletics: big-time high school basketball. Unfortunately, the actual stage used wasn't nearly big enough.
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Mississippi State University women's basketball is No. 13 in the AP Top 25 poll after a home win over Texas A&M. Morgan William picked up SEC Freshman of the Week …
Sports Follows of the Week
The sports world has moved to social media like everything else. Here are four Twitter follows you'll want to hit and won't regret this week
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A Sporting State
The most exciting football season in Mississippi's memory came to a fitting close Sunday night, with little-known Vicksburg and Hinds Community College product Malcolm Butler playing Super Bowl hero and …
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