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[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

July is a big month in sports, with the Tour de France, the 2012 London Olympics and golf's British Open all held this month.

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Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius is the first amputee track athlete to compete in any Olympic games.

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Slamming It Home

Serena Williams won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles final on Saturday, July 7.

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[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

We're days away from the start of football. The NFL Hall of Fame game is Aug. 5. I can already smell in the air that football is coming.

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A New Low Standard

This week the National Collegiate Athletic Association decided that the University of North Carolina will not face an NCAA investigation over potential academic issues.

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JFP Top 25: Week 2

Alabama made the biggest statement of the weekend laying the smackdown to Michigan in Dallas.

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Team of the Day: Millsaps Majors

Tropical Storm Isaac affected college football games all over Mississippi last week. One of those games was the Backyard Brawl between the Millsaps Majors and Mississippi College Choctaws.

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[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Football is in full swing, and Major League Baseball reaches the home stretch. With cooler air, the sports world is going into full motion.

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Heads Up, Tacklers

Football is a tough game. I should know: Even though I played for only six or seven years, I have more days than I would like to count where my …

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Keith Villafranco

Mississippi College entered its game against Webber International needing a win after losing the season opener to Millsaps. The Choctaws got a superb effort from junior defensive back Keith Villafranco.

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JFP Top 25: Week 7

I deemed last Saturday as “Showdown Saturday,” and it didn’t disappoint with top 25 teams dropping like flies.

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[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Plenty of sports to keep you warm as the temperatures begin to drop.

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The Right Call

Anyone who was watching the Atlanta Braves face the St. Louis Cardinals in a one-game wild card playoff on Friday night knows what I am talking about.

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Players of the Day: Jackson State Rushers

Sports are normally a bottom-line business, and that bottom line is: Did you win or did you lose? But sometimes, even in defeat, recognition should be given to a special …

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Jack Carlisle

Legendary football coach Jack Carlisle will be the subject of the first annual Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Roast this Tuesday, Oct. 16.

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JFP Top 25: Week 8

October has provided two straight weeks of upsets in the top ten of the Top 25 teams.

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Still a Chance for a Saints Superbowl?

There wasn't even enough time to bask in the win against San Diego before thoughts turned to the New Orleans Saints' playoff hopes.

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Solid Weekend for Four-Year Schools

It wasn't a perfect weekend for four-year college-football programs in Mississippi, but it was darn close.

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Team of the Day: Mississippi State Football Team

Mississippi State fans are partying like it's 1999. That's because the Bulldogs are off to their best start since winning eight straight games to start the 1999 season.

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JFP Top 25: Week 9

October separates the contenders from the pretenders in college football. West Virginia has been proven a pretender, and the Florida Gators have shown they are contenders.