The Sked
Tuesday, Dec. 14
Alabama State at Mississippi State (7 p.m., Starkville, CSS, 105.9 FM)
Soccer Tournament for Baby Pierce
Leah Helms left the soccer field after watching her oldest child's victory in a soccer tournament at 10 p.m. on a Sunday night. The next day she was in labor.
‘As Safe As Any Sport'
Every Monday night at 8 p.m., millions of sports fans tune in to the USA Network to watch World Wrestling Entertainment's "Monday Night Raw." But wrestling is one of the …
JFP Persons of the Day: Jan Finney and Liz Carmouche
Since its inception, men have predominately ruled the sport of mixed martial arts. Recently, however, a crop of rough and tough female fighters has stepped up to the plate. On …
En Garde!
As a young boy, my parents introduced me to classic films featuring Errol Flynn ("Captain Blood") and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ("The Corsican Brothers"). I mainly remember the swashbucklers' fencing duels.
Good, Bad, Bowls
The college football season is surging toward its conclusion. Over the final three weeks of the season, everything will fall into place. We'll discover if the SEC can go for …
‘Sweet Science' in Pearl
Boxing can help keep kids off the street and give them direction in their lives says former fighter turned boxing coach Bombay Higginbottom. He preaches that boxing teaches discipline and …
The Many Angles of Angleball
Almost every fair-weather week since I turned 13, I've played the same game—angleball. And almost every fair-weather week since I turned 13, I've been asked the same question: "What the …
Of Rucks and Scrums
As I traveled to the Jackson Rugby Football Club practice on a hot and humid Tuesday afternoon, I had no clue what to expect, but I attempted to visualize how …
The Night the Sky Didn't Fall
As a former history major and a sports guy, I found the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, with its many exhibits and stories about the past, a fascinating place to …
Small Schools, Big Talents
Mississippi schools have been a source of great football talent for a long time. While players at the major universities and colleges get most of the attention, smaller schools have …
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JFP 2010 College Football Preview
A college football coach once said that if your team was any good, a coach was going to have to go pick up a player from the local jail every …
Bryan's Bold Predicitons
I was on a mission. Locked in a one-window room with no air-conditioning, just a laptop and a notepad, I began to burn up the Internet with my searches, watching …
