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Redbird On ‘Roids?

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has been treated like the Anti-Barry Bonds by many baseball writers and fans, the poster boy for what many believed was MLB's post-steroids era. …

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 …

The Tyson Twist

There's trouble coming to River City ... maybe. A day after saying Saturday's fight in Memphis was off, heavyweight has-been Mike Tyson changed his mind and said that facial tattoo …

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 …

College Football: Iggles Going To Big Easy Bowl

Southern Miss is going to the New Orleans Bowl (Dec. 21, 7 p.m., ESPN2).

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, …

Was Rush Right?

Rush Limbaugh quit his ESPN NFL pre-game show because the network couldn't take the heat it caught after Limbaugh said Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb is overrated and there's a …

No Mexico

While the humor-impaired NFL removed "gay" from its list of words that can't be printed on the back of one of its official jerseys, this week it added "Mexico" to …

Tiger Blues

How bad has it gotten for the Jackson State football team? Opposing players are making jokes. After Southern whipped the Tigers 45-7 last Saturday, Jaguars quarterback Thomas Ricks said (his …

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 …

Blatter Blather

World soccer boss Sepp Blatter has added a new offense to his crimes against humanity: Sexist pig. Blatter said in a recent interview that the best way to increase the …

Slim Pickings on First Day of Miss. Shrimp Season

Some of the shrimpers who set out at dawn Tuesday with high hopes for a huge catch came in hours later with just enough of the spiny crustaceans for a …

Artists Can Help the City - C.A. Webb Discusses Tuesday night

Johnny Ramone Dies At 55

AP Reports: Though they never had a Top 40 song, seminal punk band "The Ramones" left a formidable imprint on the rock genre. The quartet's impact was evident Wednesday when …

So Long, Rod

Rod Barnes' days at Ole Miss are numbered. Rick Cleveland wrote Barnes' obituary on Thursday in The Clarion-Ledger. The Rebels started 13-3, but they fell to 14-14 with Wednesday night's …

Bloc Party Storms Across America

British Post-Punkers' Bloc Party played 5 shows in 4 days at South X Southwest, and unlease their highly anticipated debut L.P. in stores now. They share the Vice Records label …

Ugly Day For Eli

Eli Manning's playoff debut was a disaster on Sunday, as the Carolina Panthers stomped the New York Giants 23-0 out in the swamplands of Jersey. Eli threw three interceptions and …

Fred Smoot: Party Animal

Jackson's own Fred Smoot has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from his part in the Minnesota's infamous sex-boat cruise on Lake Minnetonka. Smoot, you recall, brought new meaning to …

Packin' Crime Stories for the C-L

Cathead Comfort & Mercy Hand Sanitizer Available For Purchase

Cathead Distillery announced that its new hand sanitizer, Comfort & Mercy, is now available for purchase online as well as at select retailers across the South.