Jackson Free Press

College Football: USM Wins New Orleans Bowl

Southern Miss defeats Troy, 30-27, in overtime in the New Orleans Bowl.

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

College basketball, NCAA Tournament (11 a.m., Ch. 12): The best part of the men's college basketball season begins. It doesn't matter who's playing, you know you will watch.

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Pro baseball, Montgomery at Mississippi in Southern League playoffs (7 p.m., Trustmark Park, Pearl, 930 AM): The Biscuits are hot; the M-Braves are not. Game two of the best-of-five series …

College Basketball: Fantastic Friday, Super Saturday

Mississippi State and Ole Miss both advanced to Saturday's semifinals of the SEC Tournament with victories on Friday. The Bulldogs defeated Kentucky 84-82 in overtime in one of the most …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

College baseball, Mississippi State and Ole Miss in SEC Tournament (times, opponents TBA, Hoover, Ala., CSS/620 AM/97.3 FM): Since they played each other in the first round on Wednesday, one …

For Those About To Bat ...

Meanwhile, here's your out-of-town newspapers preview.

Get your (college) diamond on, sports fans. The NCAA Regionals begin Friday. The Ole Miss-Bethune-Cookman game will be on local TV on Friday (7 p.m., Ch. 40) . And if …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Golf, British Open (6 a.m., TNT): Will wee Padraig Herrington win a third-straight British Open? Or is Tiger Woods ready to pounce? The battle for the claret jug continues through …

Bama Slaps Croom

Whatever class and mystique the Alabama football program still had left over from the Bear Bryant era left Tuscaloosa with Gene Stallings. The Crimson Tide program hit a new low …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Doctor S sez: They say that people who are intoxicated shouldn't watch 3-D TV. So much for watching sports.

College Baseball: Tough Roads Ahead

Ole Miss and Southern Miss both got into the NCAA Tournament and they both face a tough road to Omaha. Ole Miss is headed to Coral Gables, Fla., and the …

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. …

MSU About To Make History?

Mississippi State is expected to make history (no later than Saturday) when Sylvester Croom is named the Bulldogs head football coach. MSU AD Larry Templeton has been tight-lipped about the …

Plucked Out

"The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" (W. W. Norton, $24.95) would be dreadful as fiction—a Disneyfied, feel-good failure. A 15-year-old black kid from a big family in the ghetto …

Slate - July 8-14

THE SLATE: the best in sports in the next 7 days

Pro baseball, Amarillo at Jackson, 7 p.m. (1240 AM): The Senators tackle the Dillas before leaving for a two-series swing through Texas.

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Doctor S sez: What do you call a sunny day following two days of rain? Monday.

Some Senators Worth Watching

Start planning your spring and summer ... the Jackson Senators have released their 2004 schedule. The Senators open the season on May 6 at Coastal Bend. The first home game …

Eustachy A Natural For USM

Bonus: Larry rates the party schools.

Larry Eustachy, the former Iowa State basketball coach best know for his affinity for college coeds and Natural Light beer, is expected to named coach at Southern Miss on Friday, …

Outpacing Expectations

When this issue went to press, the Mississippi State basketball team was in New York, preparing to play in the NIT semifinals. All of the state's Big Four men's teams …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Pro basketball, San Antonio at Cleveland in NBA Finals (8 p.m., Ch. 16): Will this be the night the Spurs hoist their fourth NBA championship trophy?

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

College football, New Year's Day offers a massive buffet of tasty bowl matchups. Here are three of the best: South Carolina vs. Iowa in the Outback Bowl (10 a.m., ESPN); …