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MSU, Croom Make History

Mississippi State has become the first SEC school to hire an African-American head football coach. Sylvester Croom, a former Alabama player and coach who's been an NFL assistant for the …

"Letters, Prayers, and Journal Entries," Anne Davis

I have a confession to make: I am inherently suspicious of confessional albums with a message. So when I received a copy of Anne Davis' "Letters, Prayers, and Journal Entries"—which, …

Waiting For Sly

Mississippi State gave prospective football coach Sylvester Croom a tour of the campus on Sunday. Now the Bulldogs are waiting on his answer. It could come as soon as Monday.

Sly Croom Update, Part 2

OK, Mississippi State didn't hire a new football coach on Saturday. But Dr. S urges you to keep Monday and Tuesday clear. The (Biloxi) Sun Herald and ESPN.com both report …

Sly Update, Part 1

A Green Bay newspaper reports that Mississippi State has offered its head football coach's job to Sylvester Croom and now he's trying to decide what to do.

The Kid's Alright

Is there anything more meaningless than your average NBA regular-season game? (Yes, your average NHL regular-season game.) But there is one player this season who's always worth watching: rookie sensation …

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 …

Commitment to Egg-cellence

Mississippi State and Ole Miss meet for the 100th time in football on Thursday night. For the sixth straight year, all eyes will be on the Egg Bowl because it's …

But, Mr. Cleo

I first saw Robert Little, a very handsome toastmaster-by-trade and Jacksonian, take on a young, somewhat skeptical audience Nov. 19 at the North Midtown Community Development Center. He was the …

Harvey Talks Back: The 2003 JFP Interview with Mayor Johnson

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. is having one hell of a year. On the one hand, the Vicksburg native has presided over a city for six years that seems to …

Do We Really Have To Talk About The Egg Bowl?

While Ole Miss fans sweat out Mississippi State and find themselves forced to pull for Arkansas on Friday, Slate's Allen Barra explains the BCS' big flaw: Trying to fix something …

[City Buzz] Crackheads vs. Democrats

CRACKHEAD SON-IN-LAWS: The usually-respectful Jackson 2000, a group that meets regularly at Mikhail's to discuss racial reconciliation, got a little saucy this month when a panel gathered to discuss the …

Heeding Hip-Hop's Higher Calling

<b>An Interview with Russell Simmons</b>

A devout yoga practitioner, ruthless entrepreneur, dedicated philanthropist and burgeoning political player, Russell Simmons is most famous as the co-founder of Def Jam Records, the label that launched Run-DMC, Public …

Whip It Good

Watching George Glass demonstrate his skill with a bullwhip, I was convinced that I could grow to enjoy this sport. On eBay I could find myself an inexpensive whip, then …

[Fry] The 50 Cent Test

Lately, every time some politician is talking about education on the TV, on radio or in the newspaper, they're talking about testing. "Accountability." They act like standardized test scores are …

[Stiggers] Fresh Breath is Coming to Town

Season's greetings, folkses! This is your favorite non-black, Mo'tel Williams, along with the Sausage Sandwich Sisters, also known as the Electric Slide Ambassadors for World Peace and Rent Money. We …

Drug Testing in the NFL

Malcolm Gladwell writes in The New Yorker: "Despite the N.F.L.'s claims that it is concerned about the health of the players, it is more concerned about the health of the …

Truth in the Hands of Artists

Radiohead's Thom Yorke and author/historian Howard Zinn talk about the artist's role in politics. Yorke: "This goes back to what should be causing extreme alarm. If there are political programs …

Bush's ‘Crimes Against Nature'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. writes: "George W. Bush will go down in history as America's worst environmental president. In a ferocious three-year attack, the Bush administration has initiated more than …

Oops, They Did It Again

In the Southern Style section of The Clarion-Ledger on Sunday, Nov. 23, Orley Hood worked himself into a lather: "The single dumbest paragraph I've read in this newspaper in the …