So, you probably heard or read about Mississippi State’s Jake Mangum, saying good-bye to college baseball at the College World Series with a plea to the NCAA to do something about the inequities in his sport. Specifically, Mangum made a strong case for increasing paid assistant coaches to three (from two) and for significantly upping the limit […]
Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton (34) runs upfield during an NFL game against the Washington Redskins in Chicago, on Sept. 29, 1985. Our task today? We’re going to put together Team Mississippi, an All-Time, All-Pro football team of native Mississippians. We are going kick rear ends and take names. We’ll mess […]
Johnny Majors, an All-American football player at Tennessee and a championship-winning coach at Pittsburgh and Tennessee, had many Mississippi connections and friends. Among those friends was the late Willie Morris, the beloved Mississippi author who would have been the first to tell you Majors was a “Good Ol’ Boy” and a great storyteller in his […]
They called him Gentle Ben. But Jim Carmody, who coached history-making, trail-blazing Ben Williams at both Ole Miss and then the Buffalo Bills, would like to expound on that nickname. “When Ben Williams was on the football field and the game was on, there was not one thing gentle about him,” Carmody said. “He annihilated […]
JACKSON, Miss. – (June 4, 2020) The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced today that one of its largest annual fundraisers, the Farm Bureau Watermelon Classic traditionally held on July 4th will take place as a virtual event for 2020. Participants will be able to choose a 5k Run or a 5k Walk and complete […]
UPDATED JUNE 5, 2020: The Museum is now open and ready for visitors with the following restrictions in place. Thank you for your support during this time. Anyone with a fever of 100 degrees or more will not be admitted. We ask that all patrons and employees wear a protective mask. If you do not […]
The winners of the 2020 C Spire Gillom and C Spire Howell Trophies were announced today at a luncheon held at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. The awards go annually to the Most Outstanding College Basketball players in the state. The C Spire Gillom Trophy which goes to the top ladies player was won […]
