I could never run as fast as Jake Mangum, nor could I hit a curve ball, but I have one thing on Mississippi State’s C Spire Ferriss Trophy winner. I knew his grandfather, “Big John” Mangum. That’s who I wanted to tell Jake about as we chatted prior to his winning the trophy as […]
Legendary high school football coach Ed Reed won several championships in Mississippi and several more in Alabama. He won at small schools such as Rolling Fork and large ones such as Jackson Provine and Tuscaloosa Central. Reed won in an eccentric river town (Natchez), in the Piney Woods of Lumberton and at Picayune. He won […]
Three slugging outfielders, one pitcher and another player who pitches, hits and can play a number of positions are among the five finalists for the 2016 C Spire Ferriss Trophy, which will be presented at a luncheon Monday at the Cleveland Country Club. Chosen by Major League scouts, who cover Mississippi, and by Mississippi’s college […]
The scary part is that somebody, somewhere, in the deep, dark recesses of the NCAA thought that a seven-team NCAA Baseball Regional was a good idea. That it was fair, equitable. Whoever thought that was wrong. Delta State last week won the Gulf South Conference baseball championship, thus qualifying for the NCAA Division II championship […]
In Mississippi, we celebrate our most special college athletes with end-of-the-season most outstanding player awards. Athletes at all four-year colleges and universities are eligble. So, players at Millsaps, William Carey and Belhaven are candidates, just as players at Ole Miss and Mississippi State and Southern Miss. The awards, sponsored by C Spire, are named for […]
Happy 77th birthday to the great Ralph Boston, born May 9, 1939, in Laurel, MS. What follows is a column I wrote about Ralph four years ago when he was a mere 73. ••• It was 52 years ago this week, about a month before the 1960 Rome Olympics. Ralph Boston, a Laurel farmer’s son […]
What follows is an updated (Monday, May 9) C Spire Ferriss Trophy watch list. The trophy will be awarded May 23 at a luncheon at the Cleveland Country Club. The Ferriss Trophy, named for Mississippi and Major League baseball legend Boo Ferriss, goes annually to the state’s most outstanding college baseball player. Unlike the other […]
Yes, the NCAA has passed new legislation that sounds as if it would prevent Mississippi schools from hosting NCAA baseball regionals and first and second round NCAA Women’s basketball regionals. No, the new legislation will not affect who hosts baseball regionals this spring. It doesn’t go into effect until the next school year. The new […]
