The morning blog… Your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum was like a family reunion Thursday evening during a reception to honor Margaret Ferriss White, who is retiring from full-time duties at the MHSoF. Folks drove in from all over the state to honor Margaret, who began work for the MSHoF before there was […]
Jackie Sherrill, who won monster victories at Texas A & M and Mississippi State and keeps close ties to both programs, stops short of predicting a victor for this Saturday’s game at College Station. And he won’t say which team, if any, he will pull for. “I’ll wear maroon and white, I’ll tell you that […]
Hall of Famer Bert Jenkins, perhaps the best coach I ever covered and certainly in the top two or three, was not a screamer. Hollering and yelling – and certainly cussing — weren’t necessary for this gentleman to make his points. Nevertheless, Jenkins, the legendary Gulfport basketball coach, enforced firm rules, all based on what […]
The morning blog: Ole Miss goes to undefeated Florida ranked No. 3 in the country and as a 6-point favorite. But the Rebels’ fourth consecutive victory — won over Vanderbilt last Saturday night — begs more questions than it answers. • Were the Rebels hung over from their huge victory over Alabama at Tuscaloosa? Yes. […]
The morning blog: We’ve got a busy day at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.This will be short — and you can decide if it is sweet. Not quite a month into football season I have a bone to pick with all football coaches who line up for fourth down and inches to […]
The morning blog: It wasn’t long ago Nick Saban asked the question (and I paraphrase): Is this what we want college football to be? Saban mostly was talking about no-huddle, spread-the-field offenses vs. the more physical, smash-mouth football so many of us have known forever. Me? I really believe there can be a healthy mix […]
They resurfaced and painted the floor of Bert Jenkins Gymnasium in Gulfport this past summer, adding Jenkins’ signature to the surface. Nothing could be more appropriate. Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Bert Jenkins, who died at age 90 late Wednesday, put his signature on Gulfport and Mississippi basketball. He was a marvelous gentleman, a truly […]
by Bill Blackwell The news this morning that Yogi Berra, one of my childhood idols had passed away at 90 years of age brought back a swirl of memories. During my days in baseball I was fortunate enough to have met Yogi on several occasions, first with the Astros where Yogi served as a coach […]
