By now, you’ve seen where Dan Jennings, a former baseball player at Southern Miss and William Carey College, has become the manager of the Miami Marlins. He has not coached or managed in baseball since 1986 and even then it was at the high school level at Davidson in Mobile. Understandably, many are asking: Why? […]
Several folks have asked this week for a complete rundown of C Spire Ferriss Trophy winners and finalists over the years. So, here goes… note, that we moved to five finalists from three in 2013. The winner is in bold. 2014 Auston Bousfield (Ole Miss), Tyler Akins (Belhaven), Chris Ellis (Ole Miss), Jacob Lindgren (MSU), […]
Writer’s note: If you had told me 15 to 20 years ago that Oak Grove would one day become a Class 6A powerhouse in Mississippi football, I would have said you were nuts. Nevil Barr, the coach who made that happen, retired yesterday at 63. He is one of the smartest coaches I have covered […]
A memorial celebration for Davey L. Whitney, Sr., will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Morning Star Baptist Church, 1440 20th Street in Gulfport. A second memorial will be held at Alcorn State University Saturday, June 6. ••• This would have been March, 1974. Mississippi Coliseum was so packed […]
(Writer’s note: Dave Whitney — one of the greatest coaches in Mississippi history in any sport, at any level — died today at his home in Biloxi. He was 85. Davey was a splendid coach, a great friend. He could charm the stripes of a tiger, but scare the daylights out of basketball players twice […]
For a Mississippi team to go deep into college baseball’s post-season, somebody is going to have to go on a tear starting soon — like immediately. The good news: It has happened before. Many times. Recently, the C Spire Ferriss Trophy has seemingly served as a catalyst. Two years ago, Mississippi State’s Hunter Renfroe won […]
(Thirteen years ago, The Clarion-Ledger dispatched me to Memphis to cover the Lewis-Tyson fight for the heavyweight championship of the world, Tunica included. I had a ball, although I did get bored with all the hype. One day, a couple days before the fight, I found myself musing over what Elvis Presley would have thought. […]
Pete Brown, who died today in Augusta, Ga., at age 80, overcame polio as a teen to become a champion on the PGA Tour. But that wasn’t hardest part of his becoming golf champion. Brown, born in Port Gibson and raised in Jackson, was a black man. He grew up at a time when precious […]
