Bob Boyd, “Uncle Bob” to Mississippi State basketball fans during his time in Starkville, ranks as one of the favorite coaches I have covered in my nearly 50 years of writing sports in Mississippi. Maybe that’s because Bob always seemed to have more fun coaching basketball than most of his peers. Brought to Starkville by […]
Writer’s note: What follows is my column that is syndicated in Mississippi newspapers. Good friend Ben Nelson, the former PGA Tour rules official, corrects me on the part about the term “links” as it applies to golf. Said Ben, “Sir Michael Bonallack, former secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, explained […]
Johnny Miller, who at the peak of his golf game, was among the greatest players ever, credits Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Mike Taylor for much of his success. The two were teammates at BYU, Miller from San Francisco and Taylor, who eventually won the Mississippi State Amateur championship 10 times, from Meridian. They were […]
(Mississippi has produced the leading passer and receiver in NFL history, plus the second leading rusher. Brett Favre (Kiln), Jerry Rice (Crawford) and Walter Payton (Columbia) need no introduction. Now the state has produced pro footballs first full-time female official, Sarah Thomas. Here was my this week’s syndicated column about Sarah. At the end, there’s […]
Notes, quotes and an opinion or two… As we move toward income tax deadline, our college baseball teams face pressing deadlines, as well. Ole Miss, State and USM must get hot in a hurry to be considered seriously for NCAA Tournament at-large berths. Southern Miss is the closest to being hot at present. Tuesday night’s […]
Ten things about the NCAA Basketball Tournament… It’s still the most exciting event on the sports calendar, and Games like Wisconsin-Kentucky are what make it so, and I have said since Ole Miss had a shot to win in regulation at Kentucky on the opening week of the SEC schedule that I didn’t think Kentucky […]
SAUCIER — David Frost, the wine-making golfer from South Africa, might have uncorked a fine bottle of champagne Sunday night. After all, he shot a final round 68 to win the Mississippi Gulf Resorts Classic for his first Champions Tour victory in nearly two years. Frost, 55, came from three shots behind to win his […]
SAUCIER — This is Jim Thorpe’s last rodeo. At age 66, and after 44 years of playing golf for a living, Thorpe knows the time has come. He still possesses an athlete’s build, a linebacker’s shoulders and a blacksmith’s forearms, but his creaky joints tell him how old he is on every swing. “The golf […]
