This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. In a more fair and just Mississippi, James Thomas Bell — JT to his family and friends around Starkville — probably would have attended his hometown college, then Mississippi A&M, where he surely would have become a baseball star. Of course, in a […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Author’s note: Delta State University will retire former head baseball coach Mike Kinnison No. 15 jersey in a ceremony Saturday at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field prior to the 2 p.m. doubleheader against the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Kinnison guided the Statesmen to the 2004 NCAA Division II national […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Greatest athlete in Ole Miss history? My guess in 99% of Rebels would blurt “Archie Manning” before the question is completed. Hard to argue: Manning was an All American quarterback and also an outstanding shortstop in baseball. And then there’s Jake Gibbs, also […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Ole Miss and Mississippi State have played baseball for 128 years. That’s a lot of history. And yet, there probably has never been a more anticipated Rebel-Bulldog baseball series than the one scheduled for this weekend in Starkville. That’s why seats are selling […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Ole Miss and Mississippi State baseball teams will enter the weekend ranked in the top five in the nation in various polls. Southern Miss is in the top 25 of RPI ratings. Jackson State is undefeated in the SWAC. Delta State remains a […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Men’s college basketball moves to the Final Four this weekend. As has been the case all but one time in NCAA history, no Mississippi team is involved. No surprise there, our teams just weren’t nearly good enough to get that far. In fact, none […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Here’s the latest round of positive proof that Mississippi is, above all else, a baseball state: • Mississippi State is ranked No. 2 in the nation in the latest Baseball America poll. The Bulldogs, 16-4 and 2-1, are fresh from taking two of […]
This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. A few of us were tramping up and down the overgrown, sometimes prickly fairways of the former Colonial Country Club golf course in northeast Jackson near dusk recently. Renowned golf course designer Rob Collins was explaining the routing of a proposed par-4 hole […]
