Long-time Columbus coach and educator Jim “Tuffy” Bourland, the MVP of the first Mississippi High School football all-star game, died at the age of 81 last August. In the accompanying photograph, you see Bourland’s son, Jackson radio executive John Bourland, with his dad’s souvenir sweater jacket from that first all-star game played back in 1950. […]
Archie Manning, surely one of the most beloved athletes in Mississippi history, has been chosen to receive The Rube Award for his lifetime of contributions to sports in the Magnolia State. Manning follows Boo Ferriss and Ben Puckett as recipients of The Rube, which is named for the late Michael Rubenstein, long-time TV sportscaster and […]
Services have been set for Hall of Famer Bill Buckner. Visitation will be at Wright Ferguson Highland Colony from 5 until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Another visitation will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Jackson, followed by the funeral service at noon. ••• Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Bill Buckner, who touched […]
IRVING, Texas – Former Ole Miss All-American Wesley Walls, a rare two-way player in modern college football, has been selected to the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2014 as announced Thursday by the National Football Foundation. One of the most acclaimed players in Ole Miss history, Walls received first team All-America honors in […]
OXFORD— Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Robert Khayat’s The Education of a Lifetime (Nautilus Publishing) won the 2014 Silver IPPY Award for best memoir in the nation published by a small press. The IPPY Awards are bestowed each year by the Independent Publishers Association of America. Awards director for the association Jim Barnes said “Robert […]
Auston Bousfield, a junior outfielder from Ole Miss who led the Southeastern Conference in hits this season, has won the C Spire Ferriss Trophy as the most outstanding college baseball player in Mississippi for 2014. Bousfield finished third in the conference in batting average (.353), sixth in runs scored (47) and fourth in total […]
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. 2013 Hunter Renfroe (MSU), Josh Branstetter (DSU), Andrew Pierce (USM), Stuart Turner (Ole Miss), Bobby […]
Pitching is dominant in college baseball these days, and four of the five finalists for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy are stellar pitchers. Chosen by professional scouts, who cover Mississippi, and Mississippi college coaches, the five finalists (in alphabetical order) are: • Tyler Akins, Belhaven University, who leads NAIA nationally in saves. Akins, a […]
