Limited playing spots remain available for the Kent Hull Memorial Golf Tournament, set for Thursday, April 24th at Live Oaks Golf Club. The tournament, which has a four-man scramble format, has individual spots open at $200 or team sponsorships available at $800. To reserve a spot, call Terry Godfrey at 601-898-1017 or email him at […]
How do you celebrate the first national junior college men’s basketball championship in the long, storied history of the Mississippi junior college system? Jones Junior College coach Jay Ladner, one of the best coaches 99.99 percent of the country never heard of, answered his cell phone Sunday morning and answered that question. “We’re pulled […]
Jones Junior College this past weekend became the first Mississippi two-year school to win the juco Division I National Championship. The Jones Bobcats won five games in five days to claim the title. Back in 1951, Northeast Community College in Booneville played for the national championship at Hutchinson, Kan. The story is worth retelling… Northeast […]
Indianola native Sam Lacey, regarded as one of the most versatile big men in NBA history, died Saturday in his adopted hometown of Kansas City of natural causes. He would have turned 66 on March 28. Former Delta State and Ole Miss coach Ed Murphy helped recruit the 6-foot, 10-inch Lacey out of Gentry High […]
A Free File program that allows low-to-moderate-income Mississippi residents to prepare and file their taxes at no charge will be featured at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Tuesday. State Department of Revenue Commissioner Ed Morgan will join other state officials to showcase the program that is a partnership between the IRS and […]
At halftime Friday, Victoria Vivians had scored just seven points, had made just 3 of 12 shots and seemed flustered by Coahoma County’s double- and triple-teaming defensive tactics. She had taken a couple hard spills to the floor, at least one elbow to the mouth. She had missed some shots she normally makes in her […]
The adjacent Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum and Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum will partner on a Spring Break special March 11-15. Tickets, priced at $6 for students and seniors and $8 for adults, will cover daily admission to both museums, including special events planned both places. The hours will be 10 a.m. […]
Mississippi Coliseum Schedule of Games Friday, March 7, 2014 9:00 a.m. 2A Girls Newton Vs. H. W. Byers 10:30 a.m. 2A Boys S.V. Marshall Vs. Calhoun City 1:00 p.m. 2A Girls Coahoma County Vs. Scott Central 2:30 p.m. 2A Boys Baldwyn Vs. Heidelberg 6:30 p.m. 1A Girls Hinds AHS Vs. Pine Grove 8:00 p.m. 1A Boys Hinds AHS Vs. Coldwater Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:00 a.m. 1A Girls John F. Kennedy Vs. […]
