Ray Perkins, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer who this fall coached Jones County Junior College to the state championship game at age 72, has resigned. Perkins — who as a player caught passes from Joe Namath and John Unitas, and as a coach succeeded Bear Bryant at Alabama and also coached the New York […]
Mac Elliott and Joe Sanderson, each now 66, grew up about a half mile apart on Old Bay Springs Road in Laurel. They were pals. There must have been something magical in the water in that neighborhood. And we’ll get to that. “I’ve known Joe Sanderson since I can remember remembering anything at all,” Elliott, […]
Jackson’s own Jackie Slater, one of the greatest offensive linemen in football history, has been inducted into several halls of fame, including the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. But today he will walk in a hall where he hasn’t walked since he was 18 years old: the hallways […]
Christmas came early Tuesday for The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and the thousands of children who will visit the shrine in the coming years. John Langcuster, vice-president agency/sales for State Farm Insurance Companies, presented an $8,0000 grant from from State Farm®, Mississippi’s largest home and auto insurer. The Mississippi Sports Hall of […]
Ole Miss junior Cody Prewitt has been named a first team All-America safety by the Associated Press, the organization announced on Tuesday. Mississippi State senior guard Gabe Jackson, the 2013 C Spire Conerly Trophy winner, was named to the second team. Prewitt, who was previously tabbed a first team All-American by USA Today, is the […]
Bring your children, your camera and your Christmas List, and come visit with Santa Claus at the place where sports legends come alive. The date: Friday, Dec. 20. The time: 2-4 p.m. Take a tour and see some Mississippi’s greatest athletes or show your own skills in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum’s […]
Mississippi Sports Hall of Famers Hill Denson and Mike Kinnison will be among the instructors at the Veritas Baseball School slated for Jan. 11, 2014. The school for youngsters, ages 8-12, will be held at the Sunnybrook baseball field in Ridgeland.Parking will be at the adjacent Holmes Community College campus and the cost per player […]
Mack Brown will coach his last game at the University of Texas in the Alamo Bowl. I, for one, will be sorry to see him go. He is a class act, always has been. Our paths crossed early in our careers and we have remained friends since. Here is my memory of Mack as a […]
