So, the New Orleans Saints have to win four straight games away from home to win the Super Bowl. It is possible. It is not likely. The first step is do-able, that is, beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Philly tonight. It will be cold, yes. The headline in today’s Philadelphia newspaper: “Deep freeze follows dangerous […]
This new generation of New Orleans Saints fans is spoiled. They don’t know how good they’ve got it. They get upset if Drew Brees throws an interception. They become apoplectic if the Saints lose a game. They are spoiled, period. Since Brees and Sean Payton joined the band in 2006, the Saints had won 79 […]
Your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum has a holiday promotion that should interest kids and athletes of all ages. Beginning Saturday and for the next week (Dec. 28-Jan.4), any individual wearing the jersey or t-shirt of his or her favorite sports team will be admitted for $3. This is a chance to […]
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 […]
