So I was watching the Indiana Pacers somehow defeat the Miami Heat earlier this week when Ray Allen made this ridiculous, off-balance, falling out-of-bounds, heavily guarded 3-point shot to keep the Heat close. My first thought: How in the world can Ray Allen still be playing this game? My second thought: Back to the day […]
Joe Sanderson, CEO of Sanderson Farms, made a promise and a tribute during his remarks at the Sanderson Farms Championship Media Day at Annandale Wednesday. The promise: “Come rain or shine at this tournament, there will be lots of chicken!” Sanderson Farms is the third largest poultry producer in the U.S. The tribute: To 82-year-old […]
(I write a back-page column for Mississippi Sports Magazine, a widely distributed publication with a growing circulation that publishes six times a year. What follows is my column for the May/June issue. People who join the 200 Club, which is a lifetime membership to your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, receive a free, […]
There’s an old saying that nothing comes easy in the post-season, but the NCAA baseball committee went a little overboard with Mississippi State. John Cohen, who came to the C Spire Ferriss Trophy luncheon with one black eye (the result of a freak accident) last week, must feel like he has another shiner today. Yes, […]
(The Mississippi Press Association is syndicating a weekly Rick Cleveland column that runs in several Mississippi newspapers, weeklies and dailies. Those interested should contact Monica Gilmer at mgilmer@mspress.org … What follows is last week’s column.) Mark Twain, the great American humorist and writer, once called golf “a good walk spoiled.” While I hesitate to quibble […]
Hard to believe it has now been almost a full two months since the Atlanta Braves came through Pearl on March 30 and turned Trustmark Park into what appeared the smallest ballpark in existence. Remember? First, the A-Braves launched several batting practice baseballs into the parking lot far beyond the left field fence and the […]
A crowd of approximately 125 baseball fans watched on three big screens at the Millsaps Leggett Center, cheered throughout and then groaned at the end Friday morning and early afternoon. Jim Page’s Millsaps Majors, playing in the Division III College World Series for the first time in school history, lost 2-1 in 10 innings to […]
(From Rick Cleveland: Many readers surely have read Michael McCann’s work in Sports Illustrated or on SI.com. McCann is director of the Sports Law Institute at Vermont Law School, a visiting professor at University of New Hampshire School of Law, and the distinguished visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law. No […]
