(Writer’s note: Both Ralph Boston and Bianca Knight, Mississippi Olympics gold medalists, will appear Wednesday at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum when the museum’s Olympics Room will be officially re-opened after being refurbished. The informal event (3-6 p.m.) is open to the public. This was a column from this website written last […]
(Writer’s note: This was my column on March 19, 2001, when Ole Miss defeated Notre Dame in Kansas City to reach the Sweet 16. Tonight: Same town, different arena and opponent 12 years later. We can only hope for as much drama and such a great game as that night at Kemper Arena.) KANSAS CITY, […]
Looking for a unique venue to hold a banquet, reunion, seminar or another kind of celebration? Look no further than your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Rentals of the various museum facilities are one revenue source that has allowed the museum to open six days a week for nearly 17 years without a […]
For Immediate Release: JACKSON — 2012 Olympics gold medalist and world record holder Bianca Knight of Ridgeland and three-time Olympics medalist Ralph Boston, a Laurel native, will attend the Mississippi Sports Hall ofFame and Museum’s March 27 celebration of the renovation and expansion of the museum’s Olympics Room. The Olympics Room, sponsored for 16-plus […]
Notes, quotes and an opinion or two after a weekend off to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a way only Jackson does (thank-you Malcolm White)… Just because I stayed away from the laptop doesn’t mean I missed all the hoops. So, first thing’s first: • Congrats to Andy Kennedy, the winning-est coach in Ole Miss […]
Notes, quotes and an opinion or two. . . . Congratulations to former Ole Miss standout Mike Wallace, the fastest man in football, for his new five-year, $60 million contract with the Miami Dolphins, who just got a lot faster and more explosive. Congrats also to Hattiesburg agent Bus Cook who negotiated the contract and […]
Thank-you to all who attended today’s C Spire Howell-Gillom Awards Luncheon. Thanks to the players, the coaches, the fans and the media. Thanks to Van Chancellor for an incredibly well-done keynote speech. Van could take his show on the road. Thanks to C Spire for […]
Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson, the leading scorer and 3-point shooter in the Southeastern Conference this season, won the C Spire Howell Trophy Monday as the state’s top male college basketball player, while Mississippi State’s Martha Alwal won the C Spire Gillom Trophy as the best female college basketball player. Henderson, a 6-foot-2 junior college […]
