It’s a fact of life for NFL running backs, and Deuce McAllister knows it better than anyone. “One of two things eventually is going to get you as a running back in the NFL,” McAllister said Thursday morning. “Either injuries or the salary cap.” Injuries got Deuce, a Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer. The salary […]
My favorite golfer? I grew up on Arnold Palmer. When Arnie faded, I latched on to Jack Nicklaus. When Jim Gallagher moved to Mississippi and was part of a victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team, I went with Jim. There was a while there when I was just mesmerized by Tiger Woods, who could do […]
After a watershed Mississippi college football season, what in the world could our basketball teams provide for an encore? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Mississippi State’s women, nationally ranked at 24-4 (with two double overtime losses) lead the way. If the Big Dance started today, the Ole Miss men would surely be two-stepping […]
Can someone please explain to me why so many people want Peyton Manning to quit playing football? Since Denver lost to Indianapolis in the NFL quarterfinals, many newspaper columnists, website bloggers, radio talk show hosts and TV commentators sound like a discordant chorus, saying Manning, a five-time MVP, is washed up. Google Peyton Manning and […]
The game was called baseball, but the scores were often in the 20s. In Hattiesburg, we called it the Morning League. It was, I suppose, a precursor to T-Ball, back before mankind made the startling discovery that little boys can’t throw strikes. The games began at 7 a.m., before the dew had dried and the […]
Congratulations to all the athletes who signed scholarships on National Signing Day. Congratulations to their families and their coaches. But it’s like I told Jackson-area recruits this morning during a press conference at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum: Now, the real work starts. I don’t care if you were a five-star recruit […]
How realistic is Madden 15, the Electronic Arts (EA) video game that mimicks the NFL? Scarily realistic is the answer. Madden 15 correctly predicted the score of last Sunday’s Super Bowl — on the nose. Better than Vegas. Perfect. Madden 15 will be on display in a big way Saturday at your Mississippi Sports Hall […]
Today, The Clarion-Ledger published news of a Best of MSPreps program, a massive investment to honor the top Mississippi high school athletes. The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fames’s annual PopStars awards, which has for 13 years honored the state’s top high school athletes in every sport, will fold into the newspaper’s program. A portion of […]
