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Category: Rick’s Writings

Coach Prime got a Gatorade bath, a game ball — and, he got his stuff back

Posted on: February 22,2021

This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Deion Sanders got his first head coaching victory Sunday, and that was just for starters. He also got an icy Gatorade bath. He was presented a trophy on the field, and then his players awarded him the game ball in the locker room […]

Hattiesburg’s old gym burns down, but so many memories will endure

Posted on: February 08,2021

This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Hattiesburg’s old high school gymnasium, long since abandoned, burned down in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Thankfully, the memories live on. And we will get to those. The gym, completed in 1937, was home to the Hattiesburg High Tigers for nearly 50 […]

Few people live their dreams, but Ole Miss great Jimmy Weatherly lived two

Posted on: February 04,2021

This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. The name of the song was “Midnight Plane to Houston.” Jimmy Weatherly, the singing and song-writing former Ole Miss quarterback, loved his new tune, but it was going nowhere fast. His agent pitched it to Gladys Knight and the Pips, who had successfully […]

Sekou Smith, who died of COVID-19 at age 48, left his mark on Mississippi

Posted on: February 03,2021

This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. We begin with his name: Sekou. Sekou Smith. “Sekou” is of African origin, from the Fula language. It means “wise” and “educated.” Sekou Smith, who died Tuesday at age 48 of COVID-19, was both wise and educated. He was also generous, thoughtful, loyal, […]

Art Davis loved Mississippi so, he came home to die ‘on home turf’

Posted on: February 02,2021

This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. The last time I talked at length to the Mississippi State football legend Art Davis was in September 2014. Art was living in Oregon, but his heart was in Mississippi where his old friend, Jack Cristil, had died. We talked the morning of […]

Another first for NFL referee Sarah Thomas: She’s headed to the Super Bowl.

Posted on: January 20,2021

This article first appeared on mississippitoday.org and was written by Rick Cleveland. Mississippian Sarah Thomas on Sunday, Feb. 7, will become the first woman to officiate the Super Bowl. She will serve as the down judge, a position she has held in the NFL since 2015, when she became pro football’s first female official. You […]

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