RAY Guy finally goes into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend, which is a good thing. He is deserving. His induction is long overdue. The Seniors Committee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame meets again this weekend to select two more old-timers who have been bypassed in the past. They can […]
This is the sixth of a series on the MSHOF’s Class of 2014… ••• Coach Richard Williams provided me with one of the great rides of my sports writing career. His 1995-96 basketball Bulldogs not only won the SEC Tournament championship in New Orleans, they continued winning until the Final Four at The Meadowlands. Along […]
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s annual Drawdown of Champions, a $5,000 drawdown that also features a silent auction, will be held Saturday night at Hall of Fame and Museum beginning at 6:30. Among the items to be auctioned is a framed, signed poster featuring three quarterbacks named Manning you see above. The minimum bid […]
This is the fifth in a series about the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014. ••• When we were doing the highlight video for Calvin Smith’s new Hall of Fame exhibit, I asked him where he got his speed. I asked because Calvin wasn’t a heavily muscled guy like most sprinters. […]
This is the fourth of a series on the MSHOF’s Class of 2014… ••• The first time I saw Steve McNair play football he was a 16-year-old junior at Mount Olive High making the State 1A Championship Game his personal playground. He kicked off through the end zone to start the game. He never […]
This is the third in a series about your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014. Dulymus McAllister needed a locker room all his own as a New Orleans Saint. He was the guy every media member wanted to hear from after nearly every Saints game. That’s because he was unfailingly honest and […]
This is the second in a series of columns about your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014. ••• I consider Doug Cunningham a good friend, but I didn’t know him back in 1966 when he broke my 13-year-old heart. This was at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford in the first modern day meeting […]
When I say the Class of 2014 is one of the most accomplished in Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame history, I exaggerate not one bit. As we put together their lockers for our entrance exhibit Thursday, that became more apparent than ever. A few glimpses:
