This was 2009, just four years ago. Craig Kimbrel was a 21-year-old fire-baller, pitching for the Mississippi Braves. Ben Ingram was the M-Braves’ 29-year-old play-by-play announcer, his game calls heard on an AM station with little range beyond Pearl and Jackson. So much as happened since. Kimbrel has become the premier closer in baseball. Ingram […]
Let’s go back 38 years to the fall of 1975. I was learning on the job as a sports reporter at The Hattiesburg American. It was my first full-time newspaper job. I still wasn’t shaving more than once a week. Mack Brown, who will coach Texas against Ole Miss this Saturday night, was learning on the […]
After New Orleans’ 23-17 opening week victory, here are several things I think I know: • Bobby Hebert was dead-on on his post-game show: “When the Saints play the Falcons, whoever has the ball is last is either going to win or lose.” Well, yeah. What Bobby was saying as only he can, is that […]
Our new Kent Hull Exhibit at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Demand for seating at the Tribute to Kent Hull Banquet has been such that we’ve had to switch venues. Originally scheduled for the main arena of your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (seating capacity 240), the event has […]
I wrote this during NBC’s extended NFL pre-game show last night. I never miss a chance to watch Peyton Manning play, and I never get tired of it. As you surely know by now, he threw a record-tying seven touchdowns last night. So I am sitting here watching three presumably intelligent men, including Super Bowl […]
Notes, quotes and an opinion or two, while wondering if former Mississippi Brave Freddie Freeman has a legit shot at National League MVP…. By the way, I think he should. When Freeman comes up in the clutch, he comes through more often than not. At our house we call him 4F: Freakin’ Fabulous Freddie Freeman. […]
I’m going to go out on a pretty stout limb here: The Ole Miss Rebels will be 2-0 when they travel to Austin to play the Texas Longhorns on Sept. 14. It will be, without question, one of the biggest early season games in recent Ole Miss football history. If the Rebels are not in […]
From PGA, Sanderson Farms press releases LAUREL — Sanderson Farms has expanded its commitment with the PGA TOUR through a three-year renewal with the Sanderson Farms Championship and the tournament will move to fall dates. In addition to the extension, tournament officials and PGA TOUR announced today that the Sanderson Farms Championship, held at Annandale […]
