I hope many of you read Brother Rogers’ guest blog on the great Cool Papa Bell on this site recently. In my opinion, we may be watching the development of the next Cool Papa in Taylorsville’s Billy Hamilton. As Rogers put it, Cool Papa Bell ran from Starkville to the Baseball Hall of Fame (and […]
We hosted the Wendy’s High School Heisman statewide awards luncheon Tuesday, which honored many of the state’s best, brightest and most civic-minded student-athletes. So imagine my delight when I noted how intrigued they were by our new touchscreen kiosks that tell the stories of Mississippi’s Sports Hall of Famers. “This is really, really cool,” one […]
Jackson’s loss is Oxford’s gain. Mike Dennis, one of the greatest running backs in Mississippi high school football history, has retired from his Jackson dental practice and moved to Oxford. Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Jack Carlisle, who coached high school and college football for 60 years, coached Dennis at Murrah High. “I never coached […]
As Mississippians, we often think of ourselves, sports-wise, as a football state. And it’s true, football season, football recruiting and even spring football snare many of the headlines on sports pages across the state. Given a quick glance at the early Top 25 polls, the attendance at this past weekend’s series and the early results, […]
You may have noted Mississippi State won its 1,000th baseball game at Dudy Noble Field Saturday, defeating Portland 2-1. That’s a lot of victories, especially when you consider State has been playing at Dudy Noble only since 1967. The stadium is named for the great Clark Randolph “Dudy” Noble, one of the charter members of […]
A loving mother remembers her son Steve McNair would have been 40 today. He was a Valentine’s Day baby, born in 1973. Lucille McNair, his mother, remembers. “That boy was in a hurry,” she said. “I was in labor for less than an hour. I barely made it to the hospital.” Mrs. McNair, recovering from […]
It didn’t feel like it when we got up this morning, but college baseball is here. Delta State already is winning, as usual. Belhaven already has played 11 games, all at home. Hall of Famer Hill Denson knows how to schedule. And Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Southern Miss, all nationally ranked, are about to […]
Have you ever read a newspaper column or a website blog and thought: “Hey, I could do that!” Now’s your chance. Those of you who have visited our website — msfame.liquidcreative.net — probably have noticed that if you put your cursor on “Rick’s Writings” across the top of the page, you also will see “Orley’s […]
