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This was 1970 in Hattiesburg, where, until then, Hattiesburg High had fielded all-white basketball teams and cross-town Rowan had been all-black. Both had been traditional winners through the years but neither had won a state championship. That was about to change. At Rowan, there was a tall, lean basketball marvel, Eugene Short. He was […]
The Smithsonian Institution is coming to Mississippi. The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in partnership with the Mississippi Humanities Council, will showcase “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America.” The Smithsonian traveling exhibit will begin a six-week run at the Jackson museum on March 18. “Hometown Teams” captures the stories that unfold on the […]
Victoria Vivians of Mississippi State and Stefon Moody of Ole Miss are the repeat winners of the C Spire Gillom and Howell trophies, respectively. The awards were presented Monday at a luncheon at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, which co-sponsors the awards with C Spire. Moody, a senior, led the Southeastern Conference […]
Ole Miss senior guard Stefan Moody and Mississippi State sophomore guard Victoria Vivians lead a list of six finalists for the 2016 C Spire Howell and Gillom Trophies, which annually honors the state’s top male and female college basketball players. Moody, the SEC’s leading scorer at 22.8 points per game and the 2015 C Spire […]
The 2016 inductees into the NJCAA Men’s Golf Coaches Association were this week. This year’s class is headlined by the first female member in former Meridian (Miss.) golfer and coach Lou Weddington Hart. Lou Weddington Hart Golfer/Coach – Meridian (MS) Arriving at Meridian in 1970 – two years prior to the enactment of Title IX […]
In all, 304 basketball teams have participated in the NCAA Final Four that began in 1939. Only one of those 304 has been from Mississippi: The 1995-96 Mississippi State Bulldogs. Those Final Four Bulldogs will be celebrated March 31, two days before this year’s Final Four, at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and […]
Mississippi college basketball once again has produced several viable candidates for the C Spire Howell and Gillom trophies, including 2015 winners Stefan Moody of Ole Miss and Victoria Vivians of Mississippi State. The C Spire Howell Trophy, named for Mississippi State Hall of Famer Bailey Howell, and the Gillom Trophy, named for Ole Miss Hall […]
A Job Well Done By Bill Blackwell I am sure that many USM fans are worried about their football program after the announcement over this past weekend that Head Coach Todd Monken had taken an NFL position as the Offensive Coordinator for Tampa Bay. While the timing could hardly be worse with National Signing Day […]
