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(Writer’s note: What follows is my syndicated column that was published in many Mississippi newspapers and on many websites this week. At the end, you’ll find notes that didn’t make the syndicated column.) Robert “Tut” Patterson, who turned 93 recently, remembers vividly “finally” getting off the train in Miami. He remembers the palm trees swaying […]
Need Orange Bowl tickets? In the Mississippi State section? Row 1? We’ve got them. Traci and Paul Maloney generously have donated two Orange Bowl tickets to your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Face value of the tickets is approximately $200. You can by a $10 raffle ticket by clicking below or by calling […]
The second printing of Mississippi’s Greatest Athletes is in! After selling out across Mississippi in mid-December, it’s available at fine bookstores across the state and at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. If you are out of state, you can place your order by calling 601 982-8264. Shipping prices will apply. Place your […]
Jack Vaughn loved to tell the story about when he was officiating Super Bowl XXV at Tampa in 1991. “There were five Mississippi State Bulldogs on the field that day,” Vaughn once told me. “Johnie Cooks played for the Giants. Kent Hull, Kirby Jackson and Donnie Smith played for the Bills. I thought it was […]
Flavy Charles (Charlie) Flowers, 77, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by Sharon, his loving wife of 55 years, daughters Julie Ock and Ashley Flowers, son Charlie, Jr., eight grandchildren, his sister Gloria Stroud, and nieces and nephews. Charlie […]
The great Charlie Flowers, who was 77, died in his sleep last night after a long illness. Flowers was the best player and the unquestioned leader of the greatest team in Mississippi football history, the 1959 Ole Miss Rebels. My syndicated column this week in Mississippi newspapers will be about Charlie, whom I considered a […]
Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott, a finalist for several national player of the year awards, Tuesday night accepted the C Spire Conerly Trophy, which goes to Mississippi’s most outstanding collegiate player. Prescott accounted for 328 yards total offense per game and accounted for 37 touchdowns in leading State to a 10-2 record and the first 10-victory […]
What follows is my syndicated column that ran in most Mississippi newspapers published on Sundays. There were so many different ways to go with a column about this Egg Bowl. One: The Ole Miss defense, which dominated State at the line of scrimmage, something nobody else has really done this season. Two: Hugh Freeze’s offensive […]
