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Wesley Walls: College Football Hall of Famer

Wesley Walls: College Football Hall of Famer

Posted on: May 22,2014

IRVING, Texas – Former Ole Miss All-American Wesley Walls, a rare two-way player in modern college football, has been selected to the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2014 as announced Thursday by the National Football Foundation. One of the most acclaimed players in Ole Miss history, Walls received first team All-America honors in […]

Khayat's memoir wins prestigious award

Khayat's memoir wins prestigious award

Posted on: May 20,2014

OXFORD— Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Robert Khayat’s The Education of a Lifetime (Nautilus Publishing) won the 2014 Silver IPPY Award for best memoir in the nation published by a small press. The IPPY Awards are bestowed each year by the Independent Publishers Association of America. Awards director for the association Jim Barnes said “Robert […]

Rebs' Bousfield claims C Spire Ferriss Trophy

Rebs' Bousfield claims C Spire Ferriss Trophy

Posted on: May 19,2014

  Auston Bousfield, a junior outfielder from Ole Miss who led the Southeastern Conference in hits this season, has won the C Spire Ferriss Trophy as the most outstanding college baseball player in Mississippi for 2014. Bousfield finished third in the conference in batting average (.353), sixth in runs scored (47) and fourth in total […]

C Spire Ferriss Trophy…through the years

Posted on: May 15,2014

Several folks have asked this week for a complete rundown of C Spire Ferriss Trophy winners and finalists over the years. So, here goes… Note, that we moved to five finalists from three in 2013.. The winner is in bold. 2013 Hunter Renfroe (MSU), Josh Branstetter (DSU), Andrew Pierce (USM), Stuart Turner (Ole Miss), Bobby […]

4 of 5 C Spire Ferriss finalists are pitchers

4 of 5 C Spire Ferriss finalists are pitchers

Posted on: May 12,2014

Pitching is dominant in college baseball these days, and four of the five finalists for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy are stellar pitchers. Chosen by professional scouts, who cover Mississippi, and Mississippi college coaches, the five finalists (in alphabetical order) are:   • Tyler Akins, Belhaven University, who leads NAIA nationally in saves. Akins, a […]

Get your C Spire Ferriss (May 19) tickets here

Get your C Spire Ferriss (May 19) tickets here

Posted on: May 08,2014

Tickets are on sale for the 11th annual C Spire Ferriss Trophy luncheon, which will be held Monday, May 19, at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum beginning at 11:30. The luncheon is an annual celebration of the best of college baseball in Mississippi. Last year’s winner Hunter Renfroe then led Mississippi State […]

Bailey Howell Drive: As appropriate as it gets

Posted on: April 30,2014

You could call him the greatest basketball player in Mississippi State history. You could call him an international basketball Hall of Famer and a Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer, as well. Now, you also can call the great Bailey Howell a street. That’s right. What was formerly Coliseum Drive, the east-west street adjacent to Humphrey […]

They've (we've) come a long way in Mississippi . . .

They've (we've) come a long way in Mississippi . . .

Posted on: April 25,2014

Seventy-two-year-old Doug Hutton, one of the greatest all-around athletes in Mississippi history, stepped to the first tee of beautiful Live Oaks Golf Club Thursday morning. The hole measures 285 yards from the senior tees and Hutton smashed his drive all the way to the front fringe of the green. Next up, 74-year-old Willie Richardson, another […]