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Happy 50th birthday, Artie Cosby. That’s right, Cosby, who kicked the most famous field goal in Mississippi sports history, turns 50 today. My gift wasn’t a good one. I called to ask him about the ill-fated kick. “That’s OK,” he said, chuckling at my apology. “After 30 years, I am used to it.” Thirty years […]
Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace hopes to become the first player to win the C Spire Conerly Trophy in consecutive years, and Mississippi State offensive guard Gabe Jackson bids to become the first offensive lineman to ever win the award. Wallace and Jackson are two of the 10 finalists named by their respective schools Monday […]
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Starkville for Mrs. Jean Hartley, whom sports writers and sportscasters around the Deep South long considered the First Lady of Mississippi State University. Mrs. Hartley was 92 at the time of her death. She was the widow of Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Bob Hartley, the long-time […]
Sunday morning notebook: Five things I think I know: • I underestimated Missouri. The Tigers are far, far better than I thought. They are really good up front on both sides of the ball. They have two excellent quarterbacks, a fleet of receivers and better runners than I anticipated. You choose your poison. You can […]
OXFORD– The Ole Miss Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will honor Billy and Mollie Van Devender of Jackson, Miss., with its Distinguished American Award and Jesse Mitchell, also of Jackson, with the Contribution to Amateur Football Award here Saturday night, Nov. 23, when No. 24 Ole Miss hosts No. […]
Mississippi State likely will nominate All American offensive guard Gabe Jackson as its candidate for the C Spire Conerly Trophy. Jackson, a fifth-year senior, ranks at or near the top of virtually very NFL draft expert’s list at the guard position. Jackson has not allowed a sack this season and has consistently graded out a […]
From Ole Miss media relations OXFORD — Ole Miss and the State of Mississippi lost another sports legend Sunday, Nov. 17, with the passing of George M. “Buck” Randall, 73, of Clinton, Miss., following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be at Sebrell Funeral Home (425 Northpark Drive, Ridgeland, Miss., (601-957-6946) from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, […]
Jackson, Miss. – For the first time in the award’s history, Mississippi football fans will have the opportunity to take part in the voting for the C Spire Conerly Trophy winner, which annually honors the top college football player in the Magnolia state. C Spire, along with the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, […]
