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Jackson’s own Jackie Slater, one of the greatest offensive linemen in football history, has been inducted into several halls of fame, including the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. But today he will walk in a hall where he hasn’t walked since he was 18 years old: the hallways […]
Christmas came early Tuesday for The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and the thousands of children who will visit the shrine in the coming years. John Langcuster, vice-president agency/sales for State Farm Insurance Companies, presented an $8,0000 grant from from State Farm®, Mississippi’s largest home and auto insurer. The Mississippi Sports Hall of […]
Ole Miss junior Cody Prewitt has been named a first team All-America safety by the Associated Press, the organization announced on Tuesday. Mississippi State senior guard Gabe Jackson, the 2013 C Spire Conerly Trophy winner, was named to the second team. Prewitt, who was previously tabbed a first team All-American by USA Today, is the […]
Bring your children, your camera and your Christmas List, and come visit with Santa Claus at the place where sports legends come alive. The date: Friday, Dec. 20. The time: 2-4 p.m. Take a tour and see some Mississippi’s greatest athletes or show your own skills in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum’s […]
Mississippi Sports Hall of Famers Hill Denson and Mike Kinnison will be among the instructors at the Veritas Baseball School slated for Jan. 11, 2014. The school for youngsters, ages 8-12, will be held at the Sunnybrook baseball field in Ridgeland.Parking will be at the adjacent Holmes Community College campus and the cost per player […]
Mack Brown will coach his last game at the University of Texas in the Alamo Bowl. I, for one, will be sorry to see him go. He is a class act, always has been. Our paths crossed early in our careers and we have remained friends since. Here is my memory of Mack as a […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Laquon Treadwell became the first Ole Miss football player in program history to be named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year when the league announced its individual award winners on Wednesday, as voted on by the SEC coaches. A 6-foot-3, 215-pound wide receiver from Crete, Ill., Treadwell exploded onto the college scene […]
Hundreds, including an emotional Clarence Weatherspoon speaking from his heart, paid tribute to Hall of Famer M.K. Turk Tuesday in Hattiesburg. The 43-year-old Weatherspoon, tears rolling down his face, spoke eloquently of the respect he and other players had for Turk, who created a family type atmosphere for Southern Miss basketball. Turk, the winning-est coach […]
