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By Harriet Laird MSU alumnus and “Game of Change” guard Leland Noyal Mitchell, 72, died Saturday [July 6] at his residence in Starkville. A real estate developer with interests in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, he was a member of Mississippi State’s M-Club Hall of Fame. Mitchell, played basketball at MSU under Babe McCarthy during the […]
(This is an expanded version of my column that is syndicated in more than 20 Mississippi newspapers.) Recently, 14-year-old Wilson Furr of Jackson won the prestigious Future Masters golf tournament at Dothan, Ala., shooting 3-under par for 54 holes. The following day, Furr played 36 holes, competing against older teens, and was by three shots […]
Alan Ash of Atmore, Ala., and Rebecca Buteau of Madison were the overall winners in the 30th annual Farm Bureau Watermelon 5K Classic on Independence Day at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. In unusually mild temperatures for this time of the year, Ash, a 22-year-old, ran the 3.1 mile course in 16 […]
1 Mile Results http://www.besttimescct.com/results/Watermellon_5K_Mile_13.txt 5K Walk Results http://www.besttimescct.com/results/Watermellon_5K_Walk_13.txt 5k Run Results http://www.besttimescct.com/results/Watermellon_5K_RUN_13.txt Click Here for Photos of the Race
Marion “Chief” Henley, one of the greatest football coaches most people never heard of, has died at his retirement home in Cocoa Beach, Fla.. Henley who was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, was 79. Henley’s Picayune Carver High School teams won 64 straight football games in the 1960s, which was […]
(Steve McNair, who would be 40 now, died four years ago Thursday. This is the column I wrote on the day of his retirement five years ago. He becomes eligible for induction into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2014. Covering him his senior year at Alcorn State remains a highlight […]
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After more than 30 years working in various capacities publicizing Mississippi State athletics, Joe Dier retired Monday from his position as Assistant Director of Media Relations. Dier began his career at Mississippi State on Nov. 1, 1986, hired by athletic director Charlie Carr to serve as the primary media contact for every […]
Scattershooting on a Sunday afternoon, trying to figure out how a baseball team — the Atlanta Braves — can be on track to set a Major League record for strikeouts and still lead its division by 6.5 games . . . Answer: pitching, power and defense. Jim Gallagher, Jr., of Greenwood, shot a final round […]
