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Mrs. Alyne Payton, whose most famous son, Walter, was nicknamed Sweetness and who embodied that noun herself, died late Monday night after a long illness. She was 87. Mrs Payton endured the early deaths of husband to an aneurysm in 1978 and Walter (to liver disease) in 1999. Through it all, she carried herself with […]
What follows is an update on the C Spire Ferriss Trophy watch list. The award, named for Mississippi baseball legend Boo Ferriss, goes to the player selected by Major League scouts and college coaches as Mississippi’s most outstanding college baseball player. The winner will be announced at a May 20 awards luncheon at the Mississippi […]
Professional baseball scouts and college coaches will have plenty to choose from in selecting the winner of the 2013 C Spire Ferriss Trophy. What follows is a 10-person watch list for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, which will be awarded May 20 at a a luncheon at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. […]
[tentblogger-vimeo 65086471] The New York Jets stunned the football world on Jan. 12, 1969, defeating the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III, once and for all proving that the AFL teams, which merged with the NFL, were not inferior. The Jets, behind Joe Namath and Misissippi Sports Hall of Famer Larry Grantham, dominated the […]
Rusty Hampton announced today he is leaving The Clarion-Ledger sports department to work for the engineering firm of Neel-Schaffer. This is really good news for Neel-Schaffer. It is awful news for the state’s largest newspaper, and even worse news for readers who get their sports news from the Ledger and its website. I’ll get right […]
Shaw native Martha Anne Ferriss Parker, a champion tennis player and the younger sister of Mississippi baseball legend Boo Ferriss, has died at the age of 86. Martha Anne Ferriss Parker is survived by her husband, long-time college football coach and NFL scout Henry Lee Parker, who once coached at Mississippi State. They had […]
This will surprise nobody who knows Hall of Famer Jack Carlisle. At 82, he’s back on the football field doing what he does best. Coaching. “He’s a miracle worker,” says Mississippi College head coach Norman Joseph. “Use that as your headline. Jack Carlisle is a miracle worker.” Carlisle, who was out of coaching for the […]
(My neighbor, 7-year-old Ren Partridge plays his first game of little boys baseball this afternoon. I can’t wait. Little League baseball remains one of the grandest experiences I have had on this planet. I relived it again with my son and daughter. I am reminded at this time of my late friend Willie Morris’s prayer […]
