Category: Personalities
History Made: Mississippi’s first all-female officiating crew takes the field – By Torsheta Jackson
By Torsheta Jackson Dr. Adrienne Barnes, stepped onto the damp turf of the South Jackson football...
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Bobby Cleveland: A Look at What Mississippi Lost on April 28 — By Billy Watkins
By Billy Watkins She still talks to him....
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Belhaven coach Kevin Griffin, whose team is ranked No. 5 nationally: ‘My plan is to be there by game time.’ – by Billy Watkins
Photo by Robert Smith By Billy Watkins This was supposed to be a...
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MURRAH HIGH STAR AND JACKSON STATE SIGNEE AVAUGHN JOHNSON HAS BATTLED THROUGH FAMILY TRAGEDIES TO BECOME OUTSTANDING PLAYER AND STUDENT – By Torsheta Jackson
By Torsheta Jackson Murrah High coach J. J. Washington still remembers the phone call two years...
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Local sports broadcaster Russ Robinson calls his 5,000th game and has a wealth of stories to go with them all — by Billy Watkins
During the first high school football game Russ Robinson ever attended in Mississippi — Clinton at...
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Bo Wallace weighs in on his new coaching job, Lane Kiffin, Matt Corral and how Covid deeply affected all of college football — by Billy Watkins
No question in his mind, Bo Wallace has found his life calling. Football coach. And more...
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SOUTHERN MISS’ COACHES, FRIENDS HELPED MOLD HUGH FREEZE’S LIFE – By Robert Wilson
If not for Hill Denson, Hugh Freeze might be coaching baseball at a high school or college making...
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Ron Polk back home at Mississippi State, and he wants to make a differ-ence — by Billy Watkins
When I phoned Ron Polk this last week in May, he was addressing Christmas cards....
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McCray-Penson brings winning ways to MSU women’s basketball – Torsheta Jackson
For Mississippi State fans, the 2017 Women’s Final will long be remembered for the “shot heard...
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Bo Wallace talks of his new coaching position, the need to get players on campus as soon as possible and some Ole Miss nuggets — by Billy Watkins
Bo Wallace distinctly remembers the summer grinds as the quarterback at Ole Miss, he and his...
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