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Saints fans gearing up for the playoffs

Time is ticking until the Saints defend dome field advantage against the Eagles and the Who Dat Nation on the Coast is making sure it has top notch gear all the way to Atlanta. Academy Sports and Outdoors in Gulfport…

Derick Hall Under Armour All-American participant

Before starting his new chapter at the collegiate level, Gulfport linebacker and Auburn signee Derick Hall had the opportunity to showcase his talents in the Under Armour All-American game. Only the top 100 players in the nation competed in Orlando.…

Dak Prescott continues to win

Former Bulldog Dak Prescott had a solid performance against Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks to win in their wildcard matchup Saturday night. Prescott threw for 226 yards and one touchdown and 29 yards rushing. It also helps to have…

Saints vs. Eagles Preview

Thanks to a blocked field goal, the Philadelphia Eagles will make a trip to the Superdome for an NFC divisional playoff matchup. The defending Super Bowl champs will make a second trip to the Big Easy this season after suffering…

Sports betting on the national championship game

Whenever big games like the College Football National Championship Game come around, it’s only fitting to see how it will impact sportsbooks here on the Coast. In round four of this ACC-SEC rivalry on the big stage, the Crimson Tide…

Saints dominated by Panthers in 33-24 defeat

It was a disappointing day at the Superdome as the New Orleans Saints came up short of setting a new all-time franchise mark for wins in a season. There was nothing impressive about falling to the visiting Carolina Panthers, but…

Kalem Reddix signs with ULL

Today, former St. Martin wide receiver Kalem Reddix signed his national letter of intent with ULL. It’s quite the journey for the former three-star recruit who went from Southern Miss commit to Colorado State commit to enrolled in classes at…

Gulfport’s Derick Hall and TQ Newsome sign division I

Back in September, Auburn and Southern Miss went head-to-head on the gridiron with the Tigers prevailing 24-13. Somewhere, two Gulfport standouts were watching with separate vested interest as future division I signees of their respective programs. This morning, Derick Hall…

Hall, Newsome sign Division I

Today marks the beginning of the early signing period for high school football players going off to the next level. This morning, two Gulfport standouts signed national letters of intent with their future division one schools. Four-star linebacker Derick Hall…

Gulfport QB TQ Newsome making it official with Southern Miss

Gulfport senior quarterback TQ Newsome will be signing with Southern Miss on Wednesday per his Twitter announcement yesterday. He’ll be joining future division I signee Derick Hall at the table during an 8 a.m. ceremony in Bert Jenkins Gymnasium. In…

Saints not overlooking Panthers

Following last year’s playoff victory over the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Cameron Jordan said he needed to get Cam Newton a wine bottle for beating him three times in one year. On Monday, the two teams play…

Eric Collins leaving D’Iberville for Bay High

You could say Eric Collins has a calling when it comes to his coaching expertise. Collins is leaving a 6A football program to take over as the head man at a 4A school who has just three wins in the…

Saints waive WR Brandon Marshall

The Brandon Marshall experiment is already over in New Orleans where the veteran wide receiver called home for exactly a month before getting waived by the Saints earlier today. The 13-year-old pro signed with the Black and Gold following a…

Ole Miss hires Mike Macintyre as new defensive coordinator

Even without a bowl game to look forward to, the Ole Miss football program is making waves in December. Today, Gulfport native Matt Luke announced the hiring of former Colorado head man Mike Macintyre, who won consensus National Coach of…

Saints are back-to-back NFC South Champs

Once upon a time, the NFC South was a division of parity with no team winning back-to-back titles for the first 13 years following its inception in 2002, but those days are over and that’s good news for the New…

Saints can clinch NFCS with win over Tampa Bay

After the New Orleans Saints lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first week of the regular season, the two teams went in very different directions, but will Sunday’s rematch provide a very different outcome. Well, a recent ten…

Hugh Freeze named Liberty head coach

Compared to being named the offensive coordinator of the Arizona Hotshots, former Ole Miss Head Coach Hugh Freeze just made a big step up less than two months later as the new head man at Liberty University. Today, Freeze agreed…

Previewing Outback Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Iowa

Like him or not, former Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen must have left the program in good shape with first year headman Joe Moorhead on the cusp of matching the team’s 2017 win total in the Outback Bowl.…

Analyzing Saints-Bucs rivalry

Back in 2011, New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton suffered a severe leg injury following a collision on the sideline against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ever since then, those road game rivalries have been a little too close for…