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Walker Powell named C-USA Pitcher of the Week

Some high praise for Southern Miss Pitcher Walker Powell who is the latest recipient of the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week. On Saturday, the senior right-hander threw a complete game shutout against McNeese State in a 10-0 eight inning…

NCAA Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss

After four consecutive 40 win seasons, the Southern Miss baseball team is picking up right where it left off with an overall record of 6-1 to lead off the new campaign. The Golden Eagles already have two walk-off victories at…

NCAA Baseball: Southern Miss vs. Murray State

Opening Day baseball is always a special time in South Mississippi and that’s especially true when Southern Miss throws out the first pitch. The Golden Eagles have swept five straight season-opening home series and they’re looking to make that six,…

Southern Miss eyeing sixth straight opening day win

Opening Day Baseball is always a special time in South Mississippi and that’s especially true when Southern Miss throws out the first pitch. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg where game one between the…

Southern Miss baseball out to defend C-USA crown

With each passing Conference USA championship, the Southern Miss baseball program has the added responsibility of changing its tradition of excellence sign in left field to properly represent the correct number of titles, a minor inconvenience for the right to…

PRCC Point Guard Tae Hardy commits to Southern Miss

At Southern Miss, first year Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jay Ladner landed a big time JUCO transfer in the form of PRCC Point Guard Tae Hardy. According to jucorecruiting.com, Hardy has given his verbal commitment to the Golden Eagles, who…

New field, new look for Southern Miss baseball

January 31st is the last day of the last month without Southern Miss baseball and media day. The Golden Eagles are exactly two weeks away from breaking in their new turf with a new look line-up upon the departure of…

NCAA Basketball: Southern Miss vs. Old Dominion

Despite coming into Thursday’s game with a record nine games under .500, the Southern Miss men’s basketball team is just one week removed from its first two-game winning streak of the entire season. And believe it or not, the Golden…

USM baseball picked to win C-USA

The Southern Miss baseball program is pretty familiar with a championship Sunday of their own, having won three out of the last four Conference USA Tournament titles and the last two in Biloxi. That recent dominance has the Golden Eagles…

Two Southern Miss alumni on the 49ers

The story of the San Francisco 49ers and their run to Super Bowl 54 can’t be told without Southern Miss. The only two schools with more alumni on the current roster are Penn State and Stanford, leaving the Golden Eagles…

USM baseball turf field ready for 2020

The artificial turf era of Southern Miss baseball is officially underway. On Friday, the Golden Eagles broke in their playing surface for the very first time on the very first day of spring practice. Replacing the natural grass is a…

USM Alum Kirk McCarty overcoming Minor League setback

When ace pitcher McCarty was drafted by the Cleveland Indians back in 2017, his Southern Miss Golden Eagles were coming off a school-record 50 win season. But for all the success he experienced in Hattiesburg, McCarty has been through an…

Pete Taylor Park gets synthetic surface

Up in Hattiesburg, the Pete Taylor Park facelift is complete. The Southern Miss baseball program is now home to a synthetic turf field, permanently replacing the natural grass. The project took less than three months to complete just in time…

Offensive Coordinator Buster Faulkner leaving Southern Miss

For the second year in a row, Southern Miss is in search of a new offensive coordinator. Buster Faulkner has been hired by Georgia to the position of offensive quality control according to the program’s website. He’ll now be working…

Two Southern Miss alumni heading to the Super Bowl

A touch of Black and Gold to a Super Bowl with a lot of red, Southern Miss will have two representatives when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54. What a moment it…

George County’s M.J. Daniels offered by Southern Miss

George County’s M.J. Daniels has a third Division I scholarship to add to his bag, the most recent one coming from Southern Miss. However, the Rebels standout junior is already committed to Ole Miss after picking up his first SEC…

Southern Miss 2020 scheduled released

Southern Miss has officially rolled out its 2020 slate, beginning with South Alabama on September 5th. That starts a run of three straight home games including Louisiana Tech and Jackson State, leading up to USM’s first road test at Auburn…

Southern Miss ends season on three game skid

For a team that had a shot at a Conference USA championship into late November, Southern Miss certainly didn’t play like it down the stretch, ‘exhibit A’ being Saturday’s Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. The Golden Eagles got off to…

USM Football: Seven players tabbed on first/second teams

More post-season recognition being handed down at Southern Miss in the form of seven All-Conference USA selections. Three of those are first-team players, starting with junior Wide Receiver Quez Watkins, who led the league with more than 100 yards per…