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Conference USA postpones media days indefinitely

Conference USA dealing with some uncertainty of its own, postponing its virtual media days indefinitely. The league canceled the in-person event back in May, but never scheduled a new date after that time. Assuming a college football season does get…

Louisiana Knights set to return to MGM Park

BILOXI, MS – The Biloxi Shuckers in partnership with the Louisiana Knights announced on Friday that MGM Park will once again host Knights’ games starting next week. Beginning on July 23 and concluding on August 2, the Knights will play…

NFL bans fans from 2020 training camp

New Orleans Saints training camp will have a different feel this year with the NFL banning fans from attending those practice sessions. The ‘no fans plan’ is a league wide policy, but teams may still hold up to two events…

NCAA announces COVID-19 testing guidelines

What the sport of college football looks like during the 2020 season largely remains to be seen. But assuming there is college football to be played, schools are no longer in the dark when it comes to COVID-19 testing guidelines.…

MSU alum Chris Jones signs new deal with Chiefs

Dak’s former MSU teammate Chris Jones doing the exact opposite, having reportedly signed a new deal with the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday. According to ESPN, the two sides have agreed to a four-year deal worth $85 million, 60 million…

Dak Prescott to play under franchise tag with Cowboys

Mississippi State alum Dak Prescott will continue to bet on himself after failing to reach a long term deal with the Dallas Cowboys by Wednesday’s deadline. That means the former Bulldog will play the upcoming season under the exclusive franchise…

USM WR Tim Jones named to Biletnikoff award watch list

One of the best to ever come out of Biloxi, Southern Miss wide out Tim Jones has been named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, going to the nation’s most outstanding receiver. The former Indian is one of 55 pass…

USM Alum Brian Dozier cut by San Diego Padres

On Saturday, the San Diego Padres released Southern Miss alum Brian Dozier just five months after signing the former All-Star to a minor league contract back in February. The 33-year-old Dozier would have made $2.2 million had he made the…

SEC remains open to football in the fall

The SEC buying some time on Monday with no formal decision coming out of the in-person meeting held in Birmingham, Alabama. However, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is reiterating that “critical decisions” will be made later this month, according to a…

MHSAA making decision on football Tuesday

Another big decision coming tomorrow from the Mississippi High School Activities Association. The executive committee is meeting tomorrow at 10 a.m. to discuss everything from playing close contact sports including football as scheduled to moving them to the spring. States…

NJCAA moving football to spring

Today, the National Junior College Athletic Association announced its decision to officially move football to the spring and yet there’s still a scenario in which the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges has football in the fall. The NJCAA’s adjusted plan…

NJCAA recommends majority shift to spring sports

Coronavirus concerns steering the ship at the junior college level as well, following the lead of the Ivy League, postponing all sports until the spring and then the Big 10 and Big 12 shifting to a conference-only model. As of…

High school football decision looming large

The coronavirus pandemic isn’t going away and neither is the desire to play high school football in the fall. Unfortunately that desire already took a backseat to the current reality in New Mexico where the season was pushed back to…

D’Iberville football: Justin Walley offered by Minnesota

University of Minnesota hitting the recruiting scene hard on the Mississippi Gulf Coast also offering D’Iberville’s Justin Walley on the same day, Thursday. That’s his fifth offer since the start of June, the others coming from Colorado, Big 12 Kansas…

George County Football: M.J. Daniels offered by Minnesota

Also happening Tuesday is a recruitment update from George County’s M.J. Daniels. On Twitter, the rising senior say he’s dropping a list of his top schools just one day after getting yet another power five offer from Minnesota. The former…

MGCCC Golf: Jon Hopkins wins Jack Nicklaus Award

Some massive recognition for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Golf star Jon Hopkins, this year’s NJCAA recipient of the Jack Nicklaus Award. That makes Hopkins the first ever Bulldog to take home the honors and just the third player all-time…

USM Alum Quez Watkins signs with Philadelphia Eagles

Former Southern Miss Wide Receiver Quez Watkins making it official with the Philadelphia Eagles having signed his four year rookie contract on Wednesday. The Eagles picked the former Golden Eagle in the 6th round of the 2020 NFL Draft as…

Going yard at Schooner’s Landing

Schooner’s Landing is a 9-hole golf course, now open for business with a lot of the same feel as a Top Golf experience. Watch the video above to see News 25’s Sports Director Jeff Haeger take on friend of the…