MLB labor dispute continues
The labor dispute between the MLB owners and the Players Association is starting to get ugly and yet baseball appears to still be on the table for the 2020 season. As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the union fired…
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NCAA announces further workout guidelines
The NCAA has announced further guidelines for the student-athletes already back on campus for voluntary workouts. Football players started returning as early as June 1st and on Wednesday that voluntary workout period was extended an additional two weeks through the…
Ole Miss football schedules Alcorn State
For the first time in the history of the Ole Miss football program, the Rebels have an HBCU institution on the schedule. Paging Alcorn State, home of the Braves, set to make the trip to Vaught Hemingway Stadium in Oxford…
Gulfport Boys Basketball: Deon Drake commits to MGCCC
Gulfport basketball star Deon Drake is finally heading to the next level. On Wednesday, the recently graduated point guard gave his verbal pledge to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College where first-year Head Coach Tim Ryan made quick work of recruiting…
Donnie Tyndall introduced at Chipola College
When the NCAA dropped a 10 year show cause penalty on former Southern Miss men’s Basketball Coach Donnie Tyndall, USA Today called it “the most severe penalty handed out to a coach in NCAA history.” More than five years later,…
Picayune Boys Basketball: Kobe Jones commits to Oakleaf Prep Academy
We all like a good comeback story, how about Picayune’s Kobe Jones making his commitment with Oakleaf Prep Academy out of Douglasville, Georgia? The young mamba was second on his team in scoring as a junior at more than 12…
Deep South Summer Collegiate League
Let’s establish the Deep South Summer Collegiate League as the best way to consume live local baseball for the next month and a half. Back at PRCC’s Dub Herring Park for the last time this week, Team McCarty taking on…
Donnie Tyndall next in line at Chipola CC
Former Southern Miss Head Men’s Basketball Coach Donnie Tyndall is heading back to the college ranks for the first time since his unceremonious firing from Tennessee. On Tuesday, Tyndall was approved as the next head man at Chipola Community College…
Mississippi State schedules home-and-home with Washington State
If first year Mississippi State Head Football Coach Mike Leach is still around in another 10 years, he’ll get the chance to do battle against his former team. Today, MSU announced a home-and-home against Washington State set for August 31st,…
Deep South Summer Collegiate League underway
The coronavirus obviously messed up a lot of things for a lot of people. And yet in the midst of a global pandemic, one thing that didn’t get messed up is a brand new baseball organization in South Mississippi. The…
CNN hires Saints Safety Malcolm Jenkins as commentator on race and social justice
As a result of controversial comments made by Drew Brees over the National Anthem, in some ways, the New Orleans Saints have been at the center of conversations dealing with racial inequality and social justice reform. Saints Safety Malcolm Jenkins…
Local high school softball players find closure
Most of the local high school softball programs hadn’t even played a district game when the 2020 season was suspended due to COVID-19. As it turns out, those local seniors would never play a district game ever again, all without…
Saints RB Alvin Kamara attends NASCAR race
Saints running back Alvin Kamara is showing his newfound support for NASCAR following its decision to ban the Confederate Flag. On Sunday, Kamara attended the X-Finity Series Race, the contender boats 250, repping a t-shirt and hat sent to him…
Southern Miss Baseball: Hunter LeBlanc transfers to Jones College
Back on the diamond, Southern Miss outfielder Hunter LeBlanc has announced his plans to transfer to Jones College where he can use up to two of his three years of remaining eligibility. LeBlanc has been a regular contributor for the…
Four MSU players test positive for COVID-19
The inevitable has happened at Mississippi State. According to the Clarion Ledger, four football players have tested positive for the coronavirus out of about 100 student-athletes that were tested. The names of those players haven’t been released, but those players…
Biloxi’s Colt Keith survives MLB Draft pressure cooker
As if Colt Keith wasn’t already stressed out enough about his baseball future, the former Biloxi Indian says he only got one hour of sleep the night before day two of the MLB Draft. The rest of the day was…
Biloxi’s Colt Keith drafted by Detroit Tigers no. 132 overall
Leading up to the 2020 MLB first year player draft, no high school baseball player from the state of Mississippi has been hyped up more than Biloxi’s Colt Keith. The former Gatorade Player of the Year came into day two…
NCAA grants relief to Division I baseball
Help is officially on the way for college baseball programs in the wake of COVID-19. On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief granted a blanket waiver for the 2020-2021 academic year. That eliminates the 35 man roster…
From Ocean Springs to South Side Southpaw: Garrett Crochet goes no. 11 overall to White Sox
When people say ‘man, that guy came out of nowhere,’ chances are he didn’t come out of nowhere, chances are he’s been working his tail off when no one was watching. Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet is one of those…
Louisiana Knights at MGM Park: Gulfport’s Cade Crosby is local tie to Knights
Prior to the arrival of Tropical Storm Cristobal, baseball was played at Biloxi’s MGM Park on Saturday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Introducing the Louisiana Knights. A wooden bat organization with ties to Mississippi,…
Biloxi’s Colt Keith still waiting for MLB Draft
One local player still waiting to hear his name called sometime tomorrow is former Biloxi Indian Colt Keith. The five tool shortstop checks in as the 87th ranked prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, giving him a great chance of hearing…
Mississippi State’s Jordan Westburg drafted by Baltimore Orioles
In any other major league draft, Mississippi State shortstop Jordan Westburg might have been a first round pick, but because the Houston Astros didn’t have a first round pick this year, he’s the first pick of competitive balance round ‘A.’…
Mississippi State’s Justin Foscue drafted by Texas Rangers 14th overall
Mississippi State second baseman Justin Foscue heard his name called by the Texas Rangers as the 14th overall selection in the first year player draft. The right-handed junior is ranked as the top player at his position, according to MLB…
Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet drafted 11th by Chicago White Sox
The 34th round pick used by the Milwaukee Brewers on Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet in 2017 no longer exists in this year’s new five round format. Good thing for Crochet, he doesn’t need it. Tonight, the former Greyhound was…