On March 11th, the Mississippi State baseball team completed a two-game sweep of Texas Tech in the Inaugural Hancock Whitney Classic at MGM Park in Biloxi. On March 12th, the NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championships due to…
Not even three months into his tenure as the head football coach at Mississippi State, Mike Leach is starting to make a bad first impression in Starkville. Last week, he made an ill advised Twitter post that was supposed to…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has a women’s basketball All American in the form of St. Martin alum Daphane White. The former Mississippi State signee was named to the second team on Tuesday as the only player from the MACJC…
On the other Starkville diamond, the Mississippi State softball program is trying to stay equally optimistic following a record-setting start to the 2020 campaign. Alongside UCLA, the Lady Bulldogs were one of just two teams to reach 25 wins at…
And some pretty cool tributes from the Saints place-kicker family as the legendary Morten Andersen posted this picture with a man he considered to be a mentor and then Wil Lutz making his appreciation known as well. 2010 NFC Championship…
If you know the name Tom Dempsey, chances are you're a Saints fan. Unfortunately, this week, we're hearing his name in association with the Coronavirus, as one of the latest victims of this deadly pandemic. On Saturday, Dempsey passed away…
In this new sports world of Coronavirus cancellations, perhaps no local school suffered more than Pearl River Community College. The PRCC men’s basketball team had a date with destiny as the number one seed in the national tournament, but instead…
Just one year removed from back-to-back trips to the NCAA Final Four, Mississippi State has quickly turned into one of the nation’s best under Head Coach Vic Schaefer. Yet, just as quickly, the best era of MSU women’s basketball has…
DETROIT (AP) - Baseball Hall of Fame player Al Kaline, who played his entire 22-season major league career with the Detroit Tigers, has died. Kaline became the youngest player to win the American League batting title in 1955 and was…
In a new 'Virus Vault' segment News 25 Jeff Haeger takes a look back at this day in sports history in South Mississippi on April 3rd. Watch the video above to relive some great moments in South Mississippi sports!
In the midst of Coronavirus cancellations across the sporting world, we talk a lot about the games that aren’t being played. But that isn’t stopping one local high school baseball coach from talking about the games that will be played.…
The Coronavirus is obviously bringing this world to a crazy place, forcing those in the world of sports to do otherwise crazy things to make the normal stuff still seem somewhat normal. According to reports, the Saints are planning to…
Brittney Reese has a Twitter bio that says it all: Nike athlete, three-time Olympian, 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, eight-time World Long Jump Champion, indoor American record holder and of course, it goes without saying, Gulfport High…
The NCAA has extended its recruiting dead period to May 31st in light of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. This ruling applies to both division I and II athletics which was originally put in place through April 15th. By definition, a…
Despite the future challenges of college baseball with regards to recruiting, scholarship limitations, and roster size, the means certainly appear to justify the end. Yesterday, the NCAA granted eligibility forgiveness to all spring athletes regardless of sport or classifications. That…
If Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College winning a football national championship is any indication, 2019 was a pretty good year up at Perk. Today, the punctuation mark on the year that was for NJCAA Athletic Director of the Year Steven…
Minor League Baseball players are getting some Major League help in terms of financial compensation. Today, MLB agreed to pay minor leaguers in the form of a $400 weekly stipend all the way through May 31st. That support was slated…
When it comes to post-season format, today’s NFL looks a lot different than yesterday’s NFL. For the first time in three decades, the league is expanding its playoff field from 12 teams to 14 teams. Today, the NFL announced a…
There’s no precedent as to how the NCAA is supposed to proceed in the event of a pandemic canceling the entire spring sports calendar, but as promised the governing body is doing the right thing. As first reported by The…
One of the best to ever do it at Mississippi State is closing the books on his time in Starkville. MSU Forward Reggie Perry has declared for the NBA Draft following an outstanding sophomore campaign with the Bulldogs. This season,…
Long Beach will have a new head boys basketball coach pacing the sidelines at the start of next season. Brandon Cobb tells News 25 he’s resigned from his post after two years on the job to accept another position outside…
Thursday was a Major League Baseball Opening Day like no other, an Opening Day with no baseball. Those empty ball parks around the nation are making people around the nation feel even more empty on the inside. No peanuts, no…
Back in January, News 25 did a feature piece on former Southern Miss Pitcher Kirk McCarty who was seemingly poised for a breakthrough season in the Cleveland Indians farm system. When that season actually begins remains to be seen. A…
The Saints are demanding the services of cornerback Janoris Jenkins, who’s been signed to a two-year contract extension as first reported by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Jenkins came to New Orleans from the Giants near the end of…