COVID-19 takes toll on Saints roster
The latest surge of COVID-19 continues to ravage rosters across the professional sports world, putting the Saints in a tough situation for week 16. Last week, Head Coach Sean Payton…
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Southern Miss football signed 21 of 32 possible players on Signing Day
A week ago today, the Southern Miss football program received 21 national letters of intent to fill out Will Hall’s first full Signing Day class…
Mississippi State football keeping eyes on the prize
Come December 28th, no division I FBS football program will have played in more Liberty Bowls than Mississippi State, tied for the most ever with five. For the…
No makeups for College Football Playoff semis if team can't play due to virus
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer If a team is unavailable to play in College Football Playoff semifinals on Dec. 31 because of COVID-19 issues, the game will be forfeited and the available team will advance to the…
NHL announces players won't be allowed to go to Olympics
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The inevitability sunk in for Steven Stamkos a full day before the NHL made it official that players would not be allowed to participate in the Beijing Olympics. Left off Canada's Olympic roster in…
High School Basketball: Moss Point vs. Biloxi
The Biloxi boys basketball team is quickly proving to be one of the top teams on the Coast and the state with an overall record of 14-1. The Indians…
MGCCC Linebacker Mike Smith named to NJCAA All-America First Team
Perfect send-off for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College super sophomore Mike Smith named to NJCAA All-America First Team, making him the first-ever Bulldog linebacker to do…
Former USM Quarterback Nick Mullens starts for the Cleveland Browns against Las Vegas
The first time Nick Mullens ever started a game in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers in 2018, the Southern Miss alum…
Saints Report: Saints stymie Super Bowl champs in week 15 slugfest
As much as the New Orleans Saints defense did on Sunday night, it’s more about what QB Tom Brady didn’t do for the Tampa Bay…
Coast players shine as South side dominates Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game
On Saturday, more than a dozen of the best high school football players from the Gulf Coast took part in the 73rd annual Bernard Blackwell…
Hockey at the Coliseum: Carolina Thunderbirds vs. Columbus River Dragons
On Tuesday, 4,300 tickets were out for tonight’s Biloxi Pro Hockey Game, the second of three regular season neutral site games to be played at the…
Saints Head Coach Sean Payton tests positive for COVID-19
In March of 2020, New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton became the first known NFL figure to contract COVID-19. Since that time, Payton is fully vaccinated,…
Second hockey game of the year in Biloxi at the Coliseum tonight
Tonight is the second pro hockey game in Biloxi this month. After a seven-year hiatus, pro hockey games are back at the coliseum. These…
Pelicans 61-foot game winning buzzer-beater over Oklahoma City
While there are only two teams with records worse than the 9-21 Pelicans and the 8-19 Thunder last night’s matchup in Oklahoma City turned out to be must-see…
St. Stanislaus alum Myles Brennan announces he is staying at LSU
On November 1st, quarterback Myles Brennan announced via Twitter he was entering the NCAA transfer portal. Just over a month later, the fifth-year senior once…
Gautier football’s Bryson Hurst signs with Ole Miss
National Signing Day turned into National Signing Days here on the Coast with Gautier’s Bryson Hurst putting pen to paper this afternoon and signing with Ole Miss. The…
Moss Point football’s Larry Simmons signs with Ole Miss
Over the last three years, three Ole Miss wide receivers have been selected in the second round of the NFL Draft and maybe one day Moss Point’s…
George County football’s Marquez Dortch signs with Mississippi State
George County High School can measure its success as a football program in a way that perhaps no other program in South Mississippi can. This morning, the…
Class of 2022 no. 1 prospect flips from FSU to Jackson State
The state of Mississippi involved in perhaps the most shocking National Signing Day flip of all-time, courtesy of Jackson State and the master recruiter…
St. Stanislaus alum Dallas Payne signs with UAB
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, maybe even a little luck, to put pen to paper on National Signing Day. A lot of players don’t…
Poplarville football’s Khalid Moore signs with Mississippi State
Rounding out the D1 signees out of high school here on the Coast, Poplarville outside linebacker Khalid Moore signing with Mississippi State. Moore capped off his varsity career…
George County football’s Ashton Hollins signs with Illinois
George County quarterback Ashton Hollins put pen to paper as an athlete with the University of Illinois. A transfer out of Mary ‘G’ Montgomery High School in Alabama…
St. Martin Head Football Coach Eddie Wayne Whitehead retiring
Coach Eddie Wayne Whitehead is retiring after 11 years as the head coach of the St. Martin Yellowjackets. His teams were .500 or better for seven straight…
Mississippi blanked by Alabama in annual All-Star Game
Not the best showing for Mississippi in Saturday’s Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic as they got shut out by Alabama 20-0. The Coast was well represented by Biloxi’s R.J. Moss,…