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More than five weeks after what was supposed to be Opening Day, still no Southern League baseball and it’s not trending in the right direction. Today, the league officially canceled the All-Star Game, originally scheduled for June 23rd at the…
As a follow up to last week’s report about the NFL incentivizing teams with draft picks to hire minority head coaches and general managers, the league is also expanding the Rooney Rule. The rule was established in 2003, requiring NFL…
The last time the USC football program hosted a team from the SEC, current Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin was the Trojans’ offensive coordinator. That was a 70-17 win over Arkansas that was later vacated, it’s largest victory during…
The shortest amateur draft in the history of Major League Baseball has an official start time and date. The first of five rounds will start at 6 p.m. on June 10th followed by rounds two through five at 4 p.m.…
By JENNA FRYER CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Crew chief Chad Knaus won’t get a look at the car Hendrick Motorsports built for Darlington Raceway until he gets to the track Sunday morning, a few hours before the race. Kurt Busch?…
According to multiple reports, next week the NFL owners will vote on a resolution to incentivize teams to hire minorities. Based on the plan, teams that hire a person of color as head coach would move up six spots in…
One week from today, the Christian Collegiate Academy senior class of 2020 will bid farewell to a high school departure unlike any other. Seven of those soon-to-be graduates have now taken the diamond for the last time as Bulldogs on…
New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has a new toy. Today, the black and gold signed running back Ty Montgomery, according to Neworleans.football.com. A converted wide receiver, Montgomery will be on his fourth team in three years, having played…
It’s another Division I offer for Biloxi’s Elijah Sabbatini. On Thursday, the all-purpose football standout got the nod from Army West Point, his 19th offer overall and his 14th FBS offer. The rising senior is being recruited as a wide…
It’s safe to say every high school on the Gulf Coast is finding a way to honor their spring athletes from the senior class of 2020 and tonight Christian Collegiate Academy is taking its turn by taking the diamond one…
The Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges is extending its recruiting dead period on Thursday through May 31st. The unanimous decision is a response to the NJCAA deciding to lifts it national recruiting ban starting Friday. Commissioner Steve Martin…
For the second time in as many months, the NCAA has extended its recruiting dead period, pushing it out an additional month to June 30th after it was set to expire at the end of May. The original dead period…
As many fans eagerly await the fate of college football amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there’s an important decision pending from Southeastern Conference school presidents. NBCSports.com is reporting that on May 22nd those universities will vote on giving student-athletes the…
Around the same time the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal was alleged to be taking place could it be that another NFL franchise was conducting a similar under-the-table operation? An explosive comment from former Pittsburg Steelers Linebacker James Harrison is…
While Major League owners and the Players Association negotiate salaries worth more than most of us will ever see in our lives all parties involved still remain seemingly optimistic on a return to baseball in 2020. But where does that…
One of the best basketball players to ever come out of Mississippi has his first head coaching job. Jackson native and Murrah High School alum Mo Williams is now the head man at Alabama State where he brings a wealth…
Back in Starkville a Mississippi State legend is returning to the Bulldog family. On Wednesday, Ron Polk was named special assistant to the athletic director, that being John Cohen, in a move that brings the winningest coach in the history…
NCAA President Mark Emmert says he won’t have the final say on the fate of college sports returning this fall, leaving that decision up to state officials and university presidents. There was already prior speculation that SEC football could go…
The NFL is extending its virtual offseason as a work around to the coronavirus pandemic. According to ESPN, teams will now be allowed to continue workout programs through May 29th, a two week grace period from the original close date…
Soon-to-be junior wide receiver Larry Simmons is the biggest high school recruit to come out of Moss Point since basketball star Devin Booker, having exploded onto the recruiting scene this spring. On Monday afternoon, Simmons’ rising stock took another level…
And a breath of fresh air for junior college athletics everywhere with the NJCAA lifting the in-person recruiting ban on Monday. The dead period will remain in effect until 11:59 local time on Friday for all sports, but individual regions…
We’re just going to keep a rolling list of offers for Biloxi’s Elijah Sabbatini, up to number 18 now. The most recent one came Saturday from Indiana, his fourth Power 5 offer and his 13th Division I FBS offer. The…
Before you sign, you’ve got to commit and that’s what Gulfport Basketball standout Gregg Magee did late Friday. The outgoing senior is giving his verbal pledge to Coahoma Community College where he’ll bring his versatile skill set to the next…
Another signing Monday afternoon at St. Patrick High School for boys basketball standout Michael Fitzpatrick. The 6’6” big man put pen to paper with Southeastern Baptist, an NAIA school out of Laurel. Fitzpatrick was the lone senior for the Fighting…