Just a few random thoughts, including a take on the National Football League's expansion of the postseason and how ESPN's basketball bracket named the wrong guy as best-ever college basketball player.
The University of Southern Mississippi is having to find a way to fill a shortfall in the "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in its athletic budget caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Kirk McCarty and Taylor Braley have been playing baseball pretty much their entire lives – from Oak Grove to Southern Miss and now in the minor leagues.It’s what has made the past two weeks feel so strange.
The Pearl River Community College men's basketball team poses with its Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and Region 23 championship trophies.
New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees will be back for his 15th season in black and gold in 2020, but according to head coach Sean Payton, this is likely going to be it.
The NCAA voted Monday to extend the eligibility of student-athletes participating in spring sports who saw their seasons cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Laurel native Keon Howard teamed up with local players to give back to the community by handing out free grab-and-go lunches at Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Laurel on Saturday afternoon.
It’s just over 80 degrees and sunny on Friday afternoon in Hattiesburg - a near perfect day to play some golf.Of course, Southern Miss was supposed to be headed up to Wilmington, North Carolina this weekend for the Seahawk Intercollegiate. Instead, Charles-Éric Bélanger is left to practice...
The campus of Southern Miss is quiet on the 26th of March, 2020.Probably quiet enough to hear a basketball bouncing in Reed-Green Coliseum if you were standing at home plate of Pete Taylor Park.It was quite a different scene on March 13, 1987 as the Golden Eagles prepared to host Ole Miss...
MHSAA made the decision in response to Gov. Tate Reeves’ decision to close all public schools in the state due to the COVID-19 outbreak, confirming the decision one day after the governor’s order.
Payton said he came forward with his coronavirus diagnosis because he wants all people to heed the warnings of government officials, stay inside, and behave responsibly
Missy Bilderback took the reins of Jones College women’s basketball in 2015 and raised the standard of success.After five seasons, 127 wins, three Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College championships and four straight Region 23 titles, Bilderback is rising to another level.
It’s a question we may never know the answer to. How good was the 2019-20 Pearl River basketball team?The team that emerged from a 22-game regular season, Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges Tournament and Region 23 Tournament with a perfect 28-0 record.
University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Director Jeremy McClain discussed the plans for athletics after Conference USA suspended all spring sporting events to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the A.E. Wood Coliseum, Mike Jones Court, on the Mississippi College campus in Clinton, MS.
Just about every corner of the world closed its gates on athletics this week with the threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continuing to brew.One corner of Hattiesburg – Pete Taylor Park – joined in. You might not hear many chirps from the “Right Field Roost” in the next few weeks.
Oak Grove High School scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to break a tie and go on to a 4-1 victory Saturday afternoon over Lamar County rival Purvis High School.
The overwhelming changes the Coronavirus has brought to the sports world could not conquer the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Basketball games.The annual event went on as planned on Friday at A.E. Wood Coliseum on the campus of Mississippi College. Alabama swept both the boys and girls contests.
Jones College picked up last week its first doubleheader sweep of a baseball season that could be cut short by the COVID-19 virus, topping Baton Rouge Community College 11-1 and 4-3.
University of Southern Mississippi athletic director Jeremy McClain and his fellow Conference USA athletic administrators have found themselves in a whirlwind the past few days thanks to the looming shadow of the COVID-19 virus.
It began as just an idea.When Blake Hegstrom approached William Carey president Dr. Tommy King eight years ago with the notion to start a Track and Field program, he knew the challenges ahead.However, Hegstrom also saw the potential and it was realized on Saturday with a Men’s Indoor NAIA National.
Marshall erased a 12-point third quarter deficit to stun the Lady Eagles 71-67 in the opening round of the Conference USA Women’s Championships on Wednesday.
It took until March, but Pearl River Community College finally earned the No. 1 ranking in the NJCAA as the country’s last unbeaten team.The Wildcats navigated the regular season, MACJC Tournament and Region 23 Tournament with a perfect 28-0 record.
A fourth straight Region 23 championship earned Jones College a fourth straight trip to the NJCAA Tournament. However, the Lady Bobcats will have to wait and see if they’re able to make the trip to Lubbock, Texas.
The league issued the statement Thursday following their announcement of cancelling the 2020 Air Force Reserve Basketball Championships in Frisco, TX an hour before.
The NCAA has announced that although March Madness basketball games will carry on as scheduled, only essential personnel and family members will be allowed to attend due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
In the weekend’s three-game series with Little Rock, the Golden Eagles scored nine of their 16 runs in the sixth inning.Southern Miss decided to wait an extra inning on Tuesday to do most of its damage.
William Carey University Men's Indoor Track & Field left little to doubt as they claimed their first ever NAIA National Title, with a dominating performance this weekend, at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.
Southern Miss allowed Saturday’s contest to hang in the balance for most of the afternoon until a three-run sixth inning lifted the Golden Eagles to their third weekend series win of the season.Gabe Montenegro’s two-run single broke a 1-1 tie as USM defeated Little Rock 4-1.
The first basketball season under Jay Ladner brought stints of excitement back to a program desperate for a revival.However, any momentum the Golden Eagles had throughout the 2019-20 season came to a slow roll in USM’s final four games.
On a Saturday Southern Miss managed just seven hits, Hannah Borden’s heroics proved that more valuable.The true freshman carried the Lady Eagles to series-clinching 4-3 win over Jacksonville State with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Jones College had to wait until March to play its first home game. The Lady Bobcats have taken advantage of their return to Gwen Magee Field, jumping out to a 5-1 record in Ellisville. No. 3 Jones split a pair of games with No. 19 Lansing Community College on Saturday.
The last time Southern Miss and Little Rock met on a baseball diamond – March 5, 1997 – Scott Berry was actually coaching Chris Curry at Meridian Community College.The two shared the same field again Friday, Berry in his 11th season as USM’s skipper and Curry in year six leading the Trojans.
It was not a good feeling.The Lady Bobcats walked out of Keyes T. Currie Coliseum on Thursday, February 27 after East Mississippi stole the MACJC championship right out of their hands.
Fresh off a Southern States Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week honor, Sloan Dieter is out to win another.The senior allowed just one hit, zero runs and struck out 15 in seven innings of William Carey’s 10-0 win over Brewton-Parker on Friday night.
Four times Jones College scratched and clawed with Pearl River Community College – and each time the Bobcats were met with a ferocity that has yet to be tamed.The No. 2 Wildcats defended their Region XXIII Championship with a 75-62 win over Jones College on Friday at Mississippi College.
In three meetings with Pearl River Community College this season, Jones College has lost by a combined 16 points – the latter a 90-86 overtime loss in the MACJC Tournament.The Bobcats get a fourth shot at the unbeaten Wildcats on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Region 23 Championship.
In the final basketball game of the season at Reed-Green Coliseum, the Lady Eagles turned to a veteran who’s played 124 contests in a black and gold uniform.
A tremendous season of high school basketball in the Pine Belt resulted in many college scouts visiting the area.Several more local players signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday.
The Bower Academic Center and Financial Literacy Program at the University of Southern Mississippi received a donation of $150,000 from The First, a National Banking Association.
Laurel falls one win short of 5A girls state title game after a 57-29 loss to Columbus on Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Tornadoes finish their season 17-16 overall.
When Matt O’Keefe stepped away from coaching basketball 12 years ago, he wasn’t sure if he’d ever pick back up a coaching whistle.But when Sacred Heart was in need of head coach nine games into the season, O’Keefe answered the call and has led the Lady Crusaders on an historic journey.
University of Southern Mississippi senior right-hander Walker Powell was named Conference USA "Pitcher of the Week" after throwing an eight-inning, complete-game shutout against McNeese State University Saturday at the Lake Area Classic.
Jones College had to wait ten games into the season to host a softball game at Gwen Magee Field.The Lady Bobcats made up for lost time with two victories in a Sunday doubleheader.
The University of Southern Mississippi baseball team got a taste of payback Sunday when McNeese State University 10-run-ruled the Golden Eagles in seven innings in the Lake Area Classic.
The University of Southern Mississippi baseball team took down McNeese State University and Valparaiso University Saturday at the Lake Area Classic in Lake Charles, La.
Laurel entered the final period of Saturday’s class 5A quarterfinal with a hill to climb.The Lady Tornadoes were able to scale Jim Hill behind a fourth-quarter comeback accentuated by Zoey Cooley’s game-winning layup with less than ten seconds to play.
