by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 17, 2023 Back when 60-year-old Scott Berry was a younger coach at Southern Miss — and long before the grass baseball field was replaced with artificial turf — he would spend long hours making sure the field was immaculate....
Rick Cleveland You’ve got the severe scholarship limits: 11.7, spread among 27 players. You’ve got the uncertainty of who will be chosen – and how high – in the Major League draft. You’ve got the fragility of pitching arms: an elbow here, a shoulder there, and you’re...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 9, 2023 Twenty-four-year-old professional golfer Wilson Furr, from Jackson, made national news two times recently for all together different reasons. Stay with me here. As so often happens in the perplexing sport of golf, this...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today April 10, 2023 Mississippi State and Ole Miss have won college baseball’s national championship in back-to-back seasons, rampaging through the College World Series at Omaha before crowds that seemed 98% Mississippians. But take a...
The inaugural Colombian Coffee Company Hank Aaron Tribute Game between the Jackson State Tigers and Mississippi Braves on Wednesday, April 5th at Trustmark Park has been canceled due to field conditions from recent rain. “This is very unfortunate and supporters...
Tim Bennett of the Hank Aaron Sports Academy located in Jackson, Mississippi along with Kay Horne, the daughter of Rossell Horne, Owner of the Negro League Biloxi Dodgers are overjoyed to announce that an agreement has been reached to use the name Biloxi Dodgers in...
