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May 21, 2009
Big dogs often avoid NCAA’s bite
Big dogs often avoid NCAA’s bite You can’t tell me the NCAA isn’t all about selective enforcement. The cases of Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush and now-Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo — both of whom played at USC — are well-documented with plenty of witnesses, testimony and evidence, yet the NCAA still hasn’t busted the…
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May 21, 2009
SEC hurt by sniping in football
SEC hurt by sniping in football Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive will have a captive audience of coaches and athletic directors when the league conducts its annual spring meetings in Destin, Fla., in two weeks. Something about controlling the string on a purse bulging with close to $200 million to be doled out at the…
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May 21, 2009
Fans blindly support Saban, Meyer
Fans blindly support Saban, Meyer “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” That is one of the most famous quotes in the history of global politics, uttered by Lord Acton in 1887 in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton. Which brings us to Urban Meyer and…
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May 21, 2009
Will it ever be OK to cheer for Vick?
Will it ever be OK to cheer for Vick? There will come a moment during the 2009 NFL season when Michael Vick does something athletically extraordinary or competitively remarkable and, reflexively, I will marvel aloud at it. Then I will look down on the Berber carpeting in our basement TV room and see her. Sophie,…
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May 20, 2009
Kentucky, Calipari bank on Wall street
Kentucky, Calipari bank on Wall street Rivals.com calls John Wall the nation’s top prospect, point guard or otherwise. Scout.com calls him the top point guard and the second-best player overall. And he’s all Kentucky’s. The Wildcats are expected to get Wall, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound guard from Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C., to…
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May 20, 2009
Ranking the SEC’s 30 best players
Ranking the SEC’s 30 best players As I look over the most recent selections, the defensive players are starting to pile up. No coincidence, right? They do play a little defense in the SEC. Just ask Oklahoma. Four of the last five players were defenders, with Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap kicking off the top…
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May 20, 2009
John Clay: Expectations for UK realistically high
John Clay: Expectations for UK realistically high John Wall is coming to Lexington. The coveted point guard from Raleigh, N.C., is going to play basketball at the University of Kentucky, joining a Big Blue galaxy of four-stars and five-stars in what might be the best collection of first-year talent college basketball has ever seen. So…
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May 20, 2009
Irish leave out losing seasons in bio of Weis
Irish leave out losing seasons in bio of Weis Notre Dame’s media guide has a lot of helpful things – except one. If you’re trying to get a full picture of Charlie Weis’ coaching career and how teams have done while he’s been on staff, you’ll need to do more research. Notre Dame omitted the…
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May 20, 2009
Are coaches going to become even MORE boring?
Are coaches going to become even MORE boring? You guys (and ladies) need to help me here because there is something that I don’t quite understand. When did coach’s comments at booster clubs and radio interviews in MAY become MAJOR, MAJOR stories? Two examples: Florida coach Urban Meyer was recently speaking to a Gator Club…
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May 19, 2009
Mr. Paterno Heads to Chicago
Mr. Paterno Heads to Chicago The Big Ten football meetings get under way this week and the new radical octogenarian, Joe Paterno, is on a mission of sorts. Two weeks ago, Paterno gave us some help passing the long days of May when he suggested that the conference should look to add a 12th team…
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May 19, 2009
Plenty of questions in the SEC (football)
Plenty of questions in the SEC (football) Spring practice is finished across the nation, but not every question was answered. Each school has one big, vexing query that hangs over its program. This is the second part of a series examining the biggest question each “Big Six” squad faces. This week, we look at the…
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May 19, 2009
Arkansas legend Frank Broyles warns of ‘major crisis’ in college athletics
Arkansas legend Frank Broyles warns of ‘major crisis’ in college athletics I don’t know if you’ve seen this yet, but it’s worth a look. San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Nick Canepa talked with former Arkansas football coach and AD Frank Broyles, and the 84-year-old addressed many key issues ranging from college football economics to his work…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 17, 2025
Regulating kratom in Mississippi: Age restriction, local bans, business concerns
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Daniel Tyson
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April 17, 2025
State Defender hopeful pilot program will receive funding in special session
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April 17, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: April 17, 2025
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Lynne Jeter
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April 9, 2025
Cultivating deep Magnolia State connections
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Matt Friedeman
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April 20, 2025
The Power of the Cross
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Laura Lee Leathers
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April 20, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Folk-rock singer and songwriter, Steve Forbert
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 20, 2025
Comfort in trial
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Jonathan Bain
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April 18, 2025
“One Door” is an open door for welfare expansion in Mississippi
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Sam Franklin
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April 17, 2025
Tariffs at the dawn of the American republic
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Lesley Davis
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April 16, 2025
Mississippi took bold steps this session but there’s more work to do
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