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February 25, 2009
Guest Columnist: Should we privatize big-time college athletics?
Guest Columnist: Should we privatize big-time college athletics? Academics or athletics? That is the historic question big-time state universities must address. Athletes are exploited; admission standards corrupted and taxpayer resources diverted. The NCAA plays catch-up with its regulations while recently giving an OK for colleges to contact prospects in grammar school! The general public seems…
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February 25, 2009
Golden Eagles bash UNO, 13-5
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090224/SPORTS030104/90224033/-1/frontpagetabmodule-1M HATTIESBURG — Catcher Travis Graves homered, doubled and drove in four runs tonight at Pete Taylor Park, helping Southern Miss beat New Orleans 13-5 and improve its record to 4-0 in the young baseball season. J.R. Ballinger (1-0) allowed five hits and one earned run in six hittings to get the win. Bo Davis…
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February 25, 2009
LSU Tigers top Florida to claim at least a share of the Southeastern Conference crown
http://blog.nola.com/lsusports/2009/02/lsu_tigers_top_florida_to_clai.html BATON ROUGE — LSU held the last parade on Fat Tuesday, and the reward was no mere handful of beads. The No. 18-ranked Tigers waltzed off the Pete Maravich Assembly Center court with a most unlikely share of the SEC title by knocking off Florida 81-75 before a crowd of 13,345, the largest of…
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February 25, 2009
Leach returns to rebuild most of the Red Raider offense
Leach returns to rebuild most of the Red Raider offense So the sun set in Lubbock last Friday on a new contract between Texas Tech and the captain of their football pirate ship, Mike Leach. The focus of Red Raider faithful now settles onto analysis of what players return to the team after a 2008…
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February 25, 2009
Harrell’s Folly: Spread O in the NFL
Harrell’s Folly: Spread O in the NFL From Andre Ware to Alex Smith, the NCAA has been throwing system quarterbacks in pass-heavy, shotgun schemes to the NFL for decades, and the NFL has been chewing them up and spitting them back out the whole time. While the college ranks can support formations in which five-receiver…
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February 24, 2009
Tigers’ focus on Gators
http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/featured/40205682.html LSU can add a twist to the state’s Mardi Gras party today by beating Florida to clinch a share of the Southeastern Conference championship. But the celebrating part is not something LSU is preparing for. “You can’t practice happiness,” coach Trent Johnson said. So if there’s a celebratory mood after a win tonight, Johnson…
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February 24, 2009
Big time college athletics: A dangerous American obsession
Big time college athletics: A dangerous American obsession Once again, big time college athletics is under scrutiny for its corruption of the historic mission of the university and for exploitation of student-athletes. A recent investigation done by Mike Knobler of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed huge gaps and special admission procedures for top football and basketball…
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February 24, 2009
Crazy salaries of athletes are examples of ‘who-do’ economics
Crazy salaries of athletes are examples of ‘who-do’ economics The crazy money athletes make has long been a sore spot with fans. Now it feels more like an open wound. The economy stinks. A culture of greed has come back to bite us. And nobody does greed like jocks, right? Wrong. We’ve seen that jocks…
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February 24, 2009
Five questions facing the Florida Gators
Five questions facing the Florida Gators QUESTION: How can the Gators possibly replace receiver Percy Harvin? ANSWER: The Gators’ offense will undergo a slight change this spring with the loss of Harvin, who declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft shortly after UF won the Bowl Championship Series national title. Harvin’s unique skill set allowed…
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February 24, 2009
Give these coaches a call to fix the world’s problems
Give these coaches a call to fix the world’s problems First came the call. Next, he requested permission from two of his bosses at Northwestern University. And then, as suddenly as a pick-six on the field, Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald owned a seat on an Illinois ethics panel designed to reform what’s arguably the nation’s…
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February 24, 2009
From where should Weiss coach? Are you serious?
From where should Weiss coach? Are you serious? At the College Football Roundtable, we ask each member of the coverage staff for their opinion about a topic in the sport. Today’s question: Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis announced that he will serve as his own offensive coordinator and might sit in the press box this…
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February 23, 2009
At N.F.L. Combine, Running, Jumping and a Barrage of Questions
At N.F.L. Combine, Running, Jumping and a Barrage of Questions INDIANAPOLIS — Along with medical tests and drills to measure physical skills, the N.F.L. scouting combine allows 32 teams to talk to top prospects for 15 minutes each. It is like speed dating for draft choices, and the questions are not always about football. “I’m…
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Jeremy Pittari
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March 31, 2026
House, Senate agree on $94 million in state funding for the Department of Human Services
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Lawmakers extend session “on paper”
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Daniel Tyson
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March 31, 2026
Senate debate over Mississippi’s 2nd Amendment Sales Tax holiday goes from firearm safes to diapers
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 31, 2026
Where Charm Lives: Porch swing pickings in downtown Fulton
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Alistair Begg
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March 31, 2026
When storms come
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Robert St. John
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March 30, 2026
Nobody plans for this
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Hunter Estes
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March 31, 2026
Memphis crime reduction is a win – and lesson – for Mississippi
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Russ Latino
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March 31, 2026
Equal Parents, Equal Time: The Case for Joint Custody
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Russ Latino
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March 26, 2026
Facts, not feelings, are a hard sell in teacher pay raise debate
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