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In a season of baseball excellence, we should recall the ‘Willie Ball’

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 2,704 Reads

Ole Miss and Mississippi State baseball teams will enter the weekend ranked in the top five in the nation in various polls. Southern Miss is in the top 25 of RPI ratings. Jackson State is undefeated in the SWAC. Delta State remains a Division II power.

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Does college hoops get any better? How could it? Ben Howland, Kermit Davis agree.

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 7,185 Reads

It’s Monday morning, more than 36 hours after the finish of Gonzaga’s remarkable NCAA Tournament victory over UCLA, and I still can’t quit thinking about it — about the absolute beauty of it. I am talking about the level of play, the competitiveness, the drama — all of it.

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As we move to the Final Four, let’s look at obvious NCAA selection bias

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 16,068 Reads

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Brian Dozier will be at home on Opening Day and loves it

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 915 Reads

Major League Baseball’s opening day is set for Thursday. All 30 big league teams will play, but for the first time in a decade Mississippian Brian Dozier will not.

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State painted Lexington, Ky., all maroon 25 years ago

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 708 Reads

Twenty-five years ago this weekend, Mississippians by the thousands traveled to Lexington, Ky. Most wore maroon. They were there for a basketball tournament that turned into a wild celebration.

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Mississippi college baseball continues to flourish this spring

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 709 Reads

Here’s the latest round of positive proof that Mississippi is, above all else, a baseball state:

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Breaking in a shiny new toy at the absolute best time of the year

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 706 Reads

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These are the first words I have typed on my shiny new laptop, and I am pretty pumped about it. It arrives, after all, at my favorite time of the sporting year.

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Dak Prescott’s new contract pays about $80,000 per pass he throws

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 901 Reads

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Dak Prescott has signed a breathtaking new contract to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Actually, it takes your breath away. Somehow, the former Mississippi State Bulldog will have to scrape by on $160 million over the next four years.

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Gov. Tate Reeves signs bill barring trans competition in women’s sports, but cites no examples

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 850 Reads

Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday designed to prevent transgender girls and women from competing against female athletes in public schools and colleges, though he could not cite any instance of that occurring in the state.

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A new public golf course at Jackson’s old Colonial CC? That’s the plan.

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 895 Reads

A few of us were tramping up and down the overgrown, sometimes prickly fairways of the former Colonial Country Club golf course in northeast Jackson near dusk recently.

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