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The March/April issue of MS Sports Magazine is now Online!

March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ISSUE ONLINE The March/April 2010 issue is now available across the Jackson Metro area and online. This issue includes interviews with Dexter McCluster, MS Sports Hall of Fame inductee Tyrone Keys, Grab U One Outfitters from Simpson County, Clinton resident and WWE Hall of Famer Ted Dibiase and his wife Melanie, our cover story with Yazoo County Hero Kaleb Eulls and so much more. We hope you enjoy! Don’t forget you can subscribe to MSM for only $24 and have every issue delivered to your home. SUBSCRIBE HERE!  Read More →

Century Club Charities announces donations through Viking Classic

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

MADISON, Miss. (March 8, 2010) – Century Club Charities, Inc. is pleased to announce that the 2009 Viking Classic, Mississippi’s premiere sporting event, raised $567,641.25 for local charities including the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children and the Birdies For Charity program’s 89 participating Mississippi charities. The United Way of Leflore County was the highest fundraising organization in the Birdies For Charity program. The organization was presented a check for $25,744.50 that included over $4,500.00 donated by Century Club Charities through Bonus Bucks at a luncheon hosted by... [Read the full story]

M-Braves Individual Game Tickets On Sale

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Pearl, MS – The Mississippi Braves are proud to announce that individual game tickets for the M-Braves 2010 season are on sale. The Ticket Office at Trustmark Park is open 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Club seats are $16, dugout level seats are $12, field level seats are $8 and berm or standing room only tickets are $5. The M-Braves will once again have 70 home games in 2010 with the Braves opening the season at home on April 8th. Mississippi will face the Tennessee Smokies in a five-game series at home to start the season. In addition to the Opening Night festivities sponsored by... [Read the full story]

SEC

Four Track And Field Rebels Earn All-America Honors

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday that four Ole Miss student-athletes have received USTFCCCA All-America honors following their performances at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Rebel underclassmen Ricky Robertson, Brian Knight, Mike Granger and Sofie Persson were all tabbed All-Americans after finishing in the top eight in their respective events last weekend. Robertson set a new school record and finished runner-up in the high jump with a height of 7-04.50 to help the men’s team finish tied for 20th place.... [Read the full story]

Chris Warren Tabbed All-SEC By Associated Press

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss junior point guard Chris Warren was named to the 2010 All-Southeastern Conference second team by the Associated Press on Monday, adding to his growing list of postseason honors. Warren had already been selected second-team all-league by the SEC coaches and USBWA All-District IV. The 5-foot-10 sharpshooter by way of Orlando, Fla., ranks third among SEC players with a 17.2 scoring average and eighth with 3.4 assists per game. His 3.2 3-pointers per game is tied for second-most among SEC players and ninth-most in the nation. With 100 3s this season, he is just three short... [Read the full story]

Bulldogs Garner #1 Seed In NIT; To Host Jackson State Tuesday Night In First Round

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Following an impressive SEC Tournament run in Nashville that culminated with a gut-wrenching, one-point overtime loss to No. 2 Kentucky in the finals on Sunday, Mississippi State accepted an invitation as a No. 1 seed to the NIT. The Bulldogs, who are 23-11 overall, will face Jackson State (19-12) in the opening round at 9 p.m. on Tuesday in a game televised by ESPNU. Due to being one of the four top-seeded teams, MSU earned the right to host the first three rounds if it wins. This will be the seventh appearance in the NIT for Mississippi State, which sports a 6-6 ledger... [Read the full story]

Conference USA

This week in USM baseball

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

This Week’s Schedule Monday 3/15: Practice at Pete Taylor Park Tuesday 3/16: UNO at Southern Miss – 6:30 p.m. Wednesday 3/17: Southern Miss at La. Monroe – 6:30 p.m. Thursday 3/18: Practice at La. Tech in Ruston La. Friday 3/19: Southern Miss at La. Tech- 6:30 p.m. Saturday 3/20: Southern Miss at La. Tech – 3:00 p.m. Sunday 3/21: Southern Miss at La. Tech – 1:00 p.m. *All practice dates and times are tentative and subject to change without prior notice TWIB Notes · Southern Miss has won six of their last seven games, including a series sweep over Missouri State and... [Read the full story]

Southern Miss Offering Bus Trip to Louisiana Tech for CIT Opening Round

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss Department of Athletics is trying to organize a bus trip for Golden Eagle fans wishing to attend the opening round of the CollegeInsiders.com Tournament, Thursday, March 18, at Louisiana Tech. Game time is set for 7 p.m., in Ruston, La. The bus is slated to leave at 1 p.m. from Reed Green Coliseum and make a stop at Trustmark Park in Pearl for a 2:45 p.m., departure from there. Fans wishing to get on the bus in Pearl are asked to park at the Braves parking lot between Bass Pro Shop and the main ticket window. The bus will return immediately following the... [Read the full story]

Eagle’s Copeland Named C-USA Pitcher of the Week

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

IRVING, Texas – Senior pitcher Scott Copeland was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week today, selected by the C-USA office. For Copeland it is his first C-USA honor and the second time this season a Southern Miss pitcher has earned the honor as Todd McInnis earned Pitcher of the Week after his opening weekend start vs. Northwestern State. Copeland (3-0) pitched the best game of his career with a three-hit, compete game shutout over visiting Missouri State Saturday afternoon in a 6-0 victory. He completely dominated the Missouri State hitters all afternoon, needing only 98 pitches and... [Read the full story]

SWAC

Delta Devils to open season with Notre Dame

February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Three-game series opens on campus, finishes in Greenville ITTA BENA, Mississippi – The Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils will open the 2010 baseball season with a three-game series against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. The teams will meet at Magnolia Field on MVSU’s campus at 1 pm on Friday with the Saturday and Sunday contests being played at Greenville’s Legion Field with 1 pm starts on both days. Notre Dame and Mississippi Valley State have met twice in the history of the two programs with the Irish picking up both wins in the series. In a series played April 29-30,... [Read the full story]

SWAC

December 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Covering Jackson State University, Alcorn State and Mississippi Valley State.  Read More →

Small College

HCC Men’s basketball has two All-Stars

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Raymond, Miss – Chris Wallace and Mark Wilkerson, both Hinds Community College men’s basketball team members of Jackson, have been selected to play in the 2010 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star game. The men’s and women’s games will be played on the campus of East Central Community College in Decatur on Thursday, March 25. The women’s matchup will begin at 5 p.m. and followed by the men’s game at 7 p.m. Wallace, who prepped at Wingfield High School, and Wilkerson, who is a former Bailey Magnet School standout, led the Bulldogs in scoring as sophomores. For... [Read the full story]

HCC’s Kimmons finishes 4th in Indoor Worlds

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Raymond, Miss – Trell Kimmons of Coldwater, a former Hinds Community College men’s track standout, competed in the 2010 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Indoor World Championships in Doha, Qatar over the weekend, and came away with an outstanding showing. Kimmons, who starred at Hinds in 2005 and 2006, competed in the 60 meter dash event, finishing in fourth place with a time of 6.59 seconds. Former Hinds standout Jeff Henderson of Sherwood, Ark., also competed in the Indoor Worlds in the long jump event. For full results and a photo gallery of the weekend’s events,... [Read the full story]

Hinds track shines in NJCAA Indoors

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Raymond, Miss – The Hinds Community College men’s track team competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor National Championships over the weekend, and the Eagles posted an outstanding showing. Hinds finished in sixth place overall out of 43 teams, won one individual national championship, had three NJCAA All-Americans and had eight more selected as United States Corporate Athletic Association (USCAA) All-Americans. Fred Rose of Texarkana, Ark., won the national championship in the 60-meter dash, finishing with a stellar time of 6.67 seconds. Rose also finished... [Read the full story]

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Pickup Locations

January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Click here and Subscribe to MSM TODAY! *Beginning with the March/April issue MSM will be available exclusively at Off Square Books in Oxford and Barnes & Noble in Starkville behind Davis-Wade Stadium. Steamroom Grill – I-55N Frontage Rd. – Jackson Kat’s Wine & Spirits – Fortification St. – Jackson Briarwood Wine & Spirits – Jackson Paul Anthony’s Meat Market – Highland Village – Jackson Kat’s Wine – Fortification St. – Jackson Briarwood Wine and Spirits – Jackson Gateway Tires – Lake Harbor – Jackson The... [Read the full story]