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MSM Feature – Ray Guy

January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Six Seconds to History By Cary Estes Published in the May/June 2009 Issue “I was never much on hang time until we got Ray. But then we started clocking how long his punts hung up in the air. Sometimes he kept it up there as long as six seconds.” – John Madden, former NFL head coach and television broadcaster Six seconds. That doesn’t seem very long at all. A mere wisp of time. But in man’s battle against gravity, six seconds is the equivalent of batting .400 or rushing for 2,000 yards. It is a benchmark few can reach. Ray Guy was a six-second man during his football playing career... [Read the full story]

MSM 2010 College Baseball Preview Now Available

January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Click here to view Baseball Issue online The 2010 College Baseball Preview is now available in the Metro Area and online. The issue highlights your favorite college team as they prepare for the upcoming season. We also have features stories on 2009 MS Sports Hall of Fame inductee Jim Carmody, Jackson native and former Diamond Dawg Chris Maloney who is the current manager of the Memphis Redbirds. We also have a Q&A with former Rebel and current Minnesota Twins 3rd baseman Matt Tolbert. Is the Egg Bowl rivalry gathering steam? Steven Godfrey gives his thoughts on the rivalry for 2010. Doug Colson... [Read the full story]

Welcome to the NEW MSM Website

January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

We want to welcome all of you to the new Mississippi Sports Magazine website! This site will keep you updated with news and events involving MSM as well as daily updates of news releases involving the universities, colleges, high schools, professional and amateur sports across our state. Subscribe to our site today and receive email alerts for the site or just bookmark us and add MSM to your list of favorites. We have set some big goals for 2010 and we hope you will join us for the ride!  Read More →

SEC

Rebel Volleyball inks Goss, White to Letters of Intent

February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss has signed two players to National Letters of Intent for the 2010 season, as Kellie Goss and Brenea White have both inked to play for the Rebels head coach Joe Getzin announced on Monday. The duo make up the 2009 signing class and will be eligible to compete with the Rebels beginning with the 2010-11 academic year. Goss comes to Ole Miss from Forest Park High School in Manassas, Va. A four-year letter-winner with Manassas, Goss was named a two-time District Player of the Year and earned All-Area Player of the Year honors. She also claimed second team All-State honors... [Read the full story]

UM’s Knight Sets School Record At Meyo Invitational

February 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Sophomore jumper Brian Knight set a new school record and turned in an NCAA automatic mark in the high jump with a distance of 7-04.25 and Ole Miss posted six other NCAA provisional marks Saturday at the Meyo Invitational. Knight surpassed the previous school record in the high jump of 7-02.00 set by former Rebel great Savante’ Stringfellow in 1999. Knight’s mark ties him for first in the nation. The Miami, Fla., native went on to place fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 48-06.00 Freshman Ricky Robetson placed sixth in the high jump with an NCAA... [Read the full story]

MState tennis concludes NW tour with 5-2 win over ETSU

February 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

SEATTLE, Wash. – Despite dropping the opening two points of the match, the 61st-ranked Mississippi State men’s tennis team made an impressive comeback to defeat No. 60 East Tennessee State Buccaneers, 5-2. With the win, MSU concluded play at the Great Northwest Shootout in Seattle, Wash., with a 1-1 ledger, and evened their record to .500 on the season with a mark of 3-3. The Buccaneers took control of the match early winning a competitive doubles point battle. MSU took a one-match lead in the doubles point with the Bulldog tandem of Antonio Lastre and Daniel Sanchez taking down the No. 52... [Read the full story]

Conference USA

USM Single-Game Baseball Tickets Set To Go On-Sale Monday

February 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss ticket office will begin selling individual game tickets Monday, February, 8 for the 2010 Southern Miss baseball season. Tickets will go on sale in person at the Pat Ferlise Center, online at southernmiss.com or over the phone at 800-844.TICK, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Prices for individual games are as follows: Chairbacks and Reserved Bleachers: $15 General Admission Adult: $10 General Admission Youth: $8 Prices for premium games (East Carolina and Miss. St.) Chairbacks and Reserved Bleachers: $20 General Admission Adult: $15 General Admission Youth:... [Read the full story]

Southern Miss Announces 2010 Opponents; Adds Prairie View A&M as Final Non-Conference Foe

February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Another challenging home schedule awaits Southern Miss for the 2010 season as it includes both 2009 Conference USA championship game participant from a year ago, the Southwestern Athletic Conference champion and a BCS automatic-qualifying conference school for the second consecutive year. Although C-USA does not release its game dates for another month for league contests, the Golden Eagles will play both East Carolina and Houston, the C-USA East and West Division champions from last season, as well as fellow league foes Marshall and UAB at Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts... [Read the full story]

Eagle SS Vollmuth selected as Preseason All-American

February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss shortstop B.A. Vollmuth became the fourth Golden Eagle player to receive preseason All-American honors this season as Baseball America Magazine selected him today as their third team shortstop. Vollmuth joins Todd McInnis (NCBWA), Collin Cargill (NCBWA) and Kameron Brunty (Ping Baseball) in the preseason All-American fraternity headed into the 2010 season. Vollmuth entered the 2009 season as a back-up to Brian Dozier but a shoulder injury to Dozier in late April pressed the true-freshman from Biloxi into the starting role. While starting 23 or the teams final... [Read the full story]

SWAC

SWAC

December 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

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

Small College

Statesmen & Knights end duel tied 6-6; First tie since 1993

February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

BOCA RATON, Fla. – There is definitely no quit in the 2010 edition of the Delta State University baseball team. After jumping out to a 4-0 lead over the No. 10 Knights of Lynn University and seeing that lead evaporate into a 6-4 deficit, the No. 23 Statesmen came roaring back in the top of the seventh to tie the game at 6-6. Scoreless baseball over the final two innings sent the game into extras. Tied at 6-6 after 10 innings, the game was called due to darkness. For the Statesmen, it’s the first time since 1993 that a game ended in a tie, a 10-10 decision versus Northeast Louisiana State... [Read the full story]

HCC’s Horatio Williams to sign with LSU track

February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Raymond, Miss. – Horatio Williams of Oxford, a standout in men’s track and field at Hinds Community College, will sign with the Louisiana State University Tigers in the Spring 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) signing period. The Oxford High School graduate will enroll in summer classes at LSU and will run in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes for the Tigers track team, which is a powerhouse in Division I track and field. Williams claimed a national championship while at Hinds as a member of the 4×100 meter team that ran the event in 39.06 seconds at the 2009 Outdoor... [Read the full story]

Hinds CC men’s soccer to hold tryouts

February 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Raymond, Miss – The Hinds Community College men’s soccer program will host tryouts 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23. The tryout is open to anyone interested in playing for the Eagles in the fall 2010 season. The tryout will be held at Tom Shepherd Field on the Raymond Campus. The Eagles have won five out of the last six state championships in men’s soccer and are a program steeped in tradition. For more information you can contact coach Doug Williams at 601.857.3342 or e-mail him at drwilliams@hindscc.edu For more on Hinds sports please go to www.hindsccsports.com  Read More →

Pickup Locations

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. Alumni House – Hwy 51 – Ridgeland Steamroom Grill – I-55N Frontage Rd. – Jackson The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum – Lakeland Dr. Mississippi Legends Sports Grill – Lakeland Dr. – Flowood Tire Depot – Old Fannin Rd. – Flowood Barnes & Noble – Ridgeland Borders Books – Dogwood Mall – Flowood Hibbett Sports... [Read the full story]