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By PAUL JONES Contributing Writer Jan/Feb Issue 2013 EMCC Coach Buddy Stephens’ football team speaks for itself as one of the premier JUCO programs in the nation Even after claiming the 2011 NJCAA national championship, the East Mississippi Community College football program still managed to capture another new accomplishment entering the 2012 campaign. That accomplishment centered around being the No. 1 team in the NJCAA national rankings before the 2012 season opener. But the ...  Read more »

Waters finds foot, home in Canada

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By JOHN WIENER Contributing Writer Jan/Feb 2013 Issue The most improbable stop on the Swayze Waters Kicking Career Tour turned out to be the best. Waters, the former Jackson Prep and University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) star, bounced around NFL training camps the past four years. After being cut by the New York Jets this preseason, Waters signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL), only to be cut and then resigned by the Toronto Argonauts four weeks later. ...  Read more »

Mike Kinnison: A True Statesmen in MS Baseball History

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By BRAD LOGAN Contributing Writer April 13, 2013 – He disagreed with the call at second base. So much so, then assistant coach and now head coach Mike Kinnison elected to have a face-to-face conversation with the infield umpire that made the call. He lost the argument that day in Montgomery, AL, where the Delta State University Statesmen fell to St. Joseph's (MO) in the Division II College World Series. Kinnison was no stranger to the Mecca of college baseball. He had been there as a player ...  Read more »

Egg Bowl returns to Thanksgiving night in 2013

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – April 10, 2013 – The Southeastern Conference and ESPN has announced that the 110th Battle for the Golden Egg – the annual rivalry football game between Mississippi State and Ole Miss – will be played at 6:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, November 28 in 2013. “This is a tremendous opportunity for our state’s largest football game to be played on the largest stage of a crowded football weekend,” director of athletics Scott Stricklin said. “Some of the most memorable ...  Read more »