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On Thu, 11/21/2019 - 11:29 AM

Notes, quotes and an opinion or two, while considering the home office of the Southeastern Conference, surely the mostly wildly successful league in college sports history, was first centrally located in downtown Jackson:

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Cleveland: LSU, Bama to face Mississippi teams after last week’s battle

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On Thu, 11/14/2019 - 09:53 AM

If a lifetime of covering sports in Mississippi has taught me anything, it has taught me this: There's never really a good time to play LSU or Alabama in football.

Most of the time, the Tigers and Crimson Tide will have bigger, faster, more talented players than you do. They will have more of them, too.

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Saints finding new ways to win

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On Thu, 10/17/2019 - 09:36 AM

Same jerseys, different team. If it seems as if you New Orleans Saints fans are watching a dissimilar football squad these last few weeks, well, you are.

These new Saints still win, mind you, they just do it differently.

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Plumlee good fit for Ole Miss

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On Thu, 10/10/2019 - 09:18 AM

Ole Miss football has had two more mascots than winning seasons since 2015.

You remember 2015? The Rebels, coached by Hugh Freeze and sporting future NFL players at several key positions, won their 10th game in the Sugar Bowl, trouncing Oklahoma State 48-20.

The future seemed so bright.

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Walking away a painful choice

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On Thu, 08/29/2019 - 08:56 AM

It was so shocking because it happens so seldom: An NFL superstar retiring at the top of his game.

Andrew Luck's retirement this past weekend from the Indianapolis Colts caught the football world off guard for so many reasons:

• Luck is one of the best in the world at what he did.

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Cleveland: The pros are a different beast from college ball

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On Thu, 08/22/2019 - 10:58 AM

Over the years I've heard it said or read it written many times: The quality of top tier college baseball, like that played in the SEC, is the equivalent of Class AA professional baseball.

That's just not so.

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Cleveland: Is college football TV coverage danger to game?

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On Thu, 08/15/2019 - 02:41 PM

Television is college football's goose that lays golden eggs. And now, at least in my opinion, that goose has turned and is biting the game in the butt.

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Some real athletic feats

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On Thu, 07/18/2019 - 10:59 AM

Readers often ask: In all the years of writing sports what is the most amazing single athletic feat you have seen?

Good question. I have seen some stuff.

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