In today's Journal you can read a feature on MSU senior forward Wendell Lewis , who is suddenly going to be a focal point on the offensive end ( CLICK HERE ). That's not something he's used to ...
In today's Journal, I have a story about MSU's billboard campaign running afoul of NCAA bylaws ( CLICK HERE ). It has to do with those "Play with the Best" boards that went up around the state, ...
I was greeted upon my return to work yesterday by the new Phil Steele College Football Preview magazine. Seeing that turn up in my mailbox is one of the highlights of my summer. So, I've alre...
Hey, y'all remember this little thing I used to do called the Blog Bag, right? For whatever reason – busyness, forgetfulness, laziness, all of the above – it vanished from this blog for several mo...
Previously: Jackson State , Auburn , Troy , South Alabama , Kentucky With the new SEC scheduling format, MSU plays only two games against Eastern Division foes this fall, and this is th...
Hey, I'm back. My week off has come to an end, and perhaps not all of you are so excited about that. My last blog entry, announcing my time off, drew 76 "likes," and I can't decide if that's a ...
Now that MSU's baseball season is over, I'm making good on a vow to take a week off. So I'll be radio silent (for the most part) between now and June 18, although my wife is highly skeptical of my...
Previously: Jackson State , Auburn , Troy , South Alabama Following a bye week, MSU plays its second SEC game of the season, and it's already October. It's the first league road test, an...
Mississippi State wide receiver Chad Bumphis entered a guilty plea to a charge of failure to comply, and a charge of public drunkenness was retired during a bench trial in Tupelo Municipal Court...
Nick Routt had just fired up his computer this morning when he saw his name pop up on the screen. He'd been drafted in the 16th round by the Cincinnati Reds (502nd overall). "I was kind of l...
Kirk Presley knows what Chris Stratton is about to encounter. He was once a first-round Major League draft pick, and while there is a lot of prestige that goes with that, there are also a lot ...
Need to catch y'all up on a handful of things this afternoon. First off, I just filed a story on Chris Stratton and Kirk Presley , the latter a former Tupelo High School pitcher who was drafted...
Butch Thompson , Mississippi State's pitching coach, has had a couple of his pupils at Georgia taken in the first round of the Major League Draft: Brooks Brown (2003) and Joshua Fields (2008)...
Mississippi State junior pitcher Chris Stratton was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 20th overall pick of the Major League Draft tonight. Stratton, a Tupelo native, is the first ...
SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA | We're on the road back to Mississippi, so let's wrap up the weekend that was and look ahead a little bit. Got some links for you. • MSU's season came to an end Sunday w...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | Recapping MSU's 3-2 loss to Samford in the NCAA Regional at Dick Howser Stadium on Sunday. • The buzz: MSU had no problem beating some of the best teams in the SEC in Ho...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | Previewing today's NCAA regional game between No. 2 seed MSU (40-23) and No. 3 seed Samford (40-22). First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT. • TV: No TV, can be watched...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | Recapping MSU's 8-1 win over UAB in the NCAA regional at Dick Howser Stadium on Saturday. • The buzz: MSU (40-23) lives to see another day. The bats finally came alive...
Previously: Jackson State , Auburn , Troy We continue our weekly series with MSU's fourth game of 2012, and it'll be the third non-SEC contest. This might be the patsiest of the patsies S...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | Previewing today's NCAA regional game between No. 2 seed MSU (39-23) and No. 4 seed UAB (32-29). First pitch is 11 a.m. CT. • TV: No TV, can be watched on ESPN3.com •...