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Sports Hall of Fame Hosting CWS Viewing Party

The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is hosting a viewing party starting at 6:30 p.m., when Mississippi State takes on UCLA in the first of a best-of-three game …

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MSU's '85 Bulldogs Cast a Long Shadow

The star-studded 1985 Mississippi State baseball team has cast a long shadow over every Bulldogs club that followed. Now the 2013 team is poised to do what no other Mississippi …

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MSU Bulldogs Trounce Beavers 4-1

Mississippi State advances to the College World Series finals.

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Bulldogs On the Brink

The Mississippi State Bulldog baseball team woke up Friday morning in a unique position—not just to the school, but to the state of Mississippi, a bastion of college baseball excellence.

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Lem Barney: Great but Wrong

Another person is proclaiming the death of football. This time, it is former Jackson State and Detroit Lions star Lem Barney.

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Remembering Ben Puckett

Long-time Jackson resident Ben Puckett, who died June 2 at the age of 83, was a big-time giver: to Mississippi State, to the U.S. Olympic effort, to your Mississippi Sports …

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MSU 3 Wins from National Title

Trey Porter surely made the home folks proud back in Hurley, population 950.

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10 Things to Know About the College World Series

Omaha's annual summer party, the College World Series, begins Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park.

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Mississippi State Bulldogs

Mississippi State University sports fans have gotten bad news, but also some excellent news this past week. First, the bad news: On Friday, June 7, the NCCA hit the MSU …

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Cooperation Helps MSU

Outgoing Ohio State University President Gordon Gee took a shot at illiteracy in the Southeastern Conference a few months ago. But Gee and others could learn an important thing from …

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Finding Fatherhood

Take my advice, please: Children, spend as much time as you can with your fathers, and fathers, spend as much time as you can with your children.

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NCAA APR Again Hits Schools with Lesser Resources

Eighteen Division I teams will miss the postseason, and another 18 in men's basketball and nine other college sports will trade practice time for remedial classroom sessions under NCAA academic …

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Mississippi State Bound for 2013 College World Series

The Bulldogs held on for a 6-5 victory against Virginia on Monday in the completion of a suspended game, sweeping the No. 6 national seed. They are Omaha-bound for the …

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Do the Right Thing, IOC

Last week the International Olympic Committee selected wrestling, softball/baseball (combined bid) and squash as sports for its short list of those to include in the 2020 Olympic Games. It dropped …

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Jackson Showboats Ready for Year Two

Jackson Showboats owner and general manager Grant Worsley is excited about the future of the Showboats.