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Drill, Haley, Drill

With less than one month left in office, Gov. Haley Barbour primed the pump for oil and natural gas drilling to take place off the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Bryan's Rant

Comegy Gets a Gold Star

There has not been too much to be happy about this season from the big schools in college football. In fact, after three weeks, a lot has been downright ugly.

Sports

Family Time

When I was little, I wanted to be just like my older brother Shawn. I come from a large family—I'm the middle child of seven children—filled with strong personalities.

Sports

Flynn's Games Of The Week

Each week of the college football season has at least one must-see showdown. There are in-state rivalries, big conference games and, of course, the annual homecoming games. Here are the …

Bryan's Rant

Al Davis, RIP

I have always heard deaths come in threes. Once Apple CEO Steve Jobs passed away, I started watching for the other two. Saturday morning, news broke that Oakland Raiders owner …

Sports

Doc's Thirteen

Only the luckiest among us will get to see all of these 13 must-see games. (A sportsologist can dream, can't he?)

Sports

Real Men Wear Pink

"Black Out" games look awesome at night when fans wear black. "White Out" games are better in the day as fans wear white. Before last Friday, though, I had never …

Bryan's Rant

Give ‘Em a Break

I am going to go out on a limb and write about two quarterbacks who have already met up in Monday Night Football: Rex Grossman and Tony Romo.

Sports

Celebrating JSU's Legacy

JSU has a history of winning its homecoming game, and this year should be no different.

Bryan's Rant

Standardized

I missed who said the dumbest thing I heard this weekend, or I would be ranting about that idiot. Instead, I must rant about what was said.

Sports

Lies and Damn Lies

As movies shift from mindless summer action adventures to more award-worthy releases, you may hear a lot about "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt.

Sports

Iron Doc Heads to Kona

Emerging from the water in the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas last May, Dr. Larkin Carter found himself 10 minutes off his normal pace. The 49-year-old, originally from Meridian, had …

Sports

‘Anybody Can Do It'

Basketball was her game. Football officiating is her profession. Sarah Thomas, a 37-year-old mother of two sons (Bridley, 10, and Brady, 7), wife to Brian Thomas and full-time pharmaceutical sales …

Sports

Favre Watch

I believe he's finished playing, but you know, we're just starting to play these (preseason) games," Childress said. "If somebody gets nicked, someone may have a need, and somebody may …

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Mississippi State Bulldogs are on the road this week.

Sports

Conerly Watch List

At the end of every football season since 1996, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum has awarded the Conerly Trophy to the best football player at a four-year …

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Basketball season starts soon for football fans whose team is already done for the season.

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Mississippi schools keep embarrassing us. Last week: Ole Miss 'teddy bears' vs. Vanderbilt.

Justice

Black Farmers: Getting Their Due?

Mississippi is likely to have the highest concentration of farmers who are entitled to a piece of two landmark decisions. In fact, more than one-fourth of the claims under the …

Crime

Second Chances

Michael Williams is the man behind the movie projector at the Russell C. Davis Planetarium. He is responsible for making sure the independent art films and sky shows run on …