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Maholm will speak at annual MSU event

STARKVILLE -- Mississippi State University All-America pitcher Paul Maholm, who recently became the newest member of the Chicago Cubs baseball organization, will be the featured speaker at the 2012 "First Pitch/Meet the Team" Baseball Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Alabama will celebrate football team's title

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama will celebrate the football team's 2011 National Football Championship at 2 p.m. Saturday in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The event will feature the Crimson Tide football team and football coach Nick Saban. The celebration will last approximately one hour and admission is free.

MSU hosts long-time rival Alabama in men's basketball

STARKVILLE - Two programs that think they can contend for a Southeastern Conference men's basketball title will get their chance to prove it in Humphrey Coliseum Saturday afternoon. Without a Western Division to battle over, the University of Alabama and Mississippi State University will be a pivotal matchup to possibly see who gets the final of the four byes in the SEC Tournament in March.

MSU wins fight against Tennessee

STARKVILLE -- After saying it was punched in the mouth last weekend at the University of Arkansas, the Mississippi State University men's basketball team delivered the final blow Thursday night. In a physically demanding contest where open looks and clear cuts through the paint were at a premium, No. 20 MSU hung on for a 62-58 victory in its Southeastern Conference home opener against the University of Tennessee.

Bumphis pleads not guilty to charges

Mississippi State University junior wide receiver Chad Bumphis pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of disorderly conduct and public intoxication in his initial court appearance at Tupelo Municipal Court.

Grant's trey helps MSU women rally past Alabama

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It's all about eye contact. Diamber Johnson has been playing with Kendra Grant for only 16 games, but point guards have a knack for finding shooters. Sometimes, though, you need a second chance. Kendra Grant was more than happy to oblige on two occasions Thursday night.

Smith, Lewis play key roles for MSU

STARKVILLE -- DeVille Smith proved Thursday his performance Saturday night at the University of Arkansas wasn't a fluke. Smith scored most of his career-high 25 points after the Mississippi State University men's basketball team already trailed by more than 20 points at Bud Walton Arena. But the freshman point guard from Jackson backed up the effort in his Southeastern Conference debut against the University of Tennessee and helped keep No. 20 MSU from suffering back-to-back SEC losses.

Richardson leads players leaving Alabama for NFL draft

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The national champion University of Alabama football team will once again try to keep rolling after losing three underclassmen to the NFL draft. All-Americans Trent Richardson, Dont'a Hightower and Dre Kirkpatrick said Thursday they're leaving school to start pro careers, three days after helping the Crimson Tide to its second national title of their careers.

Ole Miss women beat Arkansas for first SEC win

OXFORD -- Danielle McCray grabbed a huge defensive rebound with 22.9 seconds remaining, and Nikki Byrd added two free throws with 19 seconds left to help the University of Mississippi women's basketball team to a 60-54 victory against the University of Arkansas on Thursday night at Tad Smith Coliseum.

Ole Miss receives NLI from EMCC's Wallace

OXFORD -- University of Mississippi football coach Hugh Freeze received a National Letter of Intent on Thursday from Bo Wallace, a quarterback from East Mississippi Community College. The 6-foot-5, 210-pounder will enroll at Ole Miss for the spring semester, and will begin competing in the 2012 season with three years of eligibility remaining.

MSU's Bost needs guard help

STARKVILLE -- It's possible Mississippi State's senior point guard Dee Bost should come to Humphrey Coliseum this week was a two-word sign literally hanging from him -- help wanted. Brian Bryant, who is not only Bost's guard teammate and roommate on campus and on the road, said he doesn't have to see the tape of MSU's 98-88 loss at Arkansas to see where the 20th-ranked Bulldogs went wrong. It's already been discussed in a closed-door meeting between the two friends.

Ready to move on, MSU faces Tennessee tonight at Humphrey Coliseum

STARKVILLE -- Mississippi State has the same issue as their opponent in the Southeastern Conference home opener for the Bulldogs men's basketball program. The basic question of both MSU and Tennessee as both enter the Humphrey Coliseum tonight (8 p.m., ESPN2) is essentially, will the opener last weekend be a trend or something their fans forget quickly?

MSU women's basketball team travels to Alabama

STARKVILLE -- Embarrassing. Catina Bett knows no other word than that one to describe the feeling she and her teammates felt Sunday during and after an 88-40 loss to the No. 11 University of Kentucky at Memorial Gymnasium. The senior center acknowledges MSU (10-5, 0-2 Southeastern Conference) was in a tough spot without senior Porsha Porter, the team's second-leading scorer, who didn't make the trip due to an illness. But Bett admitted the Lady Bulldogs should have delivered a better showing, especially in a regionally-televised game.

Alabama women's basketball working through injuries, absences

Conference play is a difficult time to try to battle through injuries. In a league that is as unforgiving as the Southeastern Conference, University of Alabama women's basketball coach Wendell Hudson knows his team isn't going to get any breaks.

EMCC's Wallace commits to Ole Miss

With two words on Twitter, Bo Wallace announced where he will play his final three years of college football. "Hotty totty," Wallace tweeted Tuesday afternoon. The junior college first-team All-American from East Mississippi Community College has accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Mississippi. Wallace, who will sign with the 2012 recruiting class and will enroll early to compete in spring practices, chose Ole Miss over scholarship offers from Mississippi State, Baylor University, and Indiana.

Saban: This Alabama team is special

NEW ORLEANS -- Nick Saban rolled out of bed without time even for his daily dose of The Weather Channel with wife Terry. The business of celebrating Alabama's second national championship in three years disrupted the morning routine for a coach who makes a habit of, well, habits. He didn't seem to mind.

Alabama defeats LSU to win BCS National Championship

NEW ORLEANS -- The Rematch of the Century, it wasn't. For Alabama, it was good enough for No. 1, if not a lot of style points. The Crimson Tide romped to another BCS championship against top-ranked LSU with a smothering defensive performance Monday night, a numbing barrage of field goals and even a long-overdue trip to the end zone. Final score: 21-0.

Bulldogs must regroup before facing Tennessee

STARKVILLE --- The Mississippi State men's basketball program will have until Thursday night to try and answer the obvious question: what is wrong with the defense? After matching the most points given up in the 14-year head coaching career of Rick Stansbury Saturday night in a 98-88 loss at Arkansas, the 20th-ranked Bulldogs (13-3, 0-1 in Southeastern Conference play), the MSU coach is still shaking his head at the effort.

MSU men can't keep up with Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Mississippi State University men's basketball coach Rick Stansbury said all week his team had enough guards to handle the University of Arkansas' full-court pressure defense and still guard them defensively. Arkansas coach Mike Anderson called Stansbury's bluff on that declaration and took home a 98-88 victory Saturday night.

Kentucky's pressure will test MSU women

STARKVILLE -- Prior to the Mississippi State women's basketball team's Southeastern Conference opener against LSU, Diamber Johnson stressed the Lady Bulldogs needed to befriend pressure. The senior point guard said the Lady Bulldogs had to welcome pressure defense from opponents so much that it was second nature for them to attack it and score against it. Three days after kicking off SEC play with a disappointing loss to LSU, MSU will get a chance to see just how well it reacts to pressure when it takes on the No. 11 University of Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. today in Lexington, Ky.

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