Articles by Brandon Walker
Bulldogs land game changer in Newman
STARKVILLE – West Point High basketball coach Brad Cox believes he had a great team in 2014, one of the best in school history.
Malik Newman commits to Mississippi State
With one glance underneath a table at his commitment ceremony on Friday afternoon, five-star guard Malik Newman may have changed the fortunes of Mississippi State’s basketball program.
MSU baseball looks to snap slide on the road at Arkansas
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s baseball team has no choice now. If a seaon-saving turnaround is going to happen, it’s going to have to happen on the road.
Report: Newman plans to sign with Mississippi State
STARKVILLE – It did not take Ben Howland long to make Mississippi State basketball’s biggest recruiting splash in years.
Several Bulldogs working out in anticipation of the NFL Draft
For Jay Hughes, the days are different now. And they are the same.
MSU baseball team focused on reversing course
STARKVILLE — Trevor Fitts and John Holland haven’t given up on this Mississippi State baseball team.
With the regular season winding to a close and MSU reeling from being swept by then-No. 8 Florida, Fitts and Holland were asked Saturday about MSU’s postseason possibilities.
“I know we are running out of games,” Fitts said. “But I really feel like we’re right there. I really like this team. I know we are not showing it at all times, but I think we’ve got a good team. If we put ourselves in such a hole that we will have to win the SEC tournament just to get a bid, then that’s what we will have to do. I think we can do it.”
Howland offers impression after first month
STARKVILLE — After two years away from the game, new Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Ben Howland found himself in an interesting spot last weekend.
Donning maroon and white for the first time, Howland won his first game at MSU on a touchdown pass.
No. 8 Florida finishes off MSU
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State pitcher Austin Sexton missed his target by six inches.
Florida first baseman Peter Alonso hit the mistake more than 400 feet.
It was that kind of weekend for MSU’s baseball team.
Alonso, a junior who has battled injury for much of the season, hit two home runs and had four RBIs as part of a season-high four-hit day in No. 8 Florida’s 10-5 victory Sunday at Dudy Noble Field.
MSU baseball drops another SEC series
STARKVILLE — There has been nothing super about the Mississippi State baseball team’s weekend.
For the fifth time in six weekends, MSU has lost a Southeastern Conference series. Thanks to a 6-3 loss to No. 8 Florida on Friday night and a 2-1 setback on Saturday afternoon, MSU (22-18, 6-11 SEC) is seeing its postseason hopes flicker.
After losing for the 18th time in the team’s last 31 games, some of the Bulldogs began to think about what they have to do to make the postseason.
Tailbacks step into spotlight in spring game
STARKVILLE — J.T. Gray never had a chance.
Gray, a rising sophomore who was named to the Southeastern Conference’s All-Freshman Team in 2014, found himself between the goal line and a charging Dontavian Lee on Saturday at MSU spring game.
QBs shine for MSU in spring game
STARKVILLE — Quarterback Dak Prescott was disappointed Saturday following the Mississippi State football team’s spring game.
His backup, freshman Nick Fitzgerald, was all smiles.
The reason for Prescott’s disappointment and Fitzgerald’s happiness was simple. The stakes of the game stated that the losing team in the matchup between Prescott’s Maroon squad and Fitzgerald’s White unit would have to show up at Davis Wade Stadium early this morning and perform cleaning duty.
MSU apologizes for vulgar warmup shirts
Mississippi State’s baseball team made the wrong kind of fashion statement Thursday.
Younger Bulldogs prepared for spring game
STARKVILLE — Three months ago, Mississippi State football fans were able to breathe a sigh of relief when MSU quarterback Dak Prescott, who finished eighth
Heck, Gridley solidify left side of MSU infield
STARKVILLE — As Mississippi State senior baseball player Seth Heck learned recently, there’s a first time for everything. For Heck, who started 55 games at
West Point’s Lashley attracting a lot of recruiting attention
WEST POINT — Scott Lashley can’t talk right now.
He’s not being rude. He also isn’t busy with schoolwork.
Small Schools Girls Basketball Coach of Year: Franks building Eagles into winner
PHEBA – How did Hebron Christian School’s Bruce Franks react to the news he’d been named The Dispatch’s Small Schools Girls Basketball Coach of the Year for the second straight season?
MSU baseball team needs to regain momentum
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State baseball team is running out of time.
MSU (22-16, 6-9 Southeastern Conference) lost to then-No. 2 Texas A&M 13-5 Sunday. The loss helped the Aggies (33-3, 11-3) win their second game in the three-game weekend series and handed the Bulldogs their fourth SEC series loss in five weekends. The win also catapulted Texas A&M to No. 1 in this week’s Baseball America poll.