Articles by Brandon Walker
Former MSU CB Love arrested on simple domestic violence
STARKVILLE — Three months after his playing career with the Mississippi State football team ended, Jamerson Love was arrested last week and charged with simple domestic violence.
Flat-seamed baseball effects seen in Starkville, nationwide
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State pitcher Lucas Laster noticed a difference the moment he picked up the new flat-seam baseball.
MSU baseball will try to improve resume this weekend
STARKVILLE — The margin of error is gone for the Mississippi State baseball team.
After losing 14 of its last 22 games, MSU is on the outside looking in for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament after losing three of its first four Southeastern Conference series.
It only gets tougher from here. Starting at 6:35 p.m. Friday, MSU (21-14, 5-7 SEC) will face No. 2 Texas A&M (31-2, 9-2) in Game 1 of a three-game series in College Station, Texas. The series will be the Bulldogs’ first of three in the next four weekends against ranked teams. The Aggies are ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball and USA Today polls. They are No. 2 in the Baseball America rankings.
Former West Point High standout Williams ready to break out at MSU
STARKVILLE — Aeris Williams found the hole, turned upfield, and saw two defenders in his way.
Like he had done on numerous occasions, Williams didn’t hesitate and crashed into the linebackers, driving them 6 yards past the point of contact and turning an innocent run into a 9-yard gain.
To prove it wasn’t an aberration, Williams got up and did it again.
Young players shine at MSU scrimmage
STARKVILLE – For every authoritative run by freshman Aeris Williams, there was a pinpoint pass from freshman quarterback Nick Fitzgerald.
Laster makes most of offensive outburst in win vs. South Carolina
STARKVILLE — It took everything Lucas Laster had to hold things together.
The effort had nothing to do with pitching.
Laster, a senior left-hander, was asked by ESPNU for an interview following his complete-game, eight-hitter Thursday night in the Mississippi State baseball team’s 13-2 victory against South Carolina at Dudy Noble Field.
Laster tabbed for first SEC start when Bulldogs host Gamecocks
STARKVILLE — Having lost 12 of their last 18 games, members of Mississippi State’s baseball team enter this weekend’s Southeastern Conference series against South Carolina in need of a shakeup.
Lee making impression at fall camp
STARKVILLE — There’s nothing about Dontavian Lee that screams “Other guy.”
MSU alters rotation with eye on South Carolina series
STARKVILLE — With his eyes on a Southeastern Conference series against South Carolina, Mississippi State baseball coach John Cohen hinted Sunday afternoon at a shakeup of the Bulldogs’ weekend pitching rotation.
“We really have a set schedule,” said Cohen of his pitching staff. “With us playing Thursday, we may decide to throw Lucas Laster in that game to keep everybody else on their same schedule.”
Holland’s home run sparks MSU’s win against Auburn
STARKVILLE — With one swing, Mississippi State second baseman John Holland erased a week of frustration.
Holland also woke up the Mississippi State baseball team’s offense.
Stepping to the plate in a scoreless game against Auburn, Holland admitted he and his teammates were feeling the weight of a 29-inning scoring drought, one that dated back to last weekend’s series finale at Kentucky.
Howland completes first coaching staff at MSU
STARKVILLE – One of Ben Howland’s first promises when he took the job as men’s basketball coach at Mississippi State was that he would “assemble one of the best coaching staffs in the country.”
MSU baseball begins weekend with shutout losses to Auburn
STARKVILLE – It just keeps getting worse for Mississippi State’s baseball team.
Current Bulldogs resembling 2013 baseball team
STARKVILLE John Cohen has heard the comparisons between his current Mississippi State baseball team and the 2013 squad that reached the College World Series and played for a national championship.
Humphreys emerges as MSU’s hottest hitter
STARKVILLE Though an afternoon class had him running a little late for Mississippi State’s Thursday baseball practice, MSU left fielder Reid Humphreys didn’t have to worry about finding a parking space.
Fan base welcomes new MSU basketball coach Howland
STARKVILLE — The most electric atmosphere in Mississippi State’s Humphrey Coliseum in months had nothing to do with a basketball game.
Initial reaction to MSU’s hiring of Howland positive
STARKVILLE — Ben Howland watched and waited for two long years.
A 19-year veteran of college basketball’s coaching ranks, Howland went about his days in his native Southern California, yearning to coach but without a place to ply his trade.
Two years after he was fired from his dream job at UCLA, where he won 233 games and led the program to three Final Four appearances in 10 seasons, Howland endured two seasons without blowing a whistle, without barking a command, without winning a game.
Tapley’s versatility leads Hebron Christian baseball
PHEBA — Asked Monday morning to name his favorite sport, Channing Tapley shrugged his shoulders.
It was just after 9 a.m. and Tapley was missing Algebra II to talk about his exploits on the football field, on the basketball court, and on the diamond at Hebron Christian School.
It’s a scenario Tapley is getting used to.
MSU hires Howland, former UCLA basketball coach
Mississippi State has found a new leader for its men’s basketball program.
