Moorhead will be featured speaker at Boys & Girls Club event

STARKVILLE — The one thing Joe Moorhead hasn’t had in his first months as Mississippi State’s football coach is excess time. Appearances for anyone other than his players, staff members, or recruits have been few and far between, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Golden Triangle knows that.

MSU’s Rankin aims to impress at Pro Day

STARKVILLE — John Hevesy wanted to get ahead of this.

In the spring and summer of 2017, Hevesy, who at the time was still the Mississippi State football team’s offensive line coach, learned left tackle Martinas Rankin was viewed as one of the top NFL draft prospects at his position.

Starkville High’s Powers signs with EMCC

STARKVILLE — Ed Townsel didn’t see a finished product the first time he met Donte Powers.

But Powers, who was a standout at East Oktibbeha County High School, worked hard to attract attention and to build his game.

Freshman Weatherspoon has been consistent for Bulldogs

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State men’s basketball team can lean on Nick Weatherspoon to do a little bit of everything.

The freshman guard is second on the team in scoring, fourth in rebounding, third in assists, and third in steals. His production has been a constant in an up-and-down season that has seen MSU and Weatherspoon mature.

Experience sets tone for MSU defense

STARKVILLE — There is no middle ground in the Bob Shoop defensive front.

Small anxious for larger role on MSU pitching staff

STARKVILLE — Almost a week ago, Ethan Small was walking off the mound at Dudy Noble Field, having just given the Mississippi State baseball team 6 1/3 innings of one-run, four-hit pitching. His walk to the dugout was met with an ovation that was over a year in the making.

Brewer excited about chance to coach in NFL

Gunter Brewer has found a way to stay in a comfort zone.

Whether it has been coaching in his home state of Mississippi, working with familiar peers in the profession or in places he has lived, Brewer has been fortunate not to experience too much radical change in his career.

MSU baseball team accomplishes goal in victory against Texas Southern

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State baseball team accomplished its mission Wednesday night.

Coming off three losses in its first Southeastern Conference series and with a set of league games against Missouri scheduled for this weekend, MSU interim coach Gary Henderson hoped to win two home mid-week games and save his pitching staff.

MSU realized that goal Wednesday in an 11-6 victory against Texas Southern at Dudy Noble.

Fitzgerald limited in MSU’s spring opener

STARKVILLE — The only thing covering Nick Fitzgerald’s right ankle was a cleat and tape.

After weeks of demobilization and rehabilitation from the injury he suffered in the 2017 Egg Bowl, Mississippi State’s starting quarterback was on the practice field for the first spring practice of the Joe Moorhead era.

Hatcher plays key role in rout

STARKVILLE — By the time the seventh inning ended Tuesday night, Josh Hatcher already had two doubles, a single, two RBIs, and a walk. He also had played errorless first base.

Freshman Allen hopes to build on fast start

STARKVILLE — Gary Henderson likes to withhold judgment until the 75 at-bat mark.

Henderson’s experience as an assistant coach and as a head coach in the Southeastern Conference tells him misleading conclusions come from sample sizes smaller than that.

MSU men will take on Louisville in quarterfinals of NIT

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State men’s basketball team spent the first part of the season at home building momentum.

Coach Ben Howland’s team won its first nine games in Starkville to set the stage for its first road game, which it lost at Cincinnati.

MSU’s James feeling stronger with each outing

STARKVILLE — Keegan James has been a flash of good news for the Mississippi State baseball team.

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound redshirt sophomore from Southaven has proven to be a valuable part of the bullpen after recovering from Tommy John surgery.

No. 14 Vanderbilt uses four-run fifth to sweep MSU

STARKVILLE — Sunday was a good day for the Mississippi State baseball team, even though it ended with a loss.

No. 14 Vanderbilt completed a three-game sweep of the season-opening Southeastern Conference series with a 4-3 victory at Dudy Noble Field.

Still, MSU (10-10, 0-3 SEC) had chances to win the finale after generating little offense in 5-0 and 10-1 losses in the first two games. Tanner Allen’s home run Saturday accounted for the Bulldogs’ only run.

Experiences the new lounges at Dudy Noble

A walk around the outfield of the so-called new Dudy Noble Field still invokes most of the same sensory experiences from the old one.

MSU looks for NIT road win at Baylor

STARKVILLE — Be it injury, suspension or matchups, the Mississippi State men’s basketball team has had to make changes to its starting lineup. One of the mainstays was junior forward Aric Holman — and understandably so, given he is the team’s third-leading scorer (10.7 points per game), leading rebounder (6.7 per game) and second-best shot blocker (59).

MSU drops first pair of conference games to Vanderbilt

STARKVILLE — Through two games against Vanderbilt, the Mississippi State baseball team has had the Commodores sweating 17 times.

Strong pitching does not lift MSU into win column

STARKVILLE — Pitching wins are often based on run support as much as they are pitching prowess. Konnor Pilkington and Ethan Small learned it firsthand this weekend.

MSU players embrace Henderson’s message

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s baseball players filed into their first team meeting with interim head coach Gary Henderson on Feb. 21 and faced a blank whiteboard.

Peters provides plenty of assistance for MSU

STARKVILLE — There is a lot to remember from the loss that ended the Mississippi State men’s basketball team’s hopes of making the NCAA tournament.

There was the corner 3-pointer Xavian Stapleton had that could have changed the game. There also was the injury to Nick Weatherspoon that changed the game.