Office Hours: How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb
Spring football games are meaningless. Mostly.
The Rowdy Foundation set to host fourth annual Get Rowdy for Autism golf tournament at Old Waverly
COLUMBUS — Registration is still open for Monday’s fourth annual Get Rowdy for Autism golf tournament. The Rowdy Foundation hosts the four-person scramble fundraiser each year at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point.
BankFirst Yards unveiled by Lowndes Recreation and Board of Supervisors
COLUMBUS — While the wind whipped across the prairie west of the river on Tuesday night, the glare of the setting sun made quite a scene as community leaders gathered to celebrate the years of work from planners, architects, and workers to open the new BankFirst Yards sportsplex.
Caledonia walks off Hamilton, averts Senior Night collapse
CALEDONIA — The frustration was palpable going into the ninth inning at Tommy Smith Field on Monday night.
Office Hours: Series loss to Ole Miss leaves bad aftertaste
The college baseball season is long.
A team plays about 55 games over the course of a normal season; 60 if they’re lucky, 70 if they’re good.
New Hope ace Adi Dueitt notches 500th strikeout in series split with Pontotoc
NEW HOPE — Trojans softball ace Adi Dueitt made history over the weekend, throwing her 500th career strikeout in a district game against Pontotoc on Saturday. New Hope would go on to lose the matchup, splitting the series, but stayed in poll position in the 5A Region 1 standings.
Nature of memory fickle way to remember nature
Risking one favorite memory in the pursuit of another can be chancy. Whether you’re catching crappie or watching a solar eclipse, it’s important to make sure what you’re giving away is not already better than anything you might ever receive.
Office Hours: Welcome to the party, pal
Over the past few weeks, tens of millions of Americans learned what Mississippi State fans have known for the last decade or so – women’s basketball is fun.
Office Hours: Help Wanted
I got pressed into service last week. My daughter’s 4-and-under t-ball team had its first practice scheduled for Thursday at Cornerstone Park in Starkville. Families gathered in small groups while their energetic children ran the bases and practiced their swings.
Fantastic success in one area of life doesn’t necessarily equal competence in another
I’ve never been shy about shooting. I’ve missed plenty, but nothing has ever gotten away from me due to a lack of being shot at.
A few moments in the semi-dark may shed a lot of light
Early one morning in the not-too-distant past, I led my little crew to a riverbank in the outer reaches of the foothills of the Appalachians. The river was across town from the Kentucky state line and the town was Clarksville, Tennessee. The shadow cast by a total eclipse of the sun was set to pass through. I had wanted to take us somewhere for the eclipse that would see totality, and northern Tennessee was the shortest drive on the list.
Double creates its own special brand of trouble
I’ve often written that hunting, especially spring turkey hunting, is virtually a memory factory, turning out gems like a process designed by Henry Ford. One morning’s adventure in April, 2003, has always stood out for me beyond many others, though, and for a variety of reasons.
Office Hours: It’s in the cards
For the first time in several decades, I attended a card show. My family and I were visiting Huntsville, Alabama, when I discovered there was one being held at the convention center next door to our hotel. What better way to kill a couple of hours than a trip down memory lane?
‘This (was almost) the XFL’
Barrin Simpson had two nicknames lined up for his first XFL jersey with the San Francisco Demons: ‘Bamm-Bamm’ and ‘Bow Legs.’ Simpson, fresh off a legendary college career at Mississippi State, signed with the fledgling professional league before its inaugural season in 2001.
Office Hours: A hard rain’s going to fall
You may not have noticed, but there are dark clouds forming in the northeast. A few weeks ago, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled that Dartmouth University men’s basketball players are school employees and cleared the way for those players to unionize.
The only thing missing is you
Mississippi State’s Saturday afternoon win over Arkansas was a Chris Jans’ masterclass; 40 minutes of effort, intensity and just enough offense to overcome a talented but flawed Razorbacks squad, 71-67.
Office Hours: One for the ages
For the 120 million or so viewers of Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVIII, the first three quarters were plodding and mostly uneventful. The fourth quarter and overtime, of course, were enthralling. It’s in the script, after all. The NFL, with its trademarked parity and predictability, so often delivers in its biggest broadcasting moments. While the preceding playoff rounds mostly lacked last-second heroics – only four of 12 games came down to the final possessions – “The Big Game” delivered, if only in the end.
Hunting may be saved by angle of approach
Concern for the future of hunting as a commonly-practiced activity in America has led the conversation in small, backwoods camps and sweeping national conventions for
That old familiar feeling
You could forgive Mississippi State fans for being a bit gun shy. Once, about 12 years ago, a charismatic southerner waltzed into Starkville spreading the
Root, root, root for the home team
One of my favorite things about the newspaper business is getting to tell people’s stories. The Golden Triangle is full of interesting people with interesting