‘It’s going to take everybody’: Bulldogs embracing underdog mindset in first WCWS
Mississippi State Softball has been the underdog all postseason long, and head coach Samantha Ricketts wouldn’t have it any other way.
Supreme Court won’t intervene in discrimination suit led by Black ex-head coach Flores against NFL
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to intervene in a discrimination lawsuit led by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores against the NFL, allowing the case to proceed toward trial.
MUW head volleyball coach Breylee Linder steps down
After spending the last two years leading the charge of improvement for MUW’s volleyball team, The W announced on Tuesday that head coach Breylee Linder has resigned from her role within the program to pursue “other career opportunities.”
Can MSU softball win it all? Recent history says no
Mississippi State Softball has a chance to make even more history this season.
Ole Miss earns No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament at Lincoln Regional
For the second year in a row, Ole Miss baseball is playing past Memorial Day.
Bulldogs earn No. 14 overall seed, set to host first NCAA Regional since 2021
Most Mississippi State fans would have loved to be a fly on the wall in the home of Bryce Chance on Sunday evening.
MUW Athletics captures SLIAC Service Challenge award
Mississippi University for Women athletics continues to rack up a series of firsts on the field in just its third season of NCAA Division III competition.
Bulldogs ride Everett’s stellar start to first-ever Women’s College World Series berth
MSU will face Texas Tech Mississippi State Softball junior pitcher Delainey Everett hadn’t pitched more than three innings before the Bulldogs’ do-or-die game against Oklahoma (52-10) Sunday.
Shocking shutout of Oklahoma sends Mississippi State to first WCWS in program history
For the first time in program history, Mississippi State’s softball team is headed to the Women’s College World Series. Faced with elimination or glory, the
‘Underdog is still a freakin’ dog’
Postseason success has often eluded Mississippi State softball.
Sooners’ 3rd-inning explosion dooms Bulldogs in Game 2 of Super Regional
Coming off the first-ever Super Regional win in which it rallied for nine runs in the final two innings on Friday, Mississippi State’s softball team
Catching takes precedence over present when presented
The Boy knelt on the boat’s carpeted floor. Plastic fibers dug into his bare knee.
Four Owls named to track and field all-region team
Four members of MUW’s track and field teams were named to the 2026 NCAA Division III All-South Region Team as announced by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association this week.
NASCAR’s Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before his death, 911 call reveals
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
Brown bass offer challenge within challenge for Tennessee River anglers
Smallmouth bass occupy much the same habitat as largemouth and spotted bass, but relate much more strongly to temperature and current.
History made: Bulldogs rally late to stun Sooners for first-ever Super Regional victory
After allowing two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh, history was on the line for Mississippi State’s softball team and Delainey Everett
Bulldogs open Super Regional today in Norman against mighty Sooners
After three days of softball in Oregon that rewrote some pitching records for Mississippi State’s softball team, the squad finds itself in waters it has rarely chartered this weekend with an opportunity to make even more history.
MUW AD Foster earns SLIAC’s McKinney Distinguished Service Award
The W Athletics Director, Buddy Foster, has received the 2026 Dr. Lee McKinney Distinguished Service Award from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, it was announced at the annual league meeting.
Long ball, lack of big hits doom Bulldogs in SEC Tournament loss to Georgia
No. 8 seed Mississippi State went just 3 for 14 with runners on base and hit into four double plays Thursday afternoon against top-seeded Georgia in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament at the Hoover Met.
CEO of NIL enforcement reminds frustrated schools: These are your rules, we just enforce them
While frustration mounts across college sports and talk of breakaway conferences hits the hallways at conference’s spring meetings, the leader of the agency formed to police name, image and likeness payments has a simple reminder: These are the rules you wrote.
Blake Shapen embracing leadership under center and in the QB room
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