Mississippi State Sports Blog

2005 Super recruit Tyler Hansbrough signed with North Carolina after a lengthy courtship. His brother Ben has bypassed all the drama by committing to Mississippi State last week. While 4 inches shorter and two years younger than his brother, Hansbrough has good size for a point guard, his projected position, and was a 4-year starter [...]

Rafael Palmeiro etches his name in the record books tonight by joining the exclusive 3000 hits/500 home runs club, along side Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray. Roundup:Rafael Palmeiro, the quiet superstar – They sneaked up on us, Rafael Palmeiro and his enduring place in history. Turns out everything we thought we knew about [...]

The Gainesville Sun (Fla) previews the SEC: 9. Mississippi State (12): Sylvester Croom has settled in to this job and actually has a year head-start on what Meyer is doing in Gainesville concerning discipline. The facilities are still in the bottom third of the league. It’s not like going to a BCS bowl, but pulling [...]

MSU strength and conditioning coach Jim Nowell talked to the Columbus Commercial Dispach about the incoming freshmen: ‘We had them run 16, 110 (yards) sprints with 45 seconds of rest in between,’ said Nowell, who has also worked at LSU and West Virginia. ‘We never allow our players to bend over and show weakness. If [...]

As Rafael Palmeiro comes closer to joining the exclusive 500 HR/3000 Hit club, I ask myself a couple questions: is Raffy the greatest Bulldog ever? Is he the greatest Bulldog to play professional sports? As far as impact on a national level, who else compares? D.D. Lewis, Boo Ferris, Eric Moulds come to mind as [...]

Former MSU All-American Lawrence Roberts scored 31 pts and grabbed 13 boards on Tuesday for the Grizzlies’ summer league team. In three games LR is averaging 16.7 points and 13.0 rebounds per game.

Former MSU QB Kevin Fant has returned to his high school alma mata as an assistant football coach. After the beating he took during his time at State, it’s surprising he’d have anything to do with the sport. “I just wanted to stay around football,” Fant said. “There is a satisfaction for me in teaching [...]

The Boston Red Sox are in need of bullpen help. Former MSU pitcher Jon Papelbon is poised for a chance to fill that role. He was recently elevated to Triple-A Pawtucket, but has mentioned lately has a possible post-All-Star game call up. Should Papelbon succeed, his stay in Triple-A could be brief. Boston’s bullpen is [...]

Former MSU All-American Rafael Palmero inches closer to a historic benchmark. Where Palmero stacks up historically: Home Runs 563 T9th Extra Base Hits 1183 8th Total Bases 5341 11th Doubles 582 14th Runs Batted In 1816 16th Hits 2993 26th If those aren’t Hall of Fame numbers, I don’t know what are. I think there [...]