Mississippi State Sports Blog

This isn’t really sports related, but it is MSU related, and in my hometown. The MSU Riley Center, located in Downtown Meridian, is nearing completion. In addition to educational programs in the arts and performing arts, the center will also host live performances throughout the year. They have already annouced their lineup for the 2006-2007 [...]

Rupert, owner of the Hello Deli and David Letterman regular, was wearing a Mississippi State shirt on the show tonight.

Walter Sharpe has had a tough year. First, he was kicked off the Mississippi State men’s basketball team for breaking team rules, including missing a flight to California and not joining the team at the NCAA tournament. Once he returned to Birmingham, there were several incidents that kept him in the news, including being shot [...]

Mississippi State has announced that the first two games of the 2006 football season will be televised. The season-opener against South Carolina on August 31 will televised by ESPN as part of its Thursday night package. It will also be the first televised college football game of the 2006 season. Kick-off for that game is [...]

With the first game less than 2 months away, the previews of next year’s football teams are starting to come out. FoxSports is up first with an in-depth preview of MSU’s 2006 Football Team. No one questioned that Sylvester Croom had a huge mountain to climb when he took over the program two seasons ago, [...]

There is nothing concrete out there yet, but lots of people say that the SEC coach mentioned in Ron Higgins column from the Commercial Appeal on May 28 is Ole Miss HC Ed Orgeron. MDR has had a couple of football coaches tell him that one coach currently in the league was turned in by [...]

Via Media Relations Three members of Mississippi State’s 2006 NCAA Clemson Regional team were selected on the second and final day of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player draft. Senior left-handed pitcher Books Dunn was taken by the San Diego Padres in the 23rd round, senior outfielder Joseph Hunter was tabbed in the 25th round by [...]