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Ole Miss DT Issac Gross out for season with neck injury

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi defensive lineman Issac Gross will miss the rest of the season because of a neck injury. Coach Hugh Freeze said Tuesday via text message that Gross has been “battling this […]

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Jackson State falls to Middle Tennessee 70-14

MURFREESBURO, Tenn. (AP) — Brent Stockstill threw four touchdowns to help Middle Tennessee to a 70-14 win over Jackson State in a season opener on Saturday. Stockstill was 23 of 29 for 336 yards for […]

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Mississippi State tops Southern Miss with 34-16 win

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State would love to limit how much quarterback Dak Prescott runs the football in order to keep him healthy all season. It sounds good in theory. The problem with that […]

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Mendenhall man sets record with 319-pound female alligator

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A 319-pound alligator has set the state record for female weight, beating the old record by nearly 24 pounds, Mississippi’s alligator program coordinator said. The gator taken by Craig Jones of […]

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Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell returning after broken leg

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze hopes star receiver Laquon Treadwell scores a touchdown every time he touches the ball this season for Ole Miss. Except once. “In a strange kind of way,” […]

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826-pound alligator breaks 2 Mississippi records

DAVIS ISLAND, Miss. (AP) — An alligator that was 14 feet, one-quarter-inch long and weighing 826 pounds broke Mississippi records that other alligators had set earlier that day for length and weight. The alligator shot […]

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Mississippi high school football scores

(AP) See how your favorite Mississippi high school football team fared on the field in the second week of the 2015 season. Aberdeen 32, New Hope 27 Adams Christian 40, Jackson Aca. 14 Amory 34, […]

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Remembering Katrina: “I didn’t plan to evacuate”

By Angel Hampton  Special to The Mississippi Link I didn’t plan to evacuate. I had gotten used to hurricane threats being a way of life early on as a student at Xavier University. Sometimes we […]