Sports
NFL turning to South for 2019, 2020 Super Bowls
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The NFL will turn to the South for its host cities for the 2019 and 2020 Super Bowls. New Orleans, Atlanta, South Florida and Tampa will bid for those games. Of […]
Sports
Sports
Timberwolves win draft lottery, Lakers move to No. 2
By BRIAN MAHONEY NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves too often came to the NBA draft lottery and left in worse shape than they arrived. And when they finally ended years of lottery futility, it […]
Sports
Mississippi sports news
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi has agreed to a contract extension with men’s basketball coach Andy Kennedy that will keep him at the school until 2019. The four-year deal, which was announced by the school […]
Sports
Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn split result: Tiger can’t sleep at night
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP)— Tiger Woods says he hasn’t been sleeping well because of what he calls a tough three days — his split with Lindsey Vonn and the anniversary of his father’s death. […]
Health
OLE MISS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CAMPS
The Mississippi Link Newswire DAY CAMP June 1-4, 2015 for girls and boys grades K – 8th grade ELITE SKILLS (Two sessions offered!) June 6, 2015 OR June 24, 2015 for girls grades 7 – 12th grade SHOOTOUT […]
Sports
Floyd Mayweather get $100 million, more to come, before his ‘last’ fight in September
The Associated Press Not bad for a night’s work. Even if people were booing him the entire way. The check was for $100 million, a payday so mind boggling that Floyd Mayweather Jr. couldn’t help […]
Obituaries
Pete Brown, first black player to win PGA Tour event, dies
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – Pete Brown, the first black player to win a PGA Tour event, died Friday. He was 80. PGA Tour officials say Brown died in Augusta. Details on the cause of death […]
Sports
NFL draft 2015: Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota prove importance of QB
The Associated Press Two picks. Two quarterbacks. Two Heisman Trophy winners. You don’t pass up a potential franchise quarterback. Not in today’s pass-happy NFL. So Jameis Winston is headed to Tampa Bay as the first […]
Sports
Spring football: SEC West has questions at QB, including Ole Miss, Alabama, LSU
(AP) The reputation of the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division took a hit last season after its top five teams all lost their bowl games. Now the division’s seven teams — which account for five of […]
Sports
Klitschko defeats Jennings 2015 to keep heavyweight boxing titles
NEW YORK (AP) — The champ returned to the Garden, and it sounded and felt like Kiev. Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko easily outpointed a game-but-outclassed Bryant Jennings in the champion’s first fight in the United States […]