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STARKVILLE – (AP) Jalen Steele is often the forgotten man in Mississippi State’s offense. And that’s exactly when the sharp-shooting sophomore is most dangerous. The Bulldogs host LSU Wednesday and if the Tigers don’t know […]

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – The Jackson State men’s basketball team earned its first winning streak of the season, without its leading scorer and the SWAC Preseason Player of the Year Jenirro Bush, […]

OXFORD – The top scorer for the Ole Miss Rebels’ basketball team has been benched – permanently – for violating team rules when he was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia earlier this month. Authorities […]

Mississippi State News STARKVILLE – Mississippi State junior defensive lineman Fletcher Cox will forgo his senior season and enter the National Football League (NFL) draft, the Yazoo City native announced this week. “This is a chance […]

OXFORD – The tension was still showing on Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy’s face several minutes after his Rebels managed to squeeze past Southern Methodist with a 50-48 victory on Tuesday night. Simply put, it was […]

STARKVILLE – (AP) Utah State nearly knocked off No. 15 Mississippi State on its home court. That’s not good enough for coach Stew Morrill. “We made some errors down the stretch,” Morrill said. “I’m pleased […]

HATTIESBURG – (AP) Darnell Dodson scored a career-high 24 points off the bench and Southern Mississippi romped past Belhaven 93-48 Tuesday night for the Golden Eagles’ seventh straight win. Dodson shot 10 of 13 from […]

HATTIESBURG – (AP) Ellis Johnson is taking over the Southern Miss football program and the veteran defensive coordinator has big goals for the Golden Eagles: Lead them to a BCS game. The 59-year-old Johnson was […]

HATTIESBURG – (AP) Southern Mississippi coach Larry Eustachy would have preferred that Neil Watson cut the fast break short, milking some clock in the final minute of a tight game against in-state rival Mississippi. The […]