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How Jackson State football can to another massive leap in recruiting
Deion Sanders has changed Jackson State’s football fortunes on and off the field since arriving in September 2020.
The Tigers finished 11-2 and defeated Prairie View A&M 27-10 in the Southwest Athletic Conference championship game last season. Sanders followed that with a historic 2022 recruiting class, including signing Travis Hunter — the No. 1 recruit in the nation, per the 247Sports…
Southern Miss men’s basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.
The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.
Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.
Alcorn State (18-13), which won the…
Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.
Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.
See what made it past Wednesday’s deadline, and what did not.
Jackson Water Regionalization
Senate Bill 2889 failed to pass the House in any version before the deadline.
It would have created the Mississippi Capital Region Utility Authority, taking ownership of Jackson’s troubled water and…
Texas signee Madison Booker was selected as the Gatorade Mississippi Girls Basketball Player of the Year on Wednesday. The McDonald’s All-American selection helped lead Germantown to its first state championship in program history last week.
Booker had 26 points, 11 rebounds and four steals as the Mavericks (29-2) defeated Tupelo 64-43 in the MHSAA Class 6A title game. She helped lead Germantown to three consecutive trips to the state semifinals and two championship games.
The five-star recruit averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.1 steals per game. Booker was…
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