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Jonathan Mingo breaks Ole Miss football’s single-game receiving record

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2 years ago

October 8, 2022

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-10-08 18:45:50

Ole Miss football wide receiver Jonathan Mingo has had some good performances in Oxford. But not like Saturday.

Mingo set an Ole Miss single-game receiving record with 247 yards (on only nine catches) in the 52-28 win at Vanderbilt.

He set the record with a 9-yard catch in the final minutes, and both he and Jaxson Dart left the game after he set the mark. Elijah Moore set the mark in Ole Miss’ last trip to Vanderbilt, a 238-yard performance in 2020.

Mingo was boosted by three big chunk plays, including two long touchdown catches. First, Mingo caught a 48-yard pass to set up a short touchdown…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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2 years ago

March 12, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-12 21:36:08

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…

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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2 years ago

March 9, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-09 13:31:52

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.