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Pirates, Gardner Minshew f-bomb, dodgeball

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December 21, 2022

rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-12-20 16:32:48

STARKVILLE — Each of the 13 speakers who climbed the steps to the flower-adorned podium Tuesday inside Mississippi State’s Humphrey Coliseum to pay tribute to Mike Leach offered the audience an anecdote that filled the bowl with laughter.

The colors were dull, and the faces of the football heavyweights who pointed their fleet of private jets toward Starkville to remember Leach, who died on Dec. 12 at the age of 61, were solemn.

But there was joy shared by those inside The Hump for the two-hour celebration of Leach’s life. The stories Leach had gifted those who spoke made it so.

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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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.

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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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.