Crooked Letter Sports Podcast

Podcast: The Clevelands pay tribute to native Mississippian James Earl Jones and also discuss a full weekend of football, from high schools to the NFL.

Published

5 months ago

September 11, 2024

mississippitoday.org – Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland – 2024-09-11 10:00:00

James Earl Jones, from Arkabutla, Mississippi, leaves behind a body of work in film and theater that will be remembered for decades, if not forever. He has been part of the sound track our lives, whether he was Darth Vader, Hamlet, Mussafa or Terence Mann in Field of Dreams. Of course, football is always part of the September discussion in Mississippi. Question: Are the Saints as good as they looked Sunday?

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This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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Podcast: State finishes the sweep, college baseball returns

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3 days ago

February 19, 2025

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mississippitoday.org – Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland – 2025-02-19 12:00:00

Mississippi State makes a statement with a quality win over Ole Miss, improving their NCAA Tournament resume. Rick pontificates on the importance of the Dawgs win, as well as the opening weekend of college baseball and the direction of the new Saints regime.

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This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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Podcast: Noland “Super Gnat” Smith, who still bleeds Kansas City Chiefs red, joins the pod.

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2 weeks ago

February 5, 2025

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mississippitoday.org – Rick Cleveland, Tyler Cleveland and rlake – 2025-02-05 12:56:00

What do the Super Bowl and Jackson’s own Noland Smith have in common? Both got their nicknames from Lamar Hunt, for whom the Super Bowl winners’ trophy is named. Super Gnat, all 5 feet, 6 inches and 154 pounds of him, took the NFL by storm in the last 1960s with his blazing speed and quickness on kick returns.

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This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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Podcast: Ohio State won it all, but where would Ole Miss have been with Quinshon Jundkins?

Published

1 month ago

January 22, 2025

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mississippitoday.org – Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland – 2025-01-22 12:00:00

Lots to talk about on the days after the national championship game, but in Mississippi, especially in Oxford, much of the talk is about what might have been had Judkins stayed at Ole Miss. Also, the Clevelands discuss Egg Bowl basketball, the grueling SEC schedule, the NFL playoffs, and John Wade’s saga at Southern Miss.

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This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.