A Cut-Eli Reunion In NYC?0" align=left /> New York Daily News columnist Gary Myers has joined the "Fire Giants coach Tom Coughlin" camp. Myers suggests Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis as the best possible replacement. Myers says that the Giants' problems don't stop at …
Pro Football, Instant Replay: Saints 30, Giants 7 UPDATEDThe New Orleans Saints chopped down the New York Giants 30-7 Sunday. Meanwhile, Giants coach Tom Coughlin should begin updating his resume. Giants QB Eli Manning deserves a lump of coal in his stocking, too. The Giants didn't begin a …
College Basketball, Instant Replay: MSU Takes 2There's obviously something about playing in Jackson that agrees with Charles Rhodes. The former Lanier star scored 25 points to lead Mississippi State past New Orleans 89-63 at the Mississippi Coliseum. And the State women won, making it a sweep …
Mr. DecemberIn the age of ESPN, the Saturday night Game of the Week and the BCS, if you still want to catch a glimpse of college football's regional roots amidst the modern obsession with deciphering "the best [insert position] in the …
Redskins 16, Saints 10: Aints Go Backing InThe New Orleans Saints had it all in front of them on Sunday. All they had to do was beat a below-average Washington Redskins team at home in front of a Dome-ful of their fanatic fans and the Saints would …
Suggested Reading: ESPN, December 18 (UPDATED)The latest issue of The Magazine is chock full of Mississippians, starting with the cover story on Adalius Thomas (p. 48), the former Southern Miss star who's become a human Swiss Army knife for the Baltimore Ravens. Thomas plays eight …
Bad and BeautifulRoller derby is experienceing a rebirth on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Mississippi Rollergirls are Mississippi's first flat-track derby league. Right now the league consists of one team, but its ultimate goal is a four-team league with an all-star traveling …
From Golden Eagle to Golden Gopher?Minnesota is looking for a men's basketball coach. Charley Waters, columnist for the (St. Paul, Minn.) Pioneer Press Dispatch seems to think that Hattiesburg's most famous former party animal might be headed north.
Saints March In, ConquerThe Saints, the media and football fans everywhere knew that the Sunday Night Football game between the cinderella Saints and the surging Dallas Cowboys would be a "tester" for both franchises.
Rapture In Veterans StadiumFootball coaches, typically, shy from making predictions. But Puckett's Jaris Patrick was willing last week to offer one forecast.
Ellis Headed For PaydayMonta Ellis, the former Lanier High star who jumped straight to the NBA last year, was doing an interview live on ESPN on Friday, which ended abruptly when a Golden State Warriors teammate hit him in the face with a …
Matt Hinton, Star BloggerMatt Hinton has come on board as the JFP's new sports writer. Dude has an incredible blog, Sunday Morning Quarterback. It's officially been added to Doctor S' daily rotation. And don't just take my word for it, check out these …
Matters of DoomThousands of Mississippians and national gridiron partisans know Robert Brazile as "Dr. Doom." They remember him as a headhunting black college All American on Jackson State's 1972-73 Southwest Athletic Conference championship teams, or as a top 10 NFL draft pick, …
As The Eli TurnsEli Manning, everybody's second-favorite former Ole Miss Classic is still in the headlines in the wake of the New York Giants' meltdown in a 24-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans. Fortunately, the NYC tabloids won't let it rest. Here are …