At Least They Didn't Make Him Eat Yellow SnowIn case you ever wonder what happened to former Ole Miss running back John Avery, here's your answer: He's hazing public relations interns in Canada. Avery, who now plays for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts (he probably wasn't doing much until …
O, What A ManiacThis story about Ed Orgeron's first meeting with the Ole Miss football team has been around for awhile now, and shame on Doctor S for not bringing it up sooner. Orgeron has also reportedly tossed some furniture (and f-bombs) around …
Update: Coach O In TownThe college football season unofficially kicks off on Tuesday, July 18, when the Central Mississippi Ole Miss CLub and the Rebel Club of Jackson host the Rebel Reunion at the Mississippi Trademart (that's the building next to the Mississippi Coliseum). …
Managerial MayhemIf you haven't seen the video of minor league baseball manager Joe Mikulik's tirade at the umpires, proceed immediately to any newscast. It will be there. Mikulik might be in the minors, but he threw a major league tantrum. He's …
Football In The Frozen NorthDo you remember Brad Banks? He was the Hinds CC quarterback who went on to have a super senior season at Iowa, finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting. The NFL has little use for 5--foot-11 quarterbacks, so Banks went …
A Swift Kick To U.S. SoccerDoctor S has finally dragged himself out of the funk that the U.S. soccer team's World Cup performance put him in. The team actually played well for most of the last two games, but the refs screwed the Americans in …
Live Fast, Chase YoungVicksburg native Dmitri Young is on the run from the law. Well, actually the Detroit Tigers slugger is apparently in drug rehab. But he didn't show up for a court date on charges of choking a woman, so it's the …
Cotton State League UpdateDoctor S asks and the Cotton State League delivers (10 games or so into the season). The wood bat league's Web site has finally been updated, complete with a schedule. The league, which is comprised of college players, has six …
World Cup: Czechs Cool U.S. Soccer FeverThe United States has never won a World Cup game on European soil. This year's U.S. team has been hyped as the best American team ever. The Czech Republic team showed what that's worth by hammering the Americans 3-0 in …
Out-Of-Town Papers: Ole Miss Flames OutIt's all over for the Ole Miss baseball team, which lost to Miami 14-9 Monday night in Game 3 of the Oxford Super Regional. The Rebels gave up one grand slam too many. But the Rebels will still be in …
Out-Of-Town Papers: Oxford Super RegionalOle Miss meets Miami in Game 1 of the Oxford Super Regional on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN2/97.3 FM). The winner of the best-of-3 series goes to the College World Series. Do mint juleps and baseball really go together?
Redbird On ‘Roids?St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has been treated like the Anti-Barry Bonds by many baseball writers and fans, the poster boy for what many believed was MLB's post-steroids era. He's been doing it the right way, they said. Don't …
Don'T Look Now, It's The Stanley CupGame 3 of the Stanley Cup Final is on Saturday night. In case you haven't been watching (and millions of Americans haven't), the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the first two games of the best-of-7 series. Those game …
No Separation Of Church And College FootballOle Miss announced that its football season opener with Memphis has been moved to Sunday (Oxford, 3:30 p.m., ESPN) to get it on national television. This will be the last time most of the Rebels play football on Sunday. ESPN …
Cups CrazySoccer's World Cup and the NHL's Stanley Cup are going on this week. Both have lots of fans, but neither attracts hordes of casual sports fans the way the Super Bowl, the World Series and even the NBA Finals do.