Family Night at the SenatorsIt's going to be one wild night of hits Friday, May 27, when the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau kicks off its summer tourism season at Smith-Wills Stadium. Free to the public, it all begins at 6 p.m. when the …
War Of WordsThe ground-breaking "Moneyball" caused as much furor among the sportswriters who cover baseball as it did among the men who make their living from baseball. Buzz Bissinger tries to refute "Moneyball" in his new book, "3 Nights In August." According …
Phony Penis Raises QuestionsJust when Doctor S thought he had seen it all in sports, along comes Onterrio Smith, the dope-smoking Minnesota Vikings running back. It seems Smith was detained at an airport recently when security found vials of white powder in his …
What's Right About Bud Lite?Slate's Nicholas Thompson says baseball commissioner Bud Selig has gotten a bad rap and might turn out to be the man who saved major league baseball. MLB is so perverse that Thompson might be right.
No MexicoWhile the humor-impaired NFL removed "gay" from its list of words that can't be printed on the back of one of its official jerseys, this week it added "Mexico" to that list, Outsports.com reports. A number of fans of Atlanta …
Attack Of The Soccer Robots ... YawnScientists are working to build robots that can beat a team of humans in soccer. Soccer, schmoccer, let's see the tin men play baseball.
Cheers, y'allA Texas legislator has filed a bill that would ban booty shaking by high school cheerleaders. He's missing the point, Slate's Bryan Curtis writes. Also: Why doesn't baseball have cheerleaders?
Live From StarkvilleESPN2 has announced that it's going to show Mississippi State's spring football game on April 9 at 1 p.m. The natural question is WHY? Doctor S knows: This is the only way ESPN can insure that it will televise an …
Hoops NationThe NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament starts on Thursday. This is one of those days when the mighty engine that is the American sputters considerably as workers focus their attention on college basketball. Eat your heart out, Euro soccer fan. Many …
Rowdy RebelsDoctor S has noticed a distinct trend in the Ole Miss football program the last couple of years. When David Cutcliffe was coach, it was the players who got arrested. Now that Ed Orgeron is the boss, it's the coaches …
The Death Of Spring TrainingA former Texas Rangers beat writer laments the gentrification of baseball spring training.
Bars And The NFLHave you ever wondered what's the real history of facemasks on football helmets? Well you should have.
SEC Hoops PreviewOle Miss and Mississippi State begin play in the SEC Tournament on Thursday. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal's Parrish Alfrord says the Rebels are a team plagued by inconsistency and a lack of toughness. Meanwhile, Gregg Ellis says that while …
Viva NASCAR!NASCAR went deeper South than usual over the weekend, holding a Busch Series race in Mexico City. The race was hailed as a success (more than 90,000 fans showed up), Robert Weintraub reports, thanks in part to NASCAR handling details …