Tice The Ticket ManMinnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice is being investigated for scalping Super Bowl tickets, SI.com reports. Is it a coincidence that Tice is the league's lowest-paid head coach? Will he still be around to coach Fred Smoot, the former Mississippi State/Hinds …
Springing Into ActionOle Miss and Mississippi State opened spring practice on Monday. The Bulldogs were without their starting quarterback, who hurt himself stepping off a porch. The Rebels began the Ed Orgeron area by welcoming fans and reporters to practice.
Rice Boils OverRice University has disbanded the school's men's and women's lacrosse teams and suspended five students who are accused of taking part in an alcohol-soaked hazing incident that sent four students to the hospital. The school's action has stunned many inside …
NFL Says Gay OKGood news, the NFL will now allow the word "gay" to put on the back of personalized jerseys sold by the league's online shop, the New York Daily News reports. However, there are still more than 1,000 words or phrases …
Hair Today, Gone TomorrowThe Manchester Monarchs, a minor-league hockey team in New Hampshire, held "Mullet Night: The Final Cut" on Tuesday night. ESPN's resident hockey mullet, Barry Melrose, was on hand, as was Nashville mullet Billy Ray Cyrus. Other famous mullets, including Patrick …
Coach O Cuts Coach CutOle Miss' new football coach, Ed Orgeron, was in Olive Branch on Tuesday to speak to the Rotary Club. As usual, he was a ball of fire, promising national titles and forcing civilians to go through football drills, Ron Caldwell …
Kobe Will SettleKobe Bryant has agreed to make a monetary settlement with the Colorado woman who accused him of rape, various media outlets are reporting. Has any pro athlete in his prime ever fallen more in the public eye than Kobe has …
Mississippi Braves Live on WLBTThe Jackson, Mississippi Braves take on the Montgomery Biscuits two times in the upcoming 2005 season and you can watch both games LIVE from the comfort of your home on WLBT. Mark your calendar for the Braves home opener LIVE …
Pro Hoops at TougalooPro basketball returns to Jackson on Monday night when the Mississippi Stingers play the Atlanta Vision at 7:05 p.m. at Tougaloo College. Tickets are $15 and $7. The Stingers, who are based in Greenville, are a member of the American …
The Original Mr. JuiceHow did steroids end up in America and end up in the veins of U.S. athletes? Justin Peters writes about the man behind the juice.
Smutty But WholesomeDoctor S was sitting in his personal jacuzzi in his office atop the JFP Tower the other day when he realized what's on his readers' minds (and nightstands):
NHL Pulls PlugThe NHL canceled the 2004-05 season on Wednesday due to the impasse over the player lockout. This just in: Nobody cares. Does this signal the end of the NHL as we know it? Yes, Doctor S hopes.
Kent Going NorthFormer Jackson State quarterback Robert Kent has found a new job in pro football. The former Tiger signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Kent went to the Tennessee Titans' camp as an undrafted free agent in …
Video Killed The Print StarThe Slate's Stephen Rodrick offers a witty and penetrating analysis of how TV -- specifically, ESPN -- has killed the newspaper sports column and turned many columnists into entertainers rather than journalists. (Attention TV types: Doctor S is ready to …
Trail BlazersBelhaven College did some trail blazing on Monday when the school named Don Lee the Blazers' new head football coach. Lee becomes just the second black head football coach at a non-Historically Black University in Mississippi and among just a …