All three of the Mississippi State baseball players who were recently drafted have signed their rookie contracts.
Deuce McAllister grew up in Mississippi and was well aware of the racial history of Ole Miss when he decided to play football there in the late 1990s. Even so, he never got accustomed to seeing the Confederate battle emblem on game day.
A four-star wide receiver from Florida has signed with Ole Miss, bolstering the Rebels’ roster for this fall.
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Forty-six coaches and athletic directors from across the state traveled to Jackson on Thursday to lobby for the changing of the state flag.
The Ole Miss football program has picked up two transfer commits on the defensive side of the ball this week.
Quarterback Eli Manning will join elite company this fall when his No. 10 jersey number is retired at Ole Miss.
When the question is “what if” for Ole Miss football, the play is always fourth-and-25 against Arkansas.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has taken a stance on the Mississippi flag, one that could keep certain conference events out of the state.
OXFORD – Ole Miss has announced a football game with Alcorn State, the first football meeting for Ole Miss with an historically black college and university (HBCU) school.
Tupelo High School’s top three returning pitchers are all SEC baseball commits.
Daeshun Ruffin, the state's top rated prospect for the Class of 2021, committed to Ole Miss with an announcement on his Instagram page on Wednesday.
OXFORD • For new coaching staffs, voluntary football workouts are about much more than physical conditioning.
OXFORD – Ole Miss sophomore basketball player Blake Hinson, a starter for 58 of 60 games over both of his two seasons, will transfer.
OXFORD • College baseball’s national coach of the year – according to one media outlet – went through the abbreviated 2020 season with a questionable contract status.
The man Anthony Servideo most admires is one he never really knew.
HOUSTON – The 2020 Texas Kickoff, featuring Ole Miss vs. Baylor, is scheduled to kick off on Sunday, Sept. 6, the schools announced on Monday.
OXFORD • Ole Miss officials are disputing a Daily Journal report of additional positive COVID-19 cases among Rebels football players.
OXFORD • Like any head football coach in new surroundings, COVID-19 has really slowed the transition for Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin.
OXFORD • In an email that was devoted mostly to preparing potential ticket-buyers for restrictions, it was the first sentence that lit a fire.
Two of the biggest contributors as Ole Miss won 16 of 17 games in the abbreviated 2020 season were selected in the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday.
OXFORD • With players back on college campuses and athletic departments having season ticket conversations, there can be a sense of hope that college football will work its way back from the COVID-19 shutdown.
Ole Miss picked up a commitment Wednesday from Atlanta cornerback Demarko Williams, a three-star prospect.
SEC Media Days is the latest to go virtual.
Ole Miss shortstop Anthony Servideo has spent his baseball life dreaming of this time. Now the time is here, and it’s very different from what he imagined.
Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco has been named national coach of the year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
OXFORD • Ole Miss football players, most of them, gathered at The Manning Center on Monday morning for the first day of voluntary strength and conditioning workouts.
A major step on a possible path to college football comes today.
It’s not easy for Ryan Rolison to watch teammates and friends put at a career crossroads because of COVID-19.
Memphis and Rider highlight the home non-conference schedule for Ole Miss as the Rebels announced the remainder of their non-conference schedule Thursday.
Early COVID-19 testing for Ole Miss athletics has yielded two positive results, one student-athlete and one athletics staff member.
As racial unrest continues to play out across the country, some Ole Miss and Mississippi State athletes have taken to social media to respond.
OXFORD • It’s mostly football players who are getting COVID-19 testing and education at Ole Miss this week.
Mississippi State transfer defensive back Jarrian Jones has flipped his commitment from Ole Miss to Florida State.
Dayton, coming off a brilliant men's basketball season, will see plenty of Mississippi's SEC teams in December.
A “return to normal” has been a desire, goal and popular phrase in society’s restart from the COVID-19 shutdown.
Recently, the Daily Journal’s sports writers were reflecting on the best athletes they ever saw in person – regardless of the level of competition or location. For the next few Sundays, we’ll publish some of those reflections.
OXFORD • With roughly 1.7 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, one from Lafayette County is getting special scrutiny.
The return of college football players to campuses, just around the corner, is the surest sign yet that games will be played.
Ole Miss has added two more down-the-road football games.
The NCAA voted last week to allow Division I schools to reopen their athletic facilities so athletes can return to campuses and resume workouts.
Ole Miss picked up a verbal commitment Sunday from an Alabama offensive tackle.
OXFORD • Ole Miss lost one of its African-American athletics pioneers last Monday, but the memory of Ben Williams – and the lasting impact of those pioneers – lives on in the scholarship named for the All-American defensive tackle.
OXFORD – Mississippi State defensive back Jarrian Jones will transfer to Ole Miss.
OXFORD • As major sporting events and leagues shut down one after another in mid-March, the NCAA acted quickly.
Ole Miss athletics posted an overall multi-year average of 991 and Mississippi State scored a 981.7 when NCAA Academic Progress Rates were released on Tuesday.
Ole Miss has announced a home-and-home football series with Southern Cal for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
OXFORD – LSU sophomore Drew Bianco has withdrawn from the NCAA’s transfer portal and will remain with the Tigers, The Baton Rouge Advocate reports.
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OXFORD • Ben Williams, the first African-American varsity football player at Ole Miss, has died, the school said Monday.
In an ordinary summer Trentice Imbler, a Tupelo business leader and active Ole Miss alumna, would be looking forward to gathering with friends and family on fall Saturdays outside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
