A “return to normal” has been a desire, goal and popular phrase in society’s restart from the COVID-19 shutdown.

John Whitcomb is the answer to the trivia question.

The return of college football players to campuses, just around the corner, is the surest sign yet that games will be played.

The NCAA voted last week to allow Division I schools to reopen their athletic facilities so athletes can return to campuses and resume workouts.

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 • As major sporting events and leagues shut down one after another in mid-March, the NCAA acted quickly.

OXFORD • Ole Miss helped itself in the basketball transfer market again on Friday – and this time won’t have to wait on an NCAA rules change for immediate assistance.

I first covered SEC Media Days in 1989. It was four years old then.

As Ole Miss fans mourned the loss of a baseball season with surprisingly high aspirations, it didn’t take long for thoughts to turn to the future.

OXFORD • Once student-athletes return to NCAA campuses, monitoring their health is only part of the plan.

As college football leaders work to preserve the season amid the COVID-19 outbreak, comparisons have been drawn to earlier struggles in the sport.

OXFORD • College baseball families across the nation are missing the sport they love while they wait out COVD-19.

OXFORD – July 1 remains the target date for athletes to return to the Ole Miss campus, but a lot has to happen in the next 55 days to make that happen.

OXFORD • Sam Kendricks can walk on the square or get a cup of coffee in his hometown and not cause a ruckus. He likes it that way.

OXFORD • As college baseball stars – underclassmen and veterans alike – consider their place in the upcoming major league draft, they need to consider something else.

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The question of when college football will start is so overwhelming in these parts that it dwarfs the questions that will come from the trickle-down effect.

OXFORD • Not often does Ole Miss poach from the Big 10 to name a head coach, but the Rebels found experience and a track record of success when they announced Jamie Trachsel as softball coach last week.

OXFORD – Though most athletics directors believe there will be college football in 2020 the if and when remain unanswered questions.

OXFORD • Ole Miss has found its new softball coach.

OXFORD • The 2020 college football season is in limbo in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, and for Ole Miss, there’s the added uncertainty of a neutral-site opener.

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Former Ole Miss assistant football coach David Saunders is taking on the NCAA.

As the NFL draft begins tonight, Ole Miss will receive a reminder of the lasting impact of a years-long NCAA investigation.

OXFORD • When Ole Miss women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee- McCuin set about shaking up her coaching staff, she got more than she bargained for … a lot more.

OXFORD • When the former Ole Miss administration made the decision to part ways with the school’s winningest basketball coach, one driving factor stood tall above others: The NCAA Tournament.

Sometimes having been around the block lets you know what’s coming at you from down the street.

OXFORD • Ole Miss coach Kermit Davis believes college basketball will return just as it was before.

OXFORD • The basketball transfer market has helped Ole Miss pick up a key rebounding component – either for the coming season or the next.

I have no idea if there will be college football this fall.

From different parts of the eastern seaboard, two Ole Miss baseball players ponder a future that may or may not include a resumption of their college careers.

Getting hit by a safety on a crossing pattern was an occupational hazard Bill Flowers learned to deal with as an Ole Miss receiver during the Eli Manning Era.

OXFORD • Interviews for the next Ole Miss softball coach could begin next week, athletics director Keith Carter said.

OXFORD • The recruiting process is a little different during a pandemic.