Only four NFL teams are still competing in the playoffs for a chance to make it to the Super Bowl and fans are making their way to casinos to watch the games and place bets at the sports book.
Even with Who Dats all around, businesses in the French Quarter say they haven’t seen the usual black and gold frenzy as years prior, especially compared to past playoff runs.
Yellow Jackets senior softball pitcher Celeste Study kicked off her weekend by officially putting pen to paper to further her career at East Mississippi.
Since the Saints and Buccaneers last faced off on early November, the two teams have each lost only twice. New Orleans had an average margin of victory over that stretch of 17 points per game, while Tampa’s was 18.
Up 63-58 with about four and a half minutes left in the game, Ole Miss failed to score a single point, allowing a 14-0 Gator run, and watching yet another close game slip by.
It’s certainly no secret that experience and familiarity help win postseason games, no matter the sport. Between the Saints and the Bucs, there’s enough of both of those to go around.
Watching two all-time greats square off against each other is a rare treat. Watching two all-time greats square off in the postseason, is a priceless experience. And on Sunday, for the first time ever, we will see Tom Brady versus Drew Brees battle in the postseason.
Billy Forehand and Alan French were two D’Iberville sports stewards, cherished community members who were taken too soon and abruptly by heart attacks within two hours of one another.
Year after year, Hoopsfest over at the Coast Coliseum delivers all-day action of some of South Mississippi’s finest on the basketball court. But for the next edition, we’ll have to wait another year.
For the Saints, Michael Thomas wasn’t available in the regular season match-up but is on pace to play Sunday, and the same goes for Emmanuel Sanders. The Bears, on the other hand, have a different quarterback under center with an improving offense, but a slumping defense.
With the absence of the minor league baseball seasons in 2020, Shuckers fans may seem a little more eager than usual at this time of year to get back to MGM Park. And while all indications suggest a 2021 season is on the horizon, the Shuckers’ season may begin a bit later than normal.
When the Saints and Bears meet on Sunday, it will be just the third-ever postseason meeting between the two. The last time they met, back in 2007, a Super Bowl trip was on the line.
Down by as many as 14 points in the second half against 13th ranked Missouri, the Bulldogs jumped on a 15-0 run in just 5 minutes’ time to take the lead, and sprinted through the finish line en route to a 15-point victory.
With the new calendar year upon us, so, too, is a changing of the seasons at the junior college level. Gulf Coast and Pearl river returned to the court this week for the first official practices since the pandemic cut last season short.
Legendary Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College player and coach George Sekul, whose Bulldogs teams won two national titles and more than 200 games, died Monday at home in D’Iberville surrounded by his family. He was 83.
He hit a pair of free throws with just one tenth of a second left to defeat number five Houston, a game in which he scored 20 points, and had a double-double on Saturday in a victory over Cincinnati.
The New Orleans Saints hope to have star running back Alvin Kamara and the whole gang back for their opening-round playoff contest against the Chicago Bears in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday, Jan. 10.
Offensively, four starters for Ole Miss scored in double figures, including 20 from Devontae Shuler, but the Shockers went to the line 26 times and made all but four free throw attempts.
If Saturday night is any indication of how the Pelicans will play for the remainder of this season, there could be a ton of success in the future for this team. Brandon Ingram was a superstar - again - Zion Williamson had an efficient 21 points.
The entirety of the running backs room - including running backs coach Joel Thomas - has reportedly been deemed close contacts to Alvin Kamara, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, and have been ruled out of Sunday’s game.
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin has some experience going up against Indiana’s head coach Tom Allen, who was the linebackers coach for the Rebels in Kiffin’s first year as offensive coordinator for Alabama back in 2014.
While the Bulldogs dropped three of their final four games, the victory over Missouri in the finale was a culmination of a long journey, and a journey on which Mike Leach said his squad never quit.
The Adidas Holiday Classic begins Monday at Gulfport high school, with three days jam-packed with basketball on the slate. The 38th annual event will take place Monday-Wednesday, with 250 tickets available per game session, on sale at Bert Jenkins Gym.
LSU played its first game in almost two weeks on Saturday in a close 86-80 victory over Nicholls. The Tigers have scored 80 points or more in all 6 games this season, and the Trendon Watford-Cameron Thomas duo has been sensational offensively, combining for over 42 points per contest.
They will return to the floor on Monday against Loyola-New Orleans, and will look to be above .500 entering the new calendar year for just the second time since the 2013-14 season.
On the field, MSU has battled injuries and COVID-related absences all season - so Thursday’s match-up with the Golden Hurricane will serve as a reward and celebration for battling through tough circumstances and getting to the finish line.
The Pelicans got a 32-point double-double out of Zion Williamson and 28 points out of Brandon Ingram, but were messy in transition, coughing up nearly 20 turnovers - a number that Stan Van Gundy found a bit disturbing, but not one he thinks will become a trend.
Abraham battled injuries throughout most of 2020, seeing time in just five games, but threw for over 1,200 yards and completed 65 percent of his passes.
Former George County star and current Indiana wide receiver Ty Fryfogle was named the Big Ten receiver of the year after a stellar 2020 campaign for the Hoosiers.
Harrison Central softball player Jadyn Burney announced her commitment to Chipola Thursday afternoon. Facing a tough choice with a number of different options, Jadyn said when she finally got a chance to be there, she knew it was the place for her.
Following back to back double-digit losses, a self-imposed bowl ban, and a handful of transfer rumors, momentum for the LSU football program seemed to be trending downward. Until Saturday night.
Mississippi State was within a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter on Saturday before Bo Nix put the game away with a three-yard touchdown run.
