Colin Damms

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Sports Writer at The Commercial Dispatch

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1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms |Benjamin Rosenberg |Michael Katz

Titans’ Simmons sheds weight, seeking more sacks NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee coach Brian Callahan and Jeffery Simmons both agree on what they want to see more this upcoming season from the Titans Evan Engram embracing Payton’s ‘Joker’ role ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Don’t call Evan Engram the “Joker” just yet.
Bruno Fernandes and Phallon Tullis-Joyce nominated for PFA Players’ POTY

1 week ago | thebusbybabe.sbnation.com | Colin Damms

Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images Two Manchester United players are up for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award for their respective genders. Bruno Fernandes has been nominated for the Premier League award, while Phallon Tullis-Joyce is nominated for the Women’s Super League award. The winners will be annoucned at a ceremony in Manchester on August 19.
Mississippi State gets 2025-26 SEC basketball opponents

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State women’s basketball learned its Southeastern Conference opponents for the 2025-26 season, a slate that once again features matchups against some of the strongest teams in the country. Since expanding to 16 teams, the SEC women’s basketball schedule format has changed to include just one home-and-home series matchup, while the remaining 14 games are against the rest of the conference.
State to The Show: Sacco and Chaffin shine in early AUSL action

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

The inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League is entering its third weekend of action with two former Mississippi State standouts continuing to impress for the Talons. Outfield star Sierra Sacco began her stay in the league with the first home run in AUSL history, and has continued to make her mark with the Talons since then.
Softball: Bulldogs add veteran catcher through transfer portal

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

Mississippi State softball continues to add talent in the transfer portal this summer, with another mid-major standout joining the roster. Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year Anna Carder signed with the Bulldogs this week after an impressive junior year at Southern Illinois, where she led the team with a .390 batting average and earned First Team All-Conference honors.
MSU's Bair wins decathlon national title

1 week ago | djournal.com | Colin Damms

Mississippi State decathlete Peyton Bair won the national championship at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, last Thursday, becoming the first American to win the event in a decade and just the seventh in history to double as heptathlon and decathlon champion in the same season. “It feels awesome,” Bair said to the media after the win. “It’s something I’ve been working for for a long time.
Purcell, Bulldogs focused on finding new on-court leaders

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

STARKVILLE — In what seems like an annual exercise, Mississippi State women’s basketball, under fourth-year coach Sam Purcell, is starting over. After a retooling period in recruiting and the transfer portal that saw seven players leave the roster and four join, the team now enters its second week of offseason workouts. “I don’t think you ever replace anybody, you just seize the opportunity,” Purcell said during a 15-minute media session on Tuesday.
Zimmerman aims to recruit best from around the world

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

STARKVILLE — “Our winning football coach”Starkville Rotary Club Vice President Susan Seal introduced Mississippi State soccer head coach Nick Zimmerman with a zinger at the club’s weekly meeting on Monday. Football – the most common name for the sport – isn’t so foreign in Starkville anymore after a remarkable campaign spurred by the team’s growing crop of international recruits helped establish the Bulldogs as a power in the Southeastern Conference.
Chloe Bibby signs with WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

The Golden State Valkyries announced on Sunday the signing of former Bulldog Chloe Bibby, who’ll join the WNBA team ahead of its next game against former teammate Teaira McCowan and the Dallas Wings today at 7 p.m. Bibby will wear her preferred No. 55 for Golden State. Bibby joined the Bulldogs out of her native Australia in 2017, playing three seasons under former head coach Vic Schaefer before transferring to Maryland in 2020.
Reese and Valincius earn USA Baseball invites

1 week ago | cdispatch.com | Colin Damms

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State baseball players Ace Reese and Tomas Valincius picked up invitations to training camp for the USA Baseball Collegiate National this weekend. The All-SEC third baseman and transfer pitcher will head to Cary, N.C., for camp at the end of June. Only 21 Bulldogs have represented MSU at the Collegiate National Team level, and Reese and Valincius are the first to get invites since 2021, when Jackson Fristoe, Landon Sims and Logan Tanner earned call-ups.