Garrett Busby

1 week ago | wlbt.com | Garrett Busby

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A legendary head football coach, most recently with Mississippi State, is now eligible to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. On Thursday, the National Football Foundation announced changes to the rules for being eligible, making the late, great Mike Leach qualified to be selected. Leach, , tallied a 158-107 record in more than two decades as a college head coach, which included stops at Texas Tech and Washington State, along with State.

1 week ago | wlbt.com | Garrett Busby

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson State football’s Week Two matchup against in-state foe Southern Miss is set to stream nationally, along with the game time being revealed. On Thursday, the Sun Belt Conference announced that the matchup between head coach TC Taylor’s defending SWAC and HBCU National Championship JSU Tigers and the Golden Eagles will stream on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. It will be played at USM’s M. M. Roberts Stadium.

1 week ago | wlbt.com | Garrett Busby

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The teams set to travel to Hattiesburg and Oxford, Mississippi, to try their luck at postseason baseball have been announced. On Sunday, after both Southern Miss and Ole Miss appeared in their respective conferences’ tournament championship game, the Golden Eagles and Rebels learned they would host a 2025 NCAA Tournament Regional. Southern Miss last hosted a Regional in 2022 and will host their fourth-ever Regional at Pete Taylor Park.

2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Garrett Busby

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Northwest Rankin High School graduate and star Southern Miss second baseman Nick Monistere has been named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. The league announced the All-conference postseason awards on Monday, with Monistere edging out fellow teammate and 2025 Ferriss Trophy winner, JB Middleton.

2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Garrett Busby

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Yazoo City native and Southern Miss baseball ace JB Middleton has been named the 2025 Ferriss Trophy winner. On Monday, Middleton earned the award at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and became the fifth Golden Eagle to win the trophy. He is the first to win it since former Golden Eagle Tanner Hall did so in 2022.