
Rick Cleveland
Sports Columnist at Mississippi Today
I am Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today and syndicated columnist. One half of Crooked Letter Sports podcast.
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1 week ago |
mississippitoday.org | Rick Cleveland |Richard Lake |Tyler Cleveland
La Sasso becomes the second Rebel ever to win the NCAA golf title, which qualifies him for the U.S. Open in two weeks and next April’s Masters. Also, the Clevelands discuss how Mississippi’s baseball coaches should address pitching in the upcoming NCAA Regionals. Stream all episodes here.
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1 week ago |
mississippitoday.org | Rick Cleveland
Ole Miss’ softball team is playing in the College World Series and the baseball team is hosting an NCAA Regional, but the Rebels already have claimed one national championship this spring. Ole Miss junior golfer Michael La Sasso recovered from two double bogeys on his first nine holes to shoot a final round 72 to win the NCAA Golf Tournament’s individual championship Monday at Carlsbad, California.
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1 week ago |
mississippitoday.org | Rick Cleveland
The Road to Omaha now has its road map, and we should hear no complaints from Hattiesburg, Starkville or Oxford. As per usual, Mississippi will be well represented in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Ole Miss and Southern Miss will both host NCAA Regionals and Mississippi State, after a season in which it fired the head coach, is in the tournament as a 3-seed at Florida State. You won’t see that happen often.
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2 weeks ago |
cdispatch.com | Rick Cleveland
The newly refurbished Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Monday held a celebration of something Mississippians do as well as anyone anywhere. I am writing, of course, of college baseball, played here and supported by Magnolia State fans as well as – and perhaps better than – anywhere else. Southern Miss’s JB Middleton, one of the best pitchers in college baseball, took home the Boo Ferriss Trophy, which goes annually to the state’s best player.
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2 weeks ago |
mississippitoday.org | Rick Cleveland
The best baseball teams in Mississippi, high school and college will be busy in post-season tournament play this week. Meanwhile, Davis Riley was pretty busy and pretty successful last weekend. Stream all episodes here.
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