Minichino Column: Madness begins in February for bracket expert Creme

Mississippi State figures to hear its name called March 16 when the 64-team field for the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament is announced on ESPN.

Don't stop believin' MSU women will play host to NCAA tournament games

South Detroit is a long way from Starkville. But the cell phones that lit up Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday afternoon showed that all it takes is one classic song to bridge more than 800 miles.

Let's remember Shepherd in special way

Every city or town has them. The season or sport don't matter. Whether it is an umpire, a coach, an administrator, a scorekeeper, a manager, every city or town -- big and small -- has individuals who give of themselves to make a difference in the lives of young people.

Ole Miss-MSU rivalry will be thrilling for years to come

Rivalries are filled with perfunctory hand shakes and obligatory remarks that praise the opponent at the beginning of post-game news conferences. The hand shakes between coaches usually are the shortest and the comments typically have the most bubbling in between the lines when coaches are trying to establish dominance early in their tenures.

MSU women face key stretch this week

The Mississippi State women's basketball team faces its biggest stretch of the season in the next seven days. At 19-2 and 4-2 in the Southeastern Conference, MSU slipped three spots to No. 18 in this week's The Associated Press Top 25. The USA Today Top 25, which is voted on by the coaches, comes out today. MSU was ranked No. 18 in that poll last week and likely will slip a few spots following a 71-69 double-overtime loss to LSU on Thursday.

No. 14 MSU women continue to make history

The Mississippi State women's basketball team's history-making season took another step forward Monday when it moved up three spots to No. 14 in The Associated Press' Top 25 poll.

MSU women will try to climb higher

And then there were five. Only the most optimistic fan would have had the Mississippi State women's basketball team 14-0 and ranked No. 19 in The Associated Press and the USA Today Top 25 polls.

Minichino Column: Joe Horne Classic sees continued growth

Sammy Smith can't escape at this time of the year.

EMCC benefiting from hard work to bring bowl to state

One has to wonder if Parker Dykes will watch Mississippi Bowl VII at 2 p.m. Sunday. That's when No. 1 East Mississippi Community College (11-0) will play No. 2 Iowa Western College (11-0) at Biloxi High School for the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship.

Ole Miss, not MSU, shows resiliency in Egg Bowl battle

If there had been a trademark of the 2014 Mississippi State football team entering Saturday's Battle for the Golden Egg, it would have been the team's resiliency.

Walters Column: Noxubee County, Starkville on similar championship paths

Back in the long steamy nights of August, a promising football season started for both Starkville High School and Noxubee County High School.

Terrill leads Starkville Academy back to state title game

Jeff Terrill is having a good time. After some minor health issues last season, Terrill is back in the full swing of things. He will lead Starkville Academy in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA, Division II state championship game Saturday against Oak Forest (La.) Academy.

Fans will have to wait to see how far No. 1 MSU falls

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. There is but one question that will be on the minds of Mississippi State fans today. MSU, No. 1 in the polls and No. 1 in the College Football Playoff ratings, fell to Alabama 25-20 on Saturday. What MSU fans want to know is how far that fall will be.

MSU survives after getting pushed to final play

Even before the season began, the seven Southeastern Conference Western Division coaches talked about the incredible balance in the best division in the nation's best conference. Week in and week out, you hear it from winning coaches and losing coaches. So what is the difference between the team at the top of the SEC West and the team at the bottom?

Playoff picture clearing up for area Mississippi teams

With two or three weeks remaining in the regular season for each Mississippi High School Activities Association football team, we really have hit the stretch run.

Much rejoicing as Bulldog continue to prove they are worthy of ranking

In the beginning (of the season), Dan Mullen created the playbook. And the schedule was void of wins and there was no preseason ranking for the Bulldogs.

Prescott for Heisman? ... Seriously

Beginning soon after his "oh, my" performance last year in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl and continuing through the first four games of this season, Mississippi State junior quarterback Dak Prescott wore the label of "dark-horse Heisman Trophy candidate." But after he helped No. 12 MSU dismantle No. 6 Texas A&M with cold efficiency, Prescott earned a different title. Prescott for Heisman? Seriously?

EMCC will honor Hall of Fame inductees

Tom Goode always demanded excellence. Goode earned All-America honors as a player at Mississippi State. He then played nine years of professional football and was part of the Baltimore Colts team that won Super Bowl V.

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