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Ready or not, Mississippi State and Southern Miss will tee it up Saturday at the Rock
By RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/29/25-12:52PM , 1,627 Reads 23,568 Statewide
Mississippi State and Southern Miss, two teams desperate for even a little football success, will open their respective seasons Saturday at The Rock in Hattiesburg. State won two games last season. USM won one. Neither won a conference game.

The good news: Somebody has to win this one.
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Crooked Letter Sports Podcast: Finally, football is here, so let’s talk a little swimming
By RICK CLEVELAND AND TYLER CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,08/28/25-2:28PM , 973 Reads 19,915 Statewide
Football starts this weekend, but it’s not every day we have a world champion in Mississippi. That’s what 17-year-old Rachel McAlpin of Brandon is after the world junior swimming championships in Romania last week.
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Brandon’s Rachel McAlpin swims to world championship in Romania
By RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,08/26/25-4:26PM , 946 Reads 12,724 Statewide
You, as I, might wonder how it feels to win a world championship at age 17. That’s what Mississippian Rachel McAlpin did Wednesday winning the 50-meter breaststroke gold medal at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania, nearly 6,000 miles from hometown of Brandon.
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Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
Tue,08/26/25-3:44PM , 807 Reads 9,928 Statewide
Local archery phenom Morgan Rives out of William Carey is a large part of why the sport is growing all across Mississippi and the Southeastern United States.
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