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Miss. Lawmakers Trim Fat in Stoutest State

(March 24) -- Even the pickles are fried in Mississippi, the fattest state in the nation. So some lawmakers are lacing up their sneakers and working to shed that dubious honor, dropping an estimated three-quarters of a ton in the process. More than 200 state legislators, civilians and staffers from Gov. Haley Barbour's...

Boom Goes the Bubble

March started days ago. The Madness started Wednesday night. On an evening where bubble teams could've punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament and boosters could've started humming bars of "One Shining Moment," teams turned down invitations like they were to a wedding without an open bar or the People's Choice Awards....

Which SEC Coach Will Get 'Croomed' in 2007?

'Croom' is a verb. The dictionary says so: Croom: kroom /hyu?m?li?e?t or, often, yu-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kr-oom] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object), -ed, ·ing....

Mississippi State & West Virginia Get to the NIT Final Four

The NIT's an easy target for ridicule (as you'll see when some team wins it and the clever "We're #66!" headlines make their annual appearance), but I'm choosing to be a glass-is-half-full guy about it. The teams on the wrong side of the NCAA bubble are, in many cases, playing some very good basketball. Mississippi State...

LSU to Kick Off 2007 College Football Season

Score one for the Bayou Bengals. It has been announced that LSU will play Mississippi State in a rare early season SEC league match to kick off the 2007 season. LSU coach Les 'The Hat' Miles can be seen to the right celebrating with one of the moves from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video. To the surprise of nobody the...

Background on Mississippi State

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area.

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