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Saints Quarterback Drew Brees Starting Youth Co-ed Flag Football League

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While growing up in Texas, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees didn’t begin

playing tackle football until his freshman year of high school. Instead, the record-setting quarterback played flag football. Playing that sport at an early age probably didn’t hurt him in becoming one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history. Now that Brees has kids of his own, he told ESPN.com’s Mike Triplett in an interview that he wants to transfer his love of the game to them in the safer version he played. Brees’ oldest son, Baylen, started playing flag football last year at age 7, and his second son, Bowen, started playing this year at age 6. Continue Reading

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The Opening of NFL Training Camps is a Month Away

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The seventh month of the year is important—and not just because we celebrate

Independance Day here in the U.S.

July means the start of training camps. That means the preseason is just around the corner, and the regular season is a month behind that one. The Dallas Cowboys are the first team to open training camp when rookies report on July 17. Veterans for the Cowboys report on July 22, with the first day of practice on July 24. Dallas isn’t the first team to hit the practice field as a team. Continue Reading

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Saints Defensive Tackle Fairley Done for 2017 Season

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This offseason isn’t going well for the New Orleans Saints. Injuries have hit the team’s

offensive line, and the Saints are still trying to get last season’s injured players healthy. New Orleans got bad news on Monday, June 26, when defensive tackle Nick Fairley was placed on season-ending injured reserve. The defensive tackle will miss the entire 2017, and more importantly, his career could be over. Fairley came into the league after doctors diagnosed him with an enlarged heart at the 2011 NFL Combine. Continue Reading

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May to July of 1996 Changed Pro Wrestling Forever

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Three months in 1996, May to July, ended up changing pro wrestling forever. The Monday Night Wars between WCW and WWF, now known as WWE, were just beginning when these events took place. Everyone would play an important part in the Monday Night Wars as both companies fought for viewers. The first event, which still has a lasting impact, is now known as “The Curtain Call” at Madison Square Garden. You probably need a bit of background information to grasp the importance of this event. Continue Reading

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Former and Current Bulldogs Nominated for ESPY Awards

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Mississippi State University is going to be well represented at the 2017 ESPY Awards. Current and former Bulldogs are up for recognition during the program, which airs on ABC on Wednesday, July 12. ESPN holds the ESPY Awards each year on the one day that none of the four major sports—football, baseball, basketball and hockey—are played in the United States. That date always falls the day after the All-Star Game in MLB. Major sports stars from all over the world will be at the ESPYs, and Peyton Manning is hosting this year. Continue Reading

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Saints Injuries

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Injuries hit nearly every NFL team in the preseason or regular season. Sometimes making the playoffs depends on when the injuries happen and if the player returns healthy for a playoff push. Injuries have hit the New Orleans Saints before the start of their conditioning programs, and voluntary and mandatory organized team activities. New Orleans offensive center Max Unger suffered a foot injury late last season and even missed the week-16 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. During the offseason, Unger underwent foot surgery to have a screw inserted. Continue Reading

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Louisville Punishment a Look into Rebels’ Future?

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If you missed the penalties that the NCAA handed to the University of Louisville, they’re worth checking out. The story itself is sensational, involving strippers, sex and star basketball recruits, but that’s not why it should be important to fans of the University of Mississippi. The significance becomes clear once you look at the last three decisions that the NCAA Committee on Infractions has made. Louisville head coach Rick Pitino joins Southern Methodist University head coach Larry Brown and Syracuse University Jim Boeheim in receiving a suspension. In all three cases, the NCAA used bylaw 11.1.2.1, which places the responsibility to monitor a program squarely on the shoulders of the head coach. Continue Reading

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Mississippi in the 2017 MLB Draft

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No sports draft gets the hype and hoopla of the NFL Draft. It is a major event with both ESPN and the NFL Network broadcasting all seven rounds. The NBA Draft, which takes place Thursday, June 22, this year, has plenty of hype but not at the level of the NFL Draft. It also has coverage two networks, with NBA TV and ESPN showing the event. Last week, MLB held its draft of high school and college players, but didn’t receive the wall-to-wall coverage of its counterparts in other sports. Continue Reading

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Things Could Get Wild in the ‘Hex’

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Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in CONCACAF will be a four-match sprint this September. The fifth round of qualifying, often called the Hexagonal or Hex, is in a home-and-away double round-robin format. The top three soccer teams in the group will advance to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The team that finishes in fourth place advances to an inter-confederation playoff against the fifth-place team from the AFC. Currently, Mexico is in the best shape, leading the group with 14 points and the best goal differential at +7, and it’s also the only team in the group without a loss. Continue Reading

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Rebels’ NCAA Football Case Provides New Twists

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It might be worth being a proverbial fly on the wall when the University of Mississippi sits down with the Committee of Infractions arm of the NCAA. The university has admitted to some wrong-doing alleged in the NCAA investigation but is fighting others. In this instance, the university is going to the wall for current head coach Hugh Freeze. The biggest charge UM is fighting against is the lack of institutional control leveled at Freeze. Another dispute between the university and the NCAA is an allegation that a recruit received $10,000 in cash. Continue Reading