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SWAC Football Championship Ends After 2017

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Things are changing and ending in Southwestern Athletic Conference football. Starting this upcoming season, teams will no longer play nine conference games. Under the old format, the 10-team league played a round-robin schedule. Every SWAC team played the other teams in the conference once per season, which allowed for great rivalries to develop. The SWAC made the decision to lower the number of conference games to seven during the spring meetings in 2015. Continue Reading

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SEC Impresses in Super Regionals

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Heading into the Super Regionals, the SEC is standing above the other conferences that received four or more bids into the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The SEC put eight teams into the tournament, and six made it to Super Regionals. Even more impressive is that all eight SEC teams reached the finals in their respective regionals. Three of those eight SEC teams fought their way out of the loser’s bracket. Only Auburn University and the University of Arkansas failed to reach a Super Regional. Continue Reading

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MSU Advances to Super Regional

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Rain caused delays for several portions of the Hattiesburg Regional, as it caused Saturday’s games to be moved to Sunday. But this was the case with several regionals, as rain held up play across the country. Even with the delays because of the weather, things looked good for host the University of Southern Mississippi, but the Golden Eagles struggled in the opening game against the University of Illinois-Chicago. USM found itself down five runs to the Flames at one point before mounting a comeback for an 8-7 win. Southern Miss fell behind in its second game to the University of South Alabama before rallying to win 8-3 to advance to the regional championship. Continue Reading

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USM, MSU and UM in Track and Field Nationals

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Most major track and field events take place in Eugene, Ore., including the U.S. Championships and qualifying competitions for the Olympics. So, it is no surprise that the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be in the same location. The top college track and field athletes will be at the national championships Wednesday, June 7, through Saturday, June 10. Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi all will send athletes to take home titles. Southern Miss will have two athletes there, both in the men’s events. Continue Reading

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NHL and NBA Finals Letdowns

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Two of the best parts about the end of May and beginning of June are the Stanley Cup Finals and NBA Finals. The two events are a perfect way to wait until MLB reaches the All-Star Game and NFL training camps open. At the present moment, the Stanley Cup Finals sit at 2-0 in favor of the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Nashville Predators, and last night, June 1, the Golden State Warriors routed the Cleveland Cavaliers in game one of the NBA Finals. There is still plenty of time for both finals to turn around, and become classic and memorable contests, but it doesn’t look that way right now. Game one of the Stanley Cup Finals showed what the whole series could look like. Continue Reading