Black athletes drive the success of sports at Ole Miss, but this was not always the case. It was not until Coolidge Ball signed his national letter of intent in 1970 to play for the men’s basketball team that the athletic color barrier was finally broken at UM, eight years after the university desegregated. “(Ball’s […]
The Ole Miss Women’s Basketball team, facing heightened expectations all season, stayed par for the course throughout this year’s winter break, losing just two games since Dec. 12. Over the approximately seven-week semester break, the Lady Rebels pulled off a four-game win streak to round out the non-conference schedule and completed an impressive road win […]
Ole Miss hired former University of Texas at Austin basketball Head Coach Chris Beard on March 8, very shortly after his domestic violence charges — the reason he was fired from UT — were dropped. The coach has a rich history of reviving basketball programs, but does that promise of success justify overlooking some glaring […]
Amid Ole Miss Football’s 10-win regular season, Twenty-one year old quarterback Braden Waterman received the news of a lifetime, which he shared on social media on Oct. 20 — that he, after two bouts with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, was declared cancer free. Waterman, a native of Bakersfield, Calif., was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma […]
The Ole Miss Women’s Basketball team started its 2023-2024 campaign off on the right foot on Monday, Nov. 6 with a dominating 91-44 victory over the Queens University of Charlotte Lions. The Lady Rebels opened the season at 11 a.m. inside the Sandy and John Black Pavillion with their annual Kids Day where they welcomed […]
Ole Miss and Auburn have a history of bitterness, disdain and downright hatred toward one another. Before last year, Auburn had won the previous six matchups. This year, odds-makers think we could see a repeat of last year’s Ole Miss victory, but what might student journalists think? The Hugh Freeze era at Auburn has not […]
Ole Miss versus Louisiana State University has been dubbed a must-win game for both programs. LSU, having suffered a loss to Florida State in Week 1, is looking to get a statement win under its belt. Ole Miss, who crumbled against Alabama last week, needs this win if it has any hopes of contending in […]
Two players are officially no longer a part of Ole Miss’ football roster as of Tuesday, Sept. 26. That evening, reports surfaced that tight end Michael Trigg and linebacker Reginald Hughes had been dismissed, and both of their names being removed from the online roster confirmed these reports. Trigg registered zero snaps in the Rebel’s […]
For the past year, the term conference realignment has defined college athletics. It started with Texas and Oklahoma deciding to leave the Big 12 in favor of the SEC back in late 2022, but it has since spread to each Power 5 conference and many more Group of 5 conferences. As is custom for many […]
We have all heard what the mass media thinks about this Ole Miss versus Alabama matchup this Saturday. Major sports personalities continue to weigh in on this top-15 matchup, but all of these predictions and analyses are made from a distance. What do student journalists think about the matchup between the Rebs and the Tide? […]
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