Jack Bitterman

Column: Move aside, NFL — there’s a new king in town

Think back four years ago to 7:30 p.m. on a Sunday night and picture what your family was doing. I am willing to bet that at least one of your family members is glued to the television watching America’s greatest spectacle, Sunday Night Football. At that time, football was king in America. With Sunday and […]

Column: Welcome to ‘Athletics Director U’

Ever heard of “Last Chance U”? If you haven’t, it’s a Netflix show surrounding East Mississippi Community College, which dominates junior college football by providing a last chance to Division I-talent football players looking to turn their careers around after a wrong turn. The school, year in and year out, competes for national titles. But […]

Column: What if I told you that crime does pay

Drug dealers, terrorists and investigations into political wrongdoings — those are the things that come to mind when one thinks of the FBI’s typical jurisdiction, not the NCAA. Most any good FBI television show features a federal agent in a cheap black suit with knockoff aviators, just waiting for the right time to drop a terrible one-liner about […]

Column: An open letter to ESPN, the former worldwide leader in sports

Alright, ESPN — let’s have a talk. From the time that I was old enough to figure out how to turn on the TV by myself, I have been watching your broadcasts. Throughout my formative years, the first thing I would do when I got home was turn on the TV and immediately fall into […]

Thornberry to represent Ole Miss, USA in Walker Cup

While the usual sights and sounds of the Grove rocking and the Vaught locking are going on in Oxford this Saturday, one Ole Miss athlete will be far away from the familiar sights and sounds of Oxford and his hometown of Olive Branch. As the football team kicks off in the heart of the South, Braden […]

Column: An ode to the high school hero from a high school hero

Five seconds to go, your team is down by two and you have “the rock” 18 feet from the hoop in front of a gymnasium full of screaming people. One last Hail Mary pass arching down a sideline filled by awestruck, silent fans, and you sky to make the grab. Or it’s bases loaded, one […]

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