From Oxford to Tupelo, Corinth to Philadelphia, Starkville to Kosciusko and everywhere in between, we're here to bring you the excitement, the drama, and the glory of Magnolia State sports! Join us every week as we dive deep into the action, offering expert analysis, player spotlights, and insider stories that you won't hear anywhere else! And mark your calendars y'all, because twice a month, we're rolling out special episodes with the Maroon & White Edition and the Hotty Toddy Edition, taki ...
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Mississippi-centric sports talk and stories with Hall of Fame columnist Rick Cleveland and Scorebook Live senior reporter Tyler Cleveland. Produced in Jackson and made by Mississippians, for Mississippians.
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The Corner Blitz has our corner of Southwest Mississippi covered when it comes to sports. Hosted by Adam Northam, who is joined by Benji Embry, Brad Woods and Bradley Creel, each week you can hear the guys interview local coaches, players, and offer their take on anything in the sporting world.
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A slow time in the world of sports? Don’t tell that to Xander Schauffele, the Summer Olympics, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame or the Atlanta Braves who now use ambulances instead of a team bus.
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Today’s discussion involves The Open Championship, the Atlanta Braves hospital ward, next week’s big Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame celebration and the Paris Olympics.By Crooked Letter Sports
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Rick and Tyler are brimming with pride after two Jackson Metro Area prospects went in the Top 12 picks of the Major League Baseball Draft, and the Cleveland boys make picks for this week’s Open Championship at Royal Troon.By Crooked Letter Sports
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Top 10 Major League prospect Konnor Griffin and his dad, Belhaven softball coach Kevin Griffin, join the podcast just days ahead of Sunday’s MLB Draft.
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Jay Powell was teammates with such Major League stars as Alex Rodriguez, Chipper Jones and Todd Helton, but he says Konnor Griffin of Jackson Prep is the best athlete he has ever been around. Griffin, the Gatorade National Player of the Year, will likely be one of the first names called in Sunday’s MLB Draft Draft. Griffin and his dad, who has also…
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Now boarding for Boston and the Dot Burrow Bandwagon
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Rick ducks into an abandoned Boston Logan Airport terminal to tell us about the National Federation of High Schools Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Fulton’s own “Dot” Ford Burrow, and the boys recount a fun weekend on the coast at the annual Mississippi Press Association, where Rick picked up some hardware of his own. Plus, Tyler rants about st…
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Chris Harris, the excellent communications director and play-by-play broadcaster of the Mississippi Braves joins the pod to talk about the last season of the Mississippi Braves.
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A veteran of 15 years in the business of minor league baseball, Tennessee native Chris Harris is experiencing perhaps the most unusual year of his career. We talk Mississippi Braves baseball, Atlanta Braves baseball and the College World Series.By Crooked Letter Sports
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A U.S. Open to remember (and one Rory McIlroy surely would love to forget)
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For three rounds and 15 holes of the fourth round, Rory McIlroy made every single short putt he stood over. Then, he didn’t. And when McIlroy faltered, Bryson DeChambeau came through with one of the greatest sand saves in U.S. Open history. The Clevelands also discuss the SEC-dominated College World Series, the trials and tribulations of the Atlant…
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It’s U.S. Open Week and Mr. Golf Randy Watkins joins to discuss whether anybody on the planet can beat Scottie Scheffler right now.
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The U.S. Open will be played at Pinehurst No. 2 this week. It’s a golf course with which Randy Watkins is extremely familiar. Watkins says it will be a test, even for Scottie Scheffler. Today’s discussion also covers the College World Series, the bidding war the L.A. Lakers lost to UConn, and Hurston Waldrep’s debut with the Atlanta Braves.…
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Welcome to the Magnolia Fields Podcast, your go-to source for all things high school sports in Northeast Mississippi! From Oxford to Tupelo, Corinth to Philadelphia, Starkville to Kosciusko and everywhere in between, we're here to bring you the excitement, the drama, and the glory of Magnolia State sports! Join us every week as we dive deep into th…
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NCAA Super Regionals are this weekend but Mississippi will not be represented for the first time in a while. Both Mississippi State and Southern Miss lost out in the finals of their prospective regionals. The Clevelands discuss all that, plus venerable Coastal Carolina coach Gary Gilmore’s parting words to college baseball.…
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Preparation of the Mind - Ole Brook Track and Field state champions; Coaches Darien Dorsey and Tonya Johns, and athletes Jasmine Robertson, Ariyana Graham, Xavier Gayten ...
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On this week's Corner Blitz Podcast, we speak with the MHSAA 5A girls three-peaters in track and field, the Ole Brook Lady Panthers; and the Ole Brook boys, who've won two of the last three state titles. Head coaches Darien Dorsey and Tonya Johns bring along state champion student athletes Jasmine Robertson, Ariyana Graham, Xavier Gayten and Coderr…
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Matthew Russo of the red-shot Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles joins the pod.
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After one of the busiest baseball weekends of the year, Southern Miss first baseman Matthew Russo – one of the hottest players on one of the hottest teams in college baseball – joins the podcast to discuss the Golden Eagles’ Sun Belt Conference championship and upcoming NCAA Regional at Knoxville. There’s plenty more to discus, including Davis Rile…
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Viva La Rams - Wilkinson County Christian Academy Baseball Coach Kyle white and Jack Orgeron, Gavin Davis and Jacob Sessions
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Tonight on The Corner Blitz, we're joined by the MAIS 2A Baseball State Champions, the Wilkinson County Christian Academy Rams. Head Coach Kyle White rides all the way to Fit Life from Woodville and brings three of his heavy hitters, seniors Jack Orgeron and Gavin Davis, and junior pitcher Jacob Sessions. We talk about long roadtrips in MAIS 2A, wi…
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Tournament Time for Mississippi Baseball.
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The SEC Tournament is underway in Birmingham. The Sun Belt Tournament has begun in Montgomery. And, closer to home, the MHSAA State Tournament has begun at Trustmark in Pearl. The Cleveland boys have thoughts on all of it, but not before Tyler tells his dad, “See, I told you so.”By Crooked Letter Sports
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Pigskin Rendezvous - Spring Scrimmages at SMCC with North Pike, South Pike and Amite Co.
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This week we get outside the friendly confines of Fit Life and broadcast on location at Southwest Mississippi Community College for a high school football spring scrimmage. Amite County coach Jeffery Gibson faces off against his little brother, Don Gibson, and the Port Allen Pelicans. We talk to both afterward. We also catch up with North Pike coac…
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In or out (of the NCAA Tournament)? Ole Miss baseball Rebels, hot of late, have some work to do. State’s in, and could host. Southern Miss looks solidly in as well barring a collapse.
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College baseball’s regular season is in its last week, which means baseball bracketology is a popular activity. State needs to finish strong to become a Regional host. Southern Miss probably has already punched its ticket as a 2- or 3-seed. Ole Miss, playing its best baseball presently, needs victories, period. Meanwhile, the State High School soft…
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Girls Gotta Eat - Co-Lin women's basketball coach Britta Stephens and North Pike AD Kevin Martin
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This week we're joined by Copiah-Lincoln Community College Lady Wolfpack Basketball Coach Britta Stephens, who reflects on her not-quite-one-year on the job with the She Wolves, recruiting and performing at the juco level and how it's important to have assistant coaches who can choose restaurants at which to stop on road trips. We also talk to Nort…
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It’s crunch time in both college and high school baseball.
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We are into the second week of May, which means the college and high school baseball seasons have reached the point where every pitch matters. At present, Mississippi State is a likely 2-seed, Southern Miss is a 3-seed and Ole Miss is on the outside looking in. The Rebels, however, can change that this weekend in when No. 1 ranked Texas A&M comes t…
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: The Mountains Win Again - Ole Brook tennis coach Becky Green and state champions Allie Grace McNeil, Annie Stewart, Caroline Kilpatrick and Cohen Leggett. Mississippi ...
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This week on The Corner Blitz we have our annual sit-down with Brookhaven High School Tennis Coach Becky Green as she tallies up yet another line on her state champion spreadsheet. This time it's two pairs of doubles winners - Allie Grace McNeil (SR), Annie Stewart (8th), Caroline Kilpatrick (JR) and Cohen Leggett (FR). That was Caroline's THIRD st…
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NFL referee and Pascagoula native Sarah Thomas talks football, family and health
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It’s been a wild ride for Sarah Thomas since she first walked into a high school football officials’ meeting. The first woman to officiate a college football game, a college bowl game, an NFL game and a Super Bowl joins the show to talk about her career, the grind of working in pro football and the pressure of being a trailblazer.…
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday - North Pike Softball Coach Sonya Wallace and senior Lady Jag Emilie Williams
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This week on The Corner Blitz, longtime North Pike Lady Jags Softball Coach Sonya Wallace comes back on the show, and with her is a senior Lady Jag hitting .415 and committed to Copiah-Lincoln, Emilie Williams. They talk about the grind of scheduling a dozen 7A schools during the regular season and how being in knife fights all year gets you ready …
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Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Jay Powell joins the pod to talk – what else? – baseball.
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Mississippi State baseball great Jay Powell won Game 7 of the World Series, among many other career highlights and then had his career ended by one of the most gruesome arm injuries in baseball history. Who better to talk about the alarming rate of pitching injuries in MLB and college baseball than Powell?…
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It’s Scottie Scheffler’s world and the rest of us golf in it, plus college baseball, the WNBA draft and Lane Kiffin’s brand of spring football.
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His Masters performance reinforces Scheffler’s role as golf's No. 1 guy, but watch out for Ludvig Aberg. Plus, Ole Miss baseball team shows that reports of its early demise were greatly exaggerated. And Kiffin shows what many of us have suspected all along: Spring football games are a waste of energy.…
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: The Wild Bunch - Bogue Chitto tennis coach Chase Wallace and seniors Jax, Andrew, Gage and Colten
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On this week's show we catch up with the three-time Lincoln County/Region winners in tennis - the Bogue Chitto Bobcats. Coach Chase Wallace joins us on his last ride before ascending into heaven (becoming assistant principal in the Sartin Administration) along with seniors Jax Leggett, Gage Smith, Colten Kimble and Andrew Merrell. The CB crew also …
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: The Bro Rivalry - baseball coaches Jack Edmondson (SMCC) and Adam Chamblee (Co-Lin). SMCC AD Ken Jackson.
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On the April 10, 2024 Corner Blitz, Southwest Bears Baseball Coach Jack Edmondson and Co-Lin Wolfpack Baseball Coach Adam Chamblee prepare for the renewal of the Coca-Cola Classic rivalry, and they do so with 45 minutes of bromance. Southwest Athletic Director Ken Jackson also comes on the show to reveal the school will add women's volleyball to th…
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It’s Master’s Week, so, naturally Mississippi’s Mr. Golf, Randy Watkins, joins the podcast
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Former PGA Tour player and national junior champion Randy Watkins talks Masters favorites and joins in a discussion about the recent NCAA naitonal championship basketball games.By Crooked Letter Sports
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Them Wesson Girls - Lady Cobras Softball Coach Michelle Nunnery and standout seniors Mallory Sanders and Julianna Wilson
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The Corner Blitz checks in with the winngest high school softball team in Southwest Mississippi thus far: the 14-2 Wesson Lady Cobras. We talk with coach Michelle Nunnery, Longwood University pitcher commit Mallory Sanders and the field marshal behind home plate, catcher Julianna Wilson. Adam and the Two Brads also discuss Caitlin Clark on 12 milli…
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Talking Final Fours, college and high school baseball and Mississippians on PGA Golf Tour….
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We’ve got two compelling Final Fours coming up this weekend and the women’s version might be the more interesting of the two. It certainly has more star power. There’s also plenty to talk about with college baseball, college baseball recruiting and a good week for Mississippians on the PGA Tour.By Crooked Letter Sports
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Live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: Drillin' it From 15 - Enterprise Archery Coach Lauren Jordan and the Yellowjacket archers
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Enterprise Attendance Center Archery Coach Lauren Jordan, assistant coach Nicole Lawrence and a handful of the team's top archers join The Corner Blitz to celebrate last week's AIMS High School 1A South State Championship and look ahead to the state finals, April 8-12. We also recap the 20-win basketball season with Southwest MS Community College w…
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With both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments in full swing, it feels like the women are stealing the show. Caitlin Clark, Juju Watson and Mississippi’s own Madison Booker are quickly becoming household names nationwide. The Cleveland boys weigh in from Breckenridge, where it won’t stop snowing.…
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The Corner Blitz live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: new Brookhaven Academy football coach Ryan Ross
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The Corner Blitz crew talks with new Brookhaven Academy football coach Ryan Ross, a seasoned veterans who becomes the third Cougar coach in three seasons. Sometimes it be like that.
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Exploring the baseball factory known as Lewisburg.
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The Desoto County town of Lewisburg can lay claim to being the baseball capital of Mississippi. The defending state champion Lewisburg High Patriots, with a roster that includes 13 Division I baseball signees, currently rank No. 10 nationally and play a regional schedule of national powerhouses. Coach Rusty Cagle joins the podcast to discuss his te…
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The Corner Blitz live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: North Pike Baseball Coach Dustin Lott, interchangeable NFL running backs and technical difficulties
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On this episode of The Corner Blitz (covering all the sports in the Southwest corner of Mississippi) we talk to second-year North Pike Jags baseball coach Dustin Lott about North Pike being a "baseball school," all the baseball at the Lott family table and enormous light-up signs on the press box. The Corner Blitz fellas also talk about NFL teams t…
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Touching all bases: football, baseball and basketball with interesting news all around.
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We’re at that time of the sports year when all sports seem to converge. In Mississippi, there are big doings in all three major sports.By Crooked Letter Sports
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The Corner Blitz live at the Fit Life Sports Plex: West Lincoln Football Coach Johnny Ball and the sound of Wyoming Women's Tennis
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On this episode of The Corner Blitz, we broadcast live from the sniper's nest at the tennis courts at Fit Life while the Wyoming Cowgirls take on South Alabama below. We are joined by special guest Johnny Ball, who has coached everybody and their brother in Southwest Mississippi and now takes on his first head coaching gig for the West Lincoln Bear…
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Rick and Tyler recount the week that was at the MHSAA and MAIS state basketball championships and take a look ahead to the upcoming college baseball and basketball weekendBy Crooked Letter Sports
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Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Parklane Basketball
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The State Champion Parklane Basketball team joined the guys at Fit Life to talk about their season.By Southwest Media Group
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The MHSAA and MAIS State Tournaments are in the Jackson metro area this week and the Crooked Letter Cleveland boys are all over it. Every game is an emotion-packed passion play in which dreams are both realized and dashed. And that’s not all. This week’s discussion includes college basketball, college baseball, and the amazing story of Jackson Prep…
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Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Coach John Smith
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Adam and the guys were joined by John Smith, Loyd Star softball coach and Sr Abby Burnette.By Southwest Media Group
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With their sneakers planted firmly on the NCAA Basketball Tournament bubble, the Ole Miss Rebels and Mississippi State Bulldogs meet Wednesday night for Round 2 of Egg Bowl basketball. The game is always important, but this one really matters to each team’s post-season hopes. Also, the high school basketball championship tournament heats up and col…
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Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Coach Austin Hood
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Adam and the guys welcomed Enterprise Baeball Coach Austin Hood to the show.By Southwest Media Group
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Patrick Mahomes was the MVP and the cameras were often on Taylor Swift, but there was plenty of Magnolia State on display at the Super Bowl. Mississippi State alum Chris Jones dominated for the victorious Chiefs on the defensive line. Jackson State’s Sonic Boom made a surprise halftime appearance with Usher, and there was more. Also, all hail Patri…
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The Corner Blitz at Fit Life with Jerry Ivey and Southwest Tennis
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Adam and the gang talk to the Fit Life Director and talk tennis with the Bears.By Southwest Media Group
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A busy February in Mississippi sports…plus a Taylor Swift/Super Bowl rant…
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It was a bad weekend to be a Mississippi college basketball fan, and it’s a bad week to be an NFL fan, if you hate Taylor Swift, as apparently many do.By Crooked Letter Sports
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The Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Coach LaTiffany Anderson
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The new softball coach at Amite County, LaTiffany Anderson, came in to talk to the guys this week.By Southwest Media Group
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And then there were two, the Chiefs and the 49ers…
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The Clevelands recap the NFL conference championship games and look ahead to the Super Bowl, plus some college basketball thoughts. Father and son agree on two things: Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in the game, and all the fuss about Taylor Swift is comical.By Crooked Letter Sports
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Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Coach Jordan Lea
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Adam and the gang were joined on this episode by Coach Jordan Lea from Loyd Star Soccer.By Southwest Media Group
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It happens every 32 years or so, an amateur wins a PGA Tour Tournament, and Nick Dunlap just did it.
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Just-turned-20-year-old amateur Nick Dunlap shot 29 under par this past weekend to win the PGA Tour’s American Express Classic in the desert this past weekend and Jacksonian Wilson Furr had an up close and painful look at history being made. Randy Watkins joins us to discuss the achievement and also Furr’s medical issues in his first event as a PGA…
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The Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Coach Lane Young
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Adam and the gang had a good conversation with Coach Lane Young of West Lincoln.By Southwest Media Group
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Remembering a frigid day in Chicago with Walter Payton and his sweet mama, plus a whole lot more.
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The arctic temps in mid-Mississippi bring back some memories, plus a college basketball update, a look at the NFL playoffs, an homage to Nick “The GOAT” Saban, the college coaching merry-go-round, and Wilson Furr’s PGA Tour debut.By Crooked Letter Sports
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Corner Blitz at Fit Life: Thomas Grey from Vandy B'Ball
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It was a packed show as the guys welcomed Thomas Grey from Vandy Basketball, as well as Corey Schmidt from SMCC Basketball and MRA Coach Richard Duease.By Charles Dowdy
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