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Deion Sanders in just short of 2 years has turned the worst college team in the country to argubly the best college team in the country in college sports. This is evident as the latest AP Poll release today, October 27, 2024 has ranked Deion's Colorado Buffs as the 23rd Best Team in the Country. Deion already has the best 2 players in college football, Travis Hunter and his son Shedeur Sanders. Travis is on track to win this year's Heisman Trophy. Both Travis and Shedeur are likely to be the #1 and #2 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Colorado are also eligible for a bowl game this year. They also have a legitimate shot as winning the Big 12 Championship.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The William Carey Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed in the NAIA Appalachian Challenge, hosted by Tennessee Wesleyan at Sequoyah Park. For the women, in a field of twenty-one teams and 190 runners with seven of those teams either receiving votes or ranked in the NAIA Top 25 poll. The Lady Crusaders tallied 272 points to finish in tenth place.  Blanca Conesa  was first to cross the finish line for Carey with a time of 18:42 to finish in 24th place. Coming in 43rd place was  Virginia Tirado  with a time of 19:09 while  Isabelle Wheeler  posted a time of 19:12 to finish in 47th place. Rounding things out for WCU were  Hannah Mitchell  who came in with a time of 19:54,  Maria Simancas  posted a time 20:52, and  Aurora Latimer  who finished with a time of 21:48 respectively. "The NAIA Appalachian Challenge was a great day for our ladies' team," said  Cooper Herrington . "It gave us a fantastic opportunity to race against some of the best teams in the NAIA as well as our conference. All our ladies ran a season best time.  Maria Simancas  had a huge day and played a pivotal role for us as our fifth finisher. Maria had a one-minute PR and helped us edge out very tough conference opponents. Another key factor for us was Blanca experimenting with race strategy and finishing in the top twenty-five. I believe this ladies team is setting themselves up to be competitive at our conference championship and finishing the season with the last race as their best race. From here we must get everyone healthy and ready to race at the SSAC championship. This is a fun group of ladies to work with. They are tough as nails and leave it all on the course." The guy's race featured twenty teams and 207 runners with five of teams either receiving votes or ranked in NAIA Top 25 Poll with Carey posting an eighth-place finish with a total of 234 points. Nathan Sury  led the way with a time of 25:10 to finish in 20th place. Next to cross the finish was  Gavin Wheat  with a time of 25:40 to finish in 41st place while  Luke Skinner  posted a 57th place finish with a time of 26:03. Gift Mashilo  finished with a time 26:08 with  Matthew McGuire  posting a time of 26:39. Rounding out the squad was  Owen Jensen  who came in with a time of 26:59, Josiah Nobles who posted a time of 27:08, and  Julius Giller  who finished in 28:43 respectively. "The men had a tough day," said Herrington. "The course runs fast, and this was the first time we have been able to race in weather below 80 degrees. With that in mind they posted some fast times, and I think we had near 100% of the men's team run PR.  Nathan Sury  had a 1 minute and 30 second PR.  Gavin Wheat  had a 25 second PR.  Luke Skinner  had a 1 minute 30 second PR.  Matthew McGuire  had a 25 second PR. Josiah Nobles had a 1 minute 30 second PR.  Julius Giller  had 1 minute 20 second PR. So drastic improvement. However, that did not mark a successful day for us. Even though we posted some fast times we did not execute on our race plan on how we needed to for us to have our best day as a unit. We ran good but did not race great. I believe our guys learned a lot from this race and know what they must do to be successful at the SSAC championship. I am really proud of this group of men, and I am looking forward to how they respond after facing a little adversity. This is a group of gritty guys." Both squads are back in action Friday, November 8, as they head to Decatur, Ala. for the SSAC Championship.

There seemed to be a lot of stir on Sunday evening as someone stated on social media Chris Brown was in Collins, MS over the weekend with his daughters. However, Hattiesburg News has confirmed that those claims are not true. Chris Brown was actually at Underwood Family Farm in California and not at Mitchell farms in Mississippi. Many Chris Brown fans seemed disappointed about the news as they perhaps missed their moment. The post has over 100 shares prompting many people to ask Hattiesburg News to investigate.

In his first start in the NFL in more than 2 year, Jameis Winston looked all but perfect going up against not only the best player in the NFL, 2x NFL MVP Lamar Jackson but also the best team in the NFL, the Baltimore Ravens who had a NFL record of 5-2 entering Sunday's matchup. Jameis started in place of Deshaun Watson who is most likely all but out for the rest of the season due to an injury. Jameis was 27/41. He threw for 334 yards, throwing 3 touchdown passes and 0 interceptions. The Cleveland Brown had the upset of Sunday Football with their 29-24 victory against the Baltimore Ravens.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Lady Crusaders battled through defensive and offensive mistakes to defeat UT-Southern in conference play, Friday night at the Ben Waddle Complex. Things started off well for Carey in the first set, as they opened on an 8-3 run before building the lead to 13-5. After giving up the next two points, WCU got back-to-back kills from  Elaina Anderson  and an ace from  Katarina Vulic  followed by two errors from the Firehawks to take a commanding 18-7 lead. Carey would go on to win the set comfortably 25-10, winning on three straights kills by  Marcella Hermont . Carey opened the second set, taking the first point. Things went downhill and fast from there, as the Lady Crusaders found themselves trailing 9-1. Carey managed to slow the bleeding and battle to get back within four points on multiple occasions. WCU kept grinding away, and using a 5-1 run, found themselves tied at 18 all. From there the battle was on, as there were four lead changes and four ties with the last tie being at 23 all. The Lady Crusaders went on to win the set 25-23 thanks to an attack error by the Firehawks and a block by  Suelen Lima  and Anderson. Carey returned to form in the third set, as they built a commanding 13-2 lead to open the set. WCU would go on to build their lead to eleven points at 16-5 and just as it looked as if they had things well in hand, UT-Southern attempted to mount a comeback with a 5-0 run. However, Carey quickly shut down any thought of a rally, as they answered with three straight points and never looked back, taking the set 25-18. Suelen Lima  led three Lady Crusaders in double digit kills with twelve while adding eleven digs.  Elaina Anderson  finished with eleven kills with  Marcella Hermont  adding ten kills.  Katarina Vulic  finished the match with 41 assists with  Gabriela Maceira  coming down with fourteen digs. Carey is back in action tomorrow, as they take on Blue Mountain Christian in SSAC play. Play is set to begin at 1:00 pm at the Ben Waddle Complex.

The University of Southern Mississippi and Laurel High School have a lot in common. Both teams have excellence talent as far as athletes. However both teams have very low fan attendance at games, which is the community way of showing its not happy with the team's performance and both teams have only won 1 out of its first 6 games. Laurel just won its first game of the season this past Friday. The tornados beat McComb Tigers 24-19 on the road. Next the tornados face Stone Tomcats from Wiggins. Laurel did have two athletes selected to play on the Mississippi All-Star team including one that's a Danny Dozen. Southern Miss has ample talent at various positions as well, from quarterbacks to receivers and has an all-star defense consisting of NFL potential defensive backs. This weekend, Southern Miss lost 13-23 against Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. In USM most recent lost it had only 1 out of 8 third down conversions compared to Louisiana's 7 out of 16. Look at 1st downs. Louisiana had more than double the amount of first downs compared to Southern, 22 to 8. Southern had 7 punts to Louisiana 4 punts. USM had only 140 passing yards compared to Louisiana's 222 passing yards. And on the ground Louisiana's 188 rushing yards was 5 times more than the Golden Eagles 37 rushing yards. One is a high school and one is a division one college. Both are home teams. Fans are eager for either team to turn their season around.

The Laurel Jones County Black History Museum not only works to preserve the history of Jones County, but also serves as a center for change for its community. The Hattiesburg News recently spoke with Marian Allen, the founder of the museum, about the fun things happening that could change the life of many in Laurel, MS. Recently, The LJC Black History Museum & Arts hosted a 'Meet the Candidates' event for a special election taking place this year. The Board of Supervisor position is on the ballot after Supervisor Travares Comegys resigned after he was facing charges for embezzlement/fraud. All charges against Mr. Comgegy has been dismissed, although sources say he's building a campaign to run for Mayor of the City of Laurel. Among those who participated at the event include Stacey Comegys, Travares brother, and Marlon Ulmer. Derrick Barber, who was unsuccessful in this past supervisors race, submitted a video as he is vying to win this upcoming election. The event was moderated by Darrius Combest, President of Rebuilt A Community. Aside from providing a platform in which citizens can have a voice, the museum also uplifts the non-profit sector. The museum is scheduled to have a seminar for non-profits on October 19, 2024 at 1pm. The seminar will be hosted by Gregory Ruffin. The Laurel Jones County museum has received multiple awards including the Trailblazer Award from Gamma Phi Delta, Dr. Martin Luther King Award of the Pinebelt, and the Mississippi Pinnacle Award Honoree.

Laurel High School went to McComb, MS and came away with the W. Laurel won its very first game of the season. Laurel Tornado beat the McComb Tigers 24-19. Laurel is now 1-5 for the season. Last year, Laurel lost its first 5 out of 6 games as well but went to the state championship where they were the state runner-up. Laurel's next upcoming game is Laurel vs Stone at Laurel during Laurel's Homecoming. The game which earlier was announced would be televised live on TV was themed: King of the District Rematch. However, that game will no longer be broadcast live on TV at the request of Laurel Public School District. The game would have reached over 100,000 households if broadcasted live TV. You can however still purchase tickets for the game which is schedule to kickoff at 7pm.

( Associated Press ) Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor. The NBA said he died surrounded by his family. “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA. Off the floor, he poured his heart and soul into helping others.”

The Road to the All-Stars Show hits the road next week for a double header. The show will feature two of the biggest games in the state, Gulfport vs Biloxi and Stone vs Laurel. The Gulfport vs Biloxi "King of the Coast" Rivalry Game will be streamed live exclusively on Hattiesburg News on Thursday, October 10, 2024 beginning at 6: 30p.m. The game will be held at Biloxi High School Stadium. Early arrival is highly suggested as the game is expected to reach stadium capacity. The Stone vs Laurel "King of the District" Rematch Game will be live exclusively on MeTv on Friday, October 11, 2024 beginning at 6:30pm. The game will be held at Laurel High School Stadium. Early arrival is highly suggested as the game is expected to reach stadium capacity. It is also Laurel's Homecoming Game. Fans are encouraged to buy game day tickets from the school before the game to avoid waiting in long lines to buy tickets the night of the game. Fans can also join in on the excitement and get their official game day shirt to wear to the game by clicking here. Fans and businesses can also participate by becoming a game sponsor by emailing allstars@hattiesburggroup.com . The game will feature great commentary, instant replay, and a lot more. There is no fee to watch either of the "Road to the All-Star" Games. Several college and university coaches expressed a lot of interest in watching the game to see potential recruits. The highly anticipated games will be called by legendary broadcaster Russ Robinson who is also the anchor of both state All-Star games, The Mississippi vs Alabama All-Star Game & The Bernard Blackwell North vs South All-Star Game. There is a lot of star power being added to the anticipated games as former NFL Star BoPete Keyes will join the broadcast team. BoPete played in both the NFL and UFL. BoPete is extremely excited to see the young Mississippi talent.

Ole Miss was ranked the #6 team in the country. They had the number offense in the country. Many experts thought Lane Kiffin probably had the best team in the SEC. However, Kentucky gave Ole Miss fits. Ole Miss was defeated by unranked Kentucky 17-20. That pushed Ole Miss out of the Top 10 Best College Football teams in the country. It was a stunner and breaking news across the sports world. Ole Miss is now ranked number 12.

The New Orleans Saints looked like they could be the new King of the NFL. However, that changed quickly Sunday as they Saints lost to the Atlanta Falcons 24-26. The Saints are now 2-2 which is not a bad record in the NFL. It's only Week 4. Next week, the Saints play the Kansas City Chiefs. The Saints have lost their last 2 games since blowing out the Dallas Cowboys.