Rick Cleveland
@rick_cleveland
I am Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today and syndicated columnist. One half of Crooked Letter Sports podcast.
One in five Mississippians is food insecure. That's a nice way of saying they are hungry. We can do better. The number is rising daily because of the pandemic. We can do better. You can help. givesignup.org/DonationWebsit…
ICYMI: two styles, two winners. mississippitoday.org/2025/07/23/dex…
Dexter McCluster, Derrick Nix: Two distinctively different backs, two Hall of Famers #dextermccluster #DerrickDnix #OleMissFB #SouthernMissFB #AuburnFootball- Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2025/07/23/dex…
ICYMI: Golf "in your most ecstatic dreams" in Northern Ireland...mississippitoday.org/2025/07/18/the…
Won’t be the last big raise he gets.
This afternoon, Murray State officially approved the new 4-year contract for head baseball coach Dan Skirka. Skirka will now make $240,000 per year over the course of the contract. That will make him the highest paid coach in the Missouri Valley Conference coming off of the CWS
The Open at Royal Portrush evokes Irish memories - Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2025/07/18/the…
Former Bulldog #braylandskinner still a base-stealing blur as a Mud Monster - Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2025/07/12/bra…
Charlie Flowers, Arkansas
Need help with our top-five today. The best Ole Miss/State player from Mississippi and each border state Tennessee - Patrick Willis Louisiana - Eli Manning But I need help with the other three Mississippi? Alabama? Arkansas?
Need help with our top-five today. The best Ole Miss/State player from Mississippi and each border state Tennessee - Patrick Willis Louisiana - Eli Manning But I need help with the other three Mississippi? Alabama? Arkansas?
My goodness, who is No.1 and what planet is he from?
SS/OF Konnor Griffin is the No. 2 ranked Prospect in the newest @BaseballAmerica Top 100 update #LetsGoBucs
Ripley's Jake Moffitt pulls off a believe-it-or-not at golf State Am #MissGolfAssn - Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2025/07/02/rip…
Aldrich Potgieter, the South African lad who just won a five-hole playoff to win his first PGA TOUR tournament, isn't old enough to legally buy a beer.
Konnor Griffin gets three more hits, steals two more bases. scores a run, drives in a run and raises his batting average to .365 and his OPS to 1.048. How long will the Pirates keep him in High A ball? I know he’s just 19, but sheesh…
ICYMI: Will Warren's marvelous story: From 10th grade bench warmer #Yankees starter - Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2025/06/25/wil…
Will Warren's story: From 10th grade bench warmer to NY Yankees starter - Mississippi Today #jprepbaseball #Yankees #LionUpBaseball mississippitoday.org/2025/06/25/wil…
Neutral???
NEWS: NC State and Ole Miss are finalizing an agreement to start a two-year neutral series on December 21st in Greensboro, according to multiple sources. bit.ly/45Cc1nY
Playing CF is like riding a bike for @KonnorGriffin22 I guess. First game in CF yesterday for the Greensboro Grasshoppers and in the first inning also! Video Courtesy of the Greenville Drive Broadcast.
TWENTY-SIX in a row for Coastal Carolina. That's 26, XXVI in a row, in baseball. They move on to College World Series championship series. Quite a story...