Ole Miss team competes in USA Special Olympics
An Ole Miss team is in Seattle, WA participating in the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games. This year, the UM team was given the opportunity...
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Harper chairs hearing on Olympic sexual assault
by Alex Paton
Congressman Gregg Harper convened a hearing to examine the Olympic committee’s ability to protect athletes from sexual abuse. Harper is the chairman of the subcommittee...
Featured Mississippi Olympic gold medalist featured in wildlife prevention PSA
Mississippi Native Tori Bowie is the world’s fastest woman according to the 2017 IAAF World Championships and she is an Olympic gold medalist. Bowie is now featured...
Mississippi native wins pole vault world championship
by Jared Bounds
Sam Kendricks won his first Team USA pole vault world championship. Kendricks was the only competitor to clear a height of 5.95 meters in London...
Mississippi Olympian stops mid-event to respect National Anthem
RIO– A video of a Mississippi Olympian showing respect for the nation’s flag has gone viral....
Bowie grabs gold for 4x100m relay
RIO–The United States team of Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Tori Bowie won the women’s 4×100 relay Friday evening at Rio’s Olympic Stadium....
Bowie wins bronze in women’s 200m
RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL– Southern Miss alum and Sandhill native Tori Bowie won the bronze medal for the women’s 2oom at Olympic Stadium Wednesday. ...
Reese wins silver in women’s long jump
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL– Brittney Reese of Gulfport won the silver medal in the women’s long jump on Wednesday at Olympic Stadium....
Kendricks wins bronze in pole vault competition in Rio
RIO– Ole Miss alum and Oxford native Sam Kendricks has won the bronze medal in the pole vault competition at the Summer Olympics in Rio...
One down, two to go for Bowie in Rio: first phase of competition complete
UPDATE: Tori Bowie fell just short of Elaine Thompson (Team Jamaica) Saturday night in the 100m finals at 10.83s, securing a silver medal. Thompson’s time...