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Rick Cleveland Stats, Bio. Born: October 7, 1952. Hometown: Hattiesburg, MS. Year Induction: 2017. Most awarded sportswriter in Mississippi History. 10-time winner of Mississippi Sportswriter of the Year. Started writing professionally at age 13. Worked for the Hattiesburg American while attending USM.
May 31, 2024 · Rick Cleveland. Rick Cleveland, a columnist and correspondent for Mississippi Today, will be inducted into the Mississippi Press Hall of Fame during the 158th Annual Meeting on June 28 in Biloxi,. Cleveland, an award-winning journalist who has spent decades chronicling sports in Mississippi, is the first sports journalist to be inducted.
4 days ago · Rick Cleveland, who has spent decades telling sports stories in Mississippi, will be the first sports reporter inducted into the MPA's Hall of Fame.
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Mississippi’s Greatest Athletes2014BOO A Life In Baseball, Well-lived2009It’s More Than a Game 2000Vaught: The Man and His Legacy 2000By Jacob Farris (SHS) Mississippi sports writer Rick Cleveland was born October 7, 1952, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he also grew up. His father, Ace Cleveland, was also a sports writer and is in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. His dad encouraged him to become a writer, but the person who influenced him the most as a writer was the famo...
Rick Cleveland has now been a sports writer (most of those with The Clarion-Ledger) for more than four decades and is also now executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2009 Cleveland published BOO A Life In Baseball, Well-lived. He most recently published Mississippi ‘s Greatest Athletes, a co...
A Review of It’s More Than A Game
by Jacob Farris (SHS) It’s More Than a Game is an excellent book written by Rick Cleveland of the Clarion-Ledgerin Jackson, Mississippi. It is a collection of his articles on Mississippi sports or on major national sports events . The articles appeared in the newspaper from 1985 to1999. Cleveland writes about everything from learning from his father how to oil a baseball glove to watching the great Mississippi college football players like Steve “Air” McNair from Alcorn, Brett Favre from USM,...
By Jacob Farris (SHS) What is your birth date, and where were you born? Where did you grow up? Who is your favorite author? What author do you think has influenced you the most? When did you become interested in writing? Was there something in particular that got you interested in writing? What kind of student were you in high school? Where did you...
Cleveland, Rick. E-mail Interview. 12 December 2002Cleveland, Rick. It’s More Than a Game.Vancouver, Washington. Pediment Publishing. 2000.Rick Cleveland's own father, Ace Cleveland, is a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1998 for his own achievements as a sports writer and publicist.
His work as a syndicated columnist and celebrated sports writer has appeared in numerous magazines, periodicals and newspapers. Rick has authored four books and has been recognized 13 times as Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year. He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 and into the Hattiesburg Hall of Fame in 2018.
