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Jan 11, 2023 · Mississippi Today sports columnist Rick Cleveland has been named Mississippi sportswriter of the year by the National Sports Media Association for the 14th time in his career.
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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 pieces together Mississippi’s All-Time NFL team. By Rick Cleveland. Updated June 10, 2020 11:00 AM. Our task today? We’re going to put together Team Mississippi, an...
May 28, 2024 · Crooked Letter Sports on Apple Podcasts. 99 episodes. 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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Jan 26, 2022 · Rick Cleveland, a native of Hattiesburg and resident of Jackson, has been Mississippi Today’s sports columnist since 2016. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s in journalism, Rick has worked for the Monroe (La.) News Star World, Jackson Daily News and Clarion Ledger.
Mar 1, 2023 · Rick has authored four books: · “It’s More Than a Game” – a collection of Cleveland’s columns. · “Vaught – The Man and his Legacy” about Ole Miss football coach Johnny Vaught. · “Boo – A Life in Baseball, Well-Lived” about former Boston Red Sox player Boo Ferriss. · “Mississippi’s Greatest Athletes” Follow him on Twitter: @rick_cleveland.
