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Crooked Letter Sports

Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland

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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28:04

Hall of Famer Lewis Tillman joins the pod

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2022/10/26

Younger Jackson State fans won’t remember it but there was a time when the Jackson State Tigers dominated the SWAC every bit as much as Deion Sanders’ Tigers are dominating now. Lewis Tillman, a hard-running halfback from Halehurst, was a huge part of that era, breaking many of Walter Payton’s JSU records. Last week, Tillman was front and center as the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2023. This week, undefeated Jackson State plays Southern University as ESPN’s Game Day comes

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33:03

Ole Miss-LSU: It happens every year but it doesn’t...

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2022/10/19

Ole Miss is 7-0 going into its annual game with LSU for the first time in, well, a long, long time. Ole Miss-LSU is important any year but there’s much more than usual at stake for the Rebels this time. Ole Miss has gone from favorite to underdog since oddsmakers posted the opening line. The Clevelands discuss this year’s game as well as the storied history of the rivalry known as the Magnolia Bowl.

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29:11

Ben Ingram brings the Braves home to Mississippi

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2022/10/12

The Atlanta Braves are one of baseball’s biggest success stories and radio play-by-play announcer Ben Ingram is a huge success story in his own right. Ingram, a Madison Central and Mississippi College grad, is like many of the current Braves in that he trained for his current job at Trustmark in Pearl and at ballparks around the Southern League. Ingram talks about this remarkable Braves season and the current post-season.

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40:29

Rebels, Bulldogs and Eagles, Oh My!

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2022/10/05

The Sanderson Farms Championship is in the books, the Braves are on the rise and the Saints are sinking, but the Magnolia State’s “Big Four” college football teams are all on the rise. The Cleveland boys touch on all of it, and discuss Deion Sanders’ future at Jackson State in a grab-bag conversation about Mississippi sports.

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34:19

Golf Week in Mississippi

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2022/09/28

The Sanderson Farms Championship will be played this week at the Country Club of Jackson, and who better to discuss the field and the tournament than Randy Watkins, who once finished fifth in the tournament and then helped save it when it was being played at Annandale and was sponsorless. Sam Burns is the clear favorite but there are several Mississippians in the field who could win it. We also discuss big football games at Oxford and Starkville.

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34:00

Prime-time in Jackson and football everywhere

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2022/09/21

Undefeated Jackson State made short work of Grambling at The Vet, and Shedeur Sanders made a believer out of the elder Cleveland. The kid can play. The Cleveland boys also discuss Title IX and football at all levels – from high schools to the NFL with a lot of college football in between.

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28:43

A big day for the Fun Belt

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2022/09/14

On a Saturday full of upsets, Sun Belt teams took down two Top-10 teams and took home a boat-load of cash in the process. Is this a new trend, or an anomaly? Also, the Cleveland boys talk about big games upcoming this weekend, whether or not the Braves should make a change at closer and the Saints’ come-from-behind win over the Falcons.

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34:52

Deuce McAllister joins us to talk Saints … and a lot...

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2022/09/07

Las Vegas oddsmakers have the over and under on Saints wins at 8.5. Deuce, a former Saints Pro Bowler and current radio analyst, believes eight or nine victoires is the floor for the Saints and that the ceiling is much, much higher, despite a difficult late-season schedule. Deuce says a fast start is essential for these Saints.

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25:11

Ralph Russo, AP college football editor, joins the...

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2022/08/31

Ralph spent five years at the turn of the century as Mississippi’s AP sports writer, so he knows the lay of the land. He covered the Eli Manning years at Ole Miss and the hiring of Sylvester Croom at State. And he likes Mississippi State’s chances to surprise this season.

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23:54

Robbie Faulk, the busiest guy in Starkville, joins us...

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2022/08/24

As if Robbie Faulk doesn’t have enough to do as sports editor of the Starkville Daily News and Mississippi State beat writer for 247 Sports, he is also the Mississippi voter in the weekly Associated Press college football reporter. As we learn, that AP poll takes a lot of time if you’re going to do it right.

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25:24

Over and under, what you got in college football?...

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2022/08/17

The Clevelands discuss the upcoming college football season, specifically the over-and under on victories for each of the Mississippi schools. Oddsmakers have set the over-under on victories for Ole Miss (7.5), Missi:sippi State (6.5) and Southern Miss (5). Also, Ole Miss ranks No. 21 in the first AP poll. That’s the good news. The bad is that the Rebels are sixth among SEC teams. Also, we celebrate the life of Corky Palmer, the legendary Southern Miss baseball coach.

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33:02

High school football and those loathesome Mets

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2022/08/10

With high school football season about two weeks away, Tyler takes questions from Rick about the upcoming season. Who’s hot? Who’s not? And which players could contend for Player of the Year in Mississippi?

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39:08

Rickey Neaves and 100 years of the MHSAA

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2022/08/03

The MHSAA, the governing body of Mississippi public schools athletics, begins its 100th year of operations with the coming school year. Rickey Neaves, the executive director, joins the podcast to talk about where the MHSAA has been and where it is headed.

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30:35

Hot Summer, Hot Braves, Hot 2022 Hall of Fame Class

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2022/07/27

Tyler’s ready to move West after visiting the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, while Rick’s actually working. This week, he breaks down the 2022 Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class, which includes household names like Eric Moulds and David Dellucci. Plus, can the Braves pull off the same trade-deadline magic the Cleveland boys spoke into existence last season.

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29:29

A two parter with retired NBA and college basketball...

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2022/07/20

Continuing the conversation from last week, the Clevelands welcome old friend Tim Floyd to the pod to talk about all the issues facing college sports. Turns out, there are so many issues the one podcast turned into two. Floyd is outspoken on where college sports is headed with NIL and transfer issues. To be succinct, he doesn’t like where it’s headed and is glad he is retired.

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32:15

A two parter with retired NBA and college basketball...

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2022/07/13

The Clevelands welcome old friend Tim Floyd to the pod to talk about all the issues facing college sports. Turns out, there are so many issues the one podcast turned into two. Floyd is outspoken on where college sports is headed with NIL and transfer issues. To be succinct, he doesn’t like where it’s headed and is glad he is retired.

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32:26

The Dog Days of Summer (and big money)

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2022/07/06

Finally back from Omaha and still recovering from a big 4th of July weekend, Rick and Tyler discuss what makes the Atlanta Braves Mississippi’s pro baseball team and talk about what makes this year’s team so good. Plus, Arch Manning signs with Texas and big money pushes USC and UCLA to the Big 10.

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23:47

The Ole Miss Rebels did it!

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2022/06/27

From Omaha, the Clevelands recount the Rebels’ amazing run to the national baseball championship. As Mississippi State did in maroon last year, Ole Miss fans painted Omaha red and blue as the Rebels finished an amazing run to the national championship. Tyler watched from the stands. Rick was in the press box working. They recount the scene and the Ole Miss heroics.

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23:22

Omaha Magic

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2022/06/22

Coral Gables, Hattiesburg, Omaha. The site seems to make no difference to the red-hot Ole Miss Rebels, who have now won seven NCAA Tournament games, mostly by lopsided scores. The Clevelands caught up with Mike Bianco, Tim Elko and Hunter Elliot to talk about the Rebels’ latest and most important conquest, the Monday night victory over Arkansas, which kept Ole Miss in the winners’ bracket and sent the Razorbacks to the losers’ bracket. Ole Miss is now three victories away from a national

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27:57

On to Omaha

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2022/06/15

The only thing hotter than the temperature in Hades-burg was the Ole Miss bats and arms. Now the Rebels are headed to Nebraska for the College World Series. On this week’s pod, Rick and Tyler break down last week’s Super Regional and take a look ahead at what awaits the eight teams that have punched their ticket to Omaha.

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