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Columns

It’s not always easy being a Rebel

Being a Rebel isn’t always easy, especially when expectations are high. We have too many memories, like Laquon Treadwell breaking a leg on the one-foot ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, September 4, 2016 6:00 am

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What time, TV channel is the Alabama-USC game on tonight?

It’s football time for No. 1 Alabama. What TV channel is the Alabama-USC game on tonight? Time: 7 p.m. central TV channel: ABC Odds: Alabama ... Read more

by David Magee, Saturday, September 3, 2016 7:40 am

Columns

For Ole Miss freshmen: My son William’s story

Update 8/15/17: A new center for alcohol and drug wellness education is being launched at Ole Miss. We need your help in making it a ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, August 28, 2016 7:03 am

Columnists

Meet Frazier: Good dog looking for good home

Don’t feel too bad for Frazier. He has a good dog heart and a forgiving soul. A new, caring home will make everything right for ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:50 am

Columns

Read Sarah Perry’s hopeful message after parents died in plane crash

She’s just in the 8th grade, and her parents just died in a plane crash, yet Sarah Perry took the time to write something to ... Read more

by David Magee, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 7:20 pm

Columnists

Say a prayer for the children tonight who lost parents in tragic plane crash

Say a prayer for the children tonight. They are going to need it, the 11 Oxford children who in an instant today lost their parents ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, August 14, 2016 5:37 pm

Columns

Oxford’s cemetery glistens in the morning sun

My neighbors are the most peaceful souls in town, and I have missed them. They rest in the Oxford’s cemetery, undoubtedly the most beautiful spot ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, August 14, 2016 6:00 am

Columns

How many people can you fit into a tiny Square?

Someone on the Oxford Square suggested the other day that preparedness might be a good idea. “Get ready,” they said. Get ready as in, here ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:00 pm

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Rio 2016: What time does Michael Phelps swim tonight?

Now that his flag-carrying duties are out of the way, Michael Phelps is eager to get started on his fifth Olympics. That will likely come Sunday ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, August 7, 2016 7:35 am

Columns

Dean Faulkner Wells, baseball, freedom and the summer of ‘76

My memories of the bicentennial summer of 1976 are mostly a time-brushed smear that ends up a bit like blackberry jam. Forty years mashed up ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, August 7, 2016 6:00 am

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What TV channel is the Olympics Opening Ceremony on tonight? NBC Rio 2016

It’s time for the summer Olympics Opening Ceremony — something only comes around every four years. So, naturally you want to know: What TV channel ... Read more

by David Magee, Friday, August 5, 2016 10:08 am

Columns

Franklin, Fennelly make powerful duo

Everybody should have the luxury of taking a road trip with Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin, the first couple of Southern literature who call ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 12:00 pm

Columns

Mississippi is in trouble: We are being left behind

Mississippi is in trouble. Our state is being left behind. The economy is barely growing, and since the Great Recession we have lost significant ground ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, July 31, 2016 6:00 am

Columns

Are you ready for some Kendricks?

They say Oxford is a great football town. It’s true, of course. But is a great pole vault town, too. Or, it will be in ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:00 pm

Columns

Jess Edge gets memorable summer experience from Frank Stitt

Oxford’s Jess Edge has had a prime seat at Southern food table for as long as he can remember. It’s a perk of being the ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, July 24, 2016 6:00 am

Columns

Jake Gibbs is Oxford’s biggest deal

Lots of people are a big deal in this small city. We have Freeze warnings in the fall, Eli sightings, and Shepard Smith doing the ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 12:00 pm

Columns

Brother Will Campbell loved Duncan Gray Jr.

Jim Dees and myself drove early one morning some years ago from Oxford to Mt. Juliet, Tennessee to visit with Will Campbell, the author and ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, July 17, 2016 6:00 am

Columns

Oxford future lies in smart start-ups

What will Oxford become? The question seems almost silly since the answer seems so obvious today. We are a small-but-growing university community that runs largely ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:00 pm

Columns

Let me tell you about Rick Mize

Rick Mize may be Oxford’s only Country Music Awards winner. The CMA’s are a big deal, yes, and Rick Mize has one. But you can’t ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, July 10, 2016 6:00 am

Columns

Hey, NCAA: Time to leave Ole Miss, Hugh Freeze, Laremy Tunsil alone

Hugh Freeze is frustrated. We can see it in his deleted tweets. Freeze even said so much on the record about six weeks ago, when ... Read more

by David Magee, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 10:43 am

Columns

How much has Oxford changed?

The question is the same, no matter whom I have run into my first week back home. Can you believe how much Oxford has changed ... Read more

by David Magee, Sunday, July 3, 2016 6:00 am

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