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Retirement can be elusive for old sports journalists
By BY AUSTIN BISHOP SPORTS COLUMNIST
Wed,06/30/21-1:29PM , 371 Reads
A funny thing happened on the way to retirement. I bought a newspaper.

If you are surprised by this, that makes at least two of us. It looked as though my dream of purchasing the Kemper County Messenger — the weekly newspaper of a community that is dear to my heart — had been buried 18 months ago.
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Twelve pairs who would be interesting interviews
By BY AUSTIN BISHOP SPORTS COLUMNIST
Wed,06/23/21-1:34PM , 389 Reads
Four weeks ago I wrote a column listing 12 interviews I would love to conduct. Not the short five-minute kind, but a legitimate two-hour sit-down where I could have an actual back-and-forth conversation with the subjects.
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The time to expand college football playoffs is now
By BY AUSTIN BISHOP SPORTS COLUMNIST
Wed,06/16/21-1:35PM , 347 Reads
The future of college football has been a hot topic the last few days and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon

A proposal to expand the college football playoffs to 12 games is on the table and is about to be heavily debated. I’m not a big fan of change but it is time for the playoffs to be more inclusive.
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My, my, my how high school sports have changed
By BY AUSTIN BISHOP SPORTS COLUMNIST
Wed,06/09/21-1:59PM , 346 Reads
To say the high school sports scene has changed in Mississippi since I broke into the journalism business as a High School senior in the fall of 1975 would be an understatement.
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