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Crooked Letter Sports Podcast: The Ole Miss Rebels did it!
By RICK CLEVELAND AND TYLER CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/27/22-5:16PM, 198 Reads 13,065 Statewide
A special podcast from Omaha, home of the College World Series, with Rick and Tyler Cleveland.
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Mississippi's Ben Van Cleve (33), Tim Elko (25) and Justin Bench (8) look on during the closing video after a win over Oklahoma in Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals, Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/John Peterson)

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Ole Miss championship validates Elko's decision to return
Mon,06/27/22-11:34AM, 209 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tim Elko's presence as a leader has loomed so large over the Mississippi baseball program that coach Mike Bianco has suggested, maybe only half-jokingly, that a statue should be built of him.
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NATIONAL CHAMPS: Ole Miss completes rags to riches story
By RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/27/22-9:16AM, 387 Reads 17,434 Statewide
Baseball hadn’t been invented back in early 18th century when Alexander Pope, an English poet and essayist, wrote the words: “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”
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Mississippi's Jack Washburn, right, leaps on top of the team pile in celebration of their 4-2 victory over Oklahoma in Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals, Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. Mississippi defeated Oklahoma 4-2 to win the championship. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

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Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma
Sun,06/26/22-5:15PM, 258 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The last team to get into the NCAA baseball tournament was the last team standing.

Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals with a 4-2 victory Sunday.
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