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Sandra Bullock to star in Michael Oher biopic. … JPS rules. … Ole Miss is oversigning machine. … It will be a busy weekend of college and high school basketball.

1. Media: Sandra Bullock will play the adoptive mother of Ole Miss offensive lineman Michael Oher in an upcoming film adaption of “The Blind Side.” Bullock was in Memphis this week doing research for her role. Doctor S’ suggestions for who to play former Rebels coach Ed Orgeron, who recruited Oher: The Great Grape Ape or Shrek.

2. High school baskeball: JPS rules at the Big House. Four Jackson teams win and advance the MHSAA State Tournament semifinals.

3. College football: Ole Miss is among the schools that oversign. It’s not against NCAA rules — yet.

4. Men’s college basketball: The Mississippi State-Ole Miss game on March 7 won’t be televised. But Saturday’s game with Auburn will. Ole Miss and Southern Miss are also on the tube on Saturday.

5. High school basketball: Jackson Academy boys face MRA in MPSA Overall semifinals. MRA has lost to just one team from Mississippi this season: JA

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#144235 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Mar 2 2009

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.