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Alex Fraser Bama not winning the SEC championship.

Jo B. Williams Definitely Auburn’s win against Alabama.

Tyler Cleveland So many to choose from … Mariano Rivera’s final all-star game standing ovation, Lance Armstrong admitting to Oprah he doped, Florida Gulf Coast knocking off Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament. Got to go with the final seconds of the Alabama-Auburn game. Insta-classic right up there with “The band is on the field!”

John Williams Auburn/Alabama game.

Summer Nichole Desper Watching State win the Egg Bowl.

Trip Burns The Miracle on the Plains: In the last seconds of the Auburn/Georgia game, where a Hail Mary pass was deflected off of two Georgia defenders and into the hands of the Auburn receiver, resulting in the game-winning touchdown. I went to Ole Miss, but come on, man.

Richard Laswell The huge come from behind win for Team Oracle in the Americas Cup.

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.