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The landshark derives from a gesture invented by linebacker Tony Fein during the 2008 football season. A native of Port Orchard, Washington, Fein was an Army veteran who served a one-year tour in the Iraq War before arriving in Oxford. One day, he threw his hand over his head in celebration of a tackle, and the gesture caught on.
Iconic MS restaurant Mary Mahoney's Old French House Restaurant pleads guilty to selling frozen, foreign fish billed as fresh Gulf seafood.
In 2017, the Ole Miss student body government held a referendum on whether to change the mascot from the Black Bear to the Landshark. [25] A reference to a Saturday Night Live skit , [ 26 ] the Landshark was originated in 2008 by senior linebacker Tony Fein and adopted by the Ole Miss football team's defensive unit. [ 27 ]
The 1966 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. [1] The Rebels were led by 20th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson.
A batch of wild caught Gulf of Mexico shrimp sits on a sorting table on shrimper Keo Nguyen’s boat at a dock east of Lake Borgne prior to bringing it to a seafood market Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.
Quality Poultry and Seafood Inc., the largest seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, agreed to forfeit $1 million and pay a $150,000 fine, the Justice Department said. The company's ...
Oxford is the 14th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, and the county seat of Lafayette County, 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Memphis. A college town , Oxford surrounds the University of Mississippi or "Ole Miss".
The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district located in Oxford, Mississippi, which is the county seat of Lafayette County.The district has existed since the city's incorporation in 1837, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1980.