Columnist Rick Cleveland recounts the life of O.J. Simpson, who died at age 76 after a remarkable sports career and dramatic downfall.
It was like ‘The Twilight Zone,’ but with O.J., it was all too real by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today April 12, 2024 No telling how many times this sports writer has made the drive back from Oxford to Jackson following some sports event. Hundreds of times for sure. I don’t know, but I do know the strangest and most bizarre — the drive that seemed like it was right out of a Rod Serling “Twilight Zone” episode. The date was June, 16, 1994, nearly 30 years ago.
Rick has been recognized 13 times as Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year, and is recipient of multiple awards and honors for his reporting and writing.
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