OXFORD, Miss. -- A big, yellow-beaked bird known as "Cocky" will be the only mascot strutting along the sidelines when the Mississippi Rebels take the football field this weekend in Oxford, and he's rooting for the other team.

People living near Omaha's historic Rosenblatt Stadium say tonight's final baseball game at the site will be especially hard.

MY daughter asked me to write today about Barney. And, of course, I must.…