Posts by Wilton Jackson
Wilton Jackson II covers the Atlanta Dream and the SEC for The Next. A native of Jackson, Miss., Wilton previously worked for Sports Illustrated along with other media outlets. He also freelances for different media entities as well. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism (broadcast) before earning a Master's degree in mass communication from LSU and a second Master's degree in sport management from Jackson State University.
This week’s notebook tracks the numbers, the trends and the moments already shaping the SEC race.
Cotie McMahon: ‘Everything is so new but I’ve gotten comfortable with being uncomfortable’
Latson: ‘I’ve been giving myself grace and not trying to put too much pressure on myself’
Yolett McPhee-McCuin: ‘I think she’s going to continue to get this return [in her success] because of the deposit she puts in every single day’
Texas, LSU, Oklahoma and Tennessee are among the top challengers for the nation’s No. 2, South Carolina
Jordin Canada: ‘Atlanta will be back. I guarantee that’
Howard: ‘We know that the playoffs is a whole new ball game’
Karl Smesko: ‘I want it to be an intimidating environment for our opponents coming in here’
Dream general manager Dan Padover: ‘In one year, for him to take a team and become a top team, that’s unbelievable to me’
Hillmon: ‘Our defense really fuels us’
