Fitch ordering city to deed over Smith-Wills (The Hank Aaron Sports Academy) property by September 30 | Anthony Warren and C.J. LeMaster

The Hank Aaron Sports Academy Stadium has been home of the Gulf Coast Conference (now the HBCU Athletic Conference) Baseball Championship tournament since 2022, located in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.  The facility is managed under contract by Timothy Bennett, CEO of Overtime Sports, a certified Small Minority Business Enterprise (SMBE).  Mr. Bennett is also Mississippi's first African American owner of a professional MLB affiliated team.

BREAKING NEWS: Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has ordered the city of Jackson to turn over the parcel where Smith-Wills Stadium is located by September 30 or face legal action. https://t.co/g231KLBRVC

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