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Tigers, Cajuns Avoid Sweating Like Others on Selection Monday

LSU and Louisiana-Lafayette played in conference championship games Sunday with different results, but both knew going in they were not playing their final games of the season.

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Game Day, MLB Draft Don’t Mix for College Baseball

Even after one of the greatest games ever played in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, it wasn't all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows for LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

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OU's Oberste, Golloway create stir with Twitter posts on MLB Draft

In the hours after Oklahoma's 2-0 loss to LSU Friday night at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, things apparently got a little testy on Twitter.

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Louisville Athletics Wrapping Up The Best Year Ever?

On the eve of the College World Series, not surprisingly, the attention in these parts is on an LSU team back in Omaha for the first time in four years and chasing a seventh national championship.

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No Runs, No Hits, And One Spelling Error at CWS

Omaha's TD Ameritrade Park has provided the NCAA with lots of amazing amenities for the College World Series. Spell check, it appears, was not one of them.

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New Orleans Rates High For NBA Finals Game 7

For those who think New Orleans isn't a basketball town, here's a statistic that hoops supporters can use to shoot down that theory.

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New Orleans native Will Clark led another great Mississippi State team

Twenty-eight years ago this month, a sweet-swinging first baseman from New Orleans led an incredibly talented Mississippi State baseball team into the College World Series in Omaha.

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Ronald Ardoin carved his Hall of Fame career close to home

Ronald Ardoin is the seventh thoroughbred jockey to be honored with induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

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Shaq, New Museum Share Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Spotlight

The tallest guy in the room renamed the home of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, and when you're as big as Shaquille O'Neal, you can.

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Walker Native Josh Wall Part of Marlins-Dodgers Trade; Headed to Z's?

The Miami Marlins acquired three minor-league prospects, including Walker native Josh Wall, Saturday in exchange for pitcher Ricky Nolasco.

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Manning Passing Academy signals end of football's offseason

The Manning Passing Academy arguably launches the countdown to football season.

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Rice's Wayne Graham: College Baseball "Out of Balance"

Rice baseball coach Wayne Graham sent a letter Friday to several national college baseball writers and leaders of the sport that calls for immediate action to fix a lack of offense in the college game.

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Former Tulane Pitcher, Assistant Mohl Finalist for Tom Walter Inspiration Award

One of the eight finalists for the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Tom Walter College Baseball Inspiration award, named for the former UNO head coach, is a former Tulane player and assistant coach.

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Charles Carmouche Signs With Australian Team

The whirlwind journey of New Orleans native Charles Carmouche is headed to Sydney, Australia.

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Research Confirms It: Zephyr Field is a Pitcher's Park

Since Zephyr Field opened in 1997, it has been a pitcher's ballpark, even after the fences in left and center field were moved in. Now, there are numbers to back it up.

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Losing Two Good Men In Local Sports Media This Week

Much of my upbringing in the world of media was as a sports information director on college campuses. This week, Louisiana says goodbye to two of the best we've had serve in that position, for two...

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Hometown Heroes: Hill hot for D-Backs; Butler's big league debut brief

A rare type of injury slowed down former LSU infielder Aaron Hill this season, but the one-time all-star found his groove at the plate last week.

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How to Let Jerry Romig’s Dome Legacy Continue

Sometime around 10 p.m. Friday, Jerry Romig will step away from the microphone for the final time as public address announcer for the New Orleans Saints.

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Tulane’s Scofield has memories of Little League World Series

While millions of Americans are watching 12-year-olds play baseball in the Little League World Series this week, a Tulane football player has a different perspective.

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Sun Belt Maintains, and Increases, Commitment to New Orleans

Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson sat in the conference room of his new offices on the mezzanine level of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, recalling a time a decade earlier when he sat in the...

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