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.
View ArticleGame 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.
View ArticleOU'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.
View ArticleLouisville 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.
View ArticleNo 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.
View ArticleNew 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.
View ArticleNew 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.
View ArticleRonald 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.
View ArticleShaq, 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.
View ArticleWalker 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.
View ArticleManning Passing Academy signals end of football's offseason
The Manning Passing Academy arguably launches the countdown to football season.
View ArticleRice'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.
View ArticleFormer 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.
View ArticleCharles Carmouche Signs With Australian Team
The whirlwind journey of New Orleans native Charles Carmouche is headed to Sydney, Australia.
View ArticleResearch 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.
View ArticleLosing 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...
View ArticleHometown 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.
View ArticleHow 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.
View ArticleTulane’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.
View ArticleSun 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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