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Rod Walker: As good as Pelicans' season was, plenty of improvement needed to compete in rugged West

BY ROD WALKER | Sports columnist
3 hrs ago

Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin would have preferred not to be standing in front of microphones and media members Tuesday in the team's practice facility.

Saints legend Steve Gleason and Michel Varisco: a love story born at New Orleans Jazz Fest

BY STEVE GLEASON and JEFF DUNCAN
3 hrs ago

(The following is an excerpt from former New Orleans Saints standout Steve Gleason’s new book “A Life Impossible,” released April 30 by Alfred A. Knopf Publishing.)

How Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews and LSU's 2023 stars are performing in the minor leagues

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
4 hrs ago

One of the biggest storylines in Major League Baseball this season is about a player who has yet to make it there.

LSU baseball vs. Texas A&M: How to watch the Tigers go for their first sweep in SEC play

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
4 hrs ago

LSU baseball is going for its first sweep in Southeastern Conference play this weekend after winning the opening two games of its three game series against Texas A&M.

West Feliciana's Tristen Harris keeps her foot on the gas to win two sprint races

BY CHARLES SALZER | Contributing writer
11 hrs ago

Maintaining speed and powering through the finish line evolved from a primary thought process into a mission accomplished for West Feliciana’s Tristen Harris at the LHSAA Class 4A girls track …

Scotlandville, Scotlandville. See how Hornets swept LHSAA Class 5A titles

BY ROBIN FAMBROUGH | Staff writer
11 hrs ago

It was a sweet sweep for Scotlandville.

LSU softball team finds an offensive splurge to take down Liberty

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated 11 hrs ago

In the midst of a teamwide offensive slump, LSU softball coach Beth Torina encouraged her players to think about scoring runs and not hitting.

LSU beach volleyball team upsets Stanford before falling in NCAA semifinals to UCLA

12 hrs ago

LSU beach volleyball

Louisiana's indoor shrimp season opening May 16

Joe Macaluso
13 hrs ago

Thursday’s Wildlife and Fisheries Commission vote to open the spring inshore shrimp season on the same day — 6 a.m. May 16 — was unusual considering past years when the major coastal basins op…

Hanging 'em up: H&H founder Bill Humphreys Sr. retiring after 65 years

BY JOE MACALUSO | Contributing writer
13 hrs ago

By the time most men hit age 87, they are long into retirement, long into crossing out want-to-do adventures from their bucket lists, long past what anyone could, would or should believe a man…

Check out the Outdoors calendar for fishing tournament schedules and meetings

Joe Macaluso
13 hrs ago

WEDNESDAY

Christian Little, Luke Holman hold down Texas A&M as LSU earns series victory over No. 1 team

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
13 hrs ago

LSU came into this season as a top 5 team in the nation, according to D1 Baseball, for a reason.

Mystik Dan, Lafayette jockey bring Kentucky Derby win home to Louisiana in photo finish

By ELIZABETH DEAL and JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writers
13 hrs ago

A race horse with Louisiana ties and a jockey from Lafayette came out on top in a photo finish Saturday at the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Churchill Downs.

Parkview overcomes early adversity to sweep Notre Dame, earn semifinal berth

BY WILLIAM WEATHERS | Contributing writer
14 hrs ago

Parkview Baptist baseball coach Phillip Hawke didn’t mind the early adversity.

Southern baseball looks to start late-season push against struggling Alcorn State

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated 14 hrs ago

The Southern baseball team has hit another low spot in the season, but this week provided some extra time off to try and make a push in the final three weeks before the Southwestern Athletic C…

St. Amant baseball drops quarterfinal series to Benton after losing a close deciding game

By REED DARCEY | Staff writer
Updated 10 hrs ago

St. Amant's baseball team evened its Division I nonselect quarterfinals series against No. 13 Benton on Saturday but fell 1-0 in the deciding Game 3.

Check out Classes 5A, 4A results from the final day of the LHSAA state track meet

Updated 8 hrs ago

at LSU-Bernie Moore Stadium

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16 hrs ago

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18 hrs ago

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Timberwolves vs Nuggets Game 1 prediction: Who takes the lead in the series opener?

BY COREY LONG | Contributing writer
18 hrs ago

The Western Conference semifinals begin tonight at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. It's arguably the most anticipated matchup of the NBA Playoffs between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves.

UFC 301 predictions: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Steve Erceg odds, preview

by GABE HENDERSON | Staff writer
19 hrs ago

UFC 301 marks the return of the sport to pay-per-view following an exciting UFC 300 event back in mid-April. This exciting evening will feature a heavy dosage of Brazilian competitors with the…

Kentucky Derby 2024 predictions, picks, longshots

By THOMAS CASALE | Sports Betting Director
Updated 23 hrs ago

The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby takes place on Saturday, May 4 with 20 horses competing in the Run for the Roses. Bettors love the Kentucky Derby because the odds offer opportunities f…

Alex Milazzo started six straight games for LSU at catcher. Here's how he helped his pitchers

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
May 4, 2024

For six consecutive games, LSU needed Alex Milazzo to step up to the plate, literally and figuratively.

Pelicans and Thunder hit the reset button at the same time. So why has OKC zoomed ahead?

BY CHRISTIAN CLARK | Staff writer
Updated 11 hrs ago

Within a one-month span in the summer of 2019, Anthony Davis, Paul George and Russell Westbrook got traded.

LSU baseball vs. Texas A&M: How to watch Game 2 of the Tigers' massive series

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
May 4, 2024

LSU baseball will try to earn a massive victory in Southeastern Conference play on Saturday when the Tigers face off against Texas A&M in Game 2 of their series with the Aggies.

Scott Rabalais: As Tiger Stadium turns 100, we're writing a book and need your help

BY SCOTT RABALAIS | Sports columnist
Updated 11 hrs ago

The great John Madden once wrote a football book with the equally great New York Times sports columnist Dave Anderson titled, “Hey, Wait a Minute (I Wrote a Book!).”

LSU's bats were still a bit quiet vs. Liberty — but pitcher Sydney Berzon was dominant, too

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 3, 2024

LSU pitcher Sydney Berzon continued her trend of minimizing the effect of her teams’ offensive issues Friday.

Josh Pearson's double leads LSU to massive win over Texas A&M, the top team in the country

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
Updated May 3, 2024

The big hit has evaded LSU for almost all of Southeastern Conference play.