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HOOVER, Ala. — Since beginning play in the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Wednesday, LSU’s record-setting team has continued to accumulate milestones. The Tigers team with the most regular-season and SEC wins in school history became the quickest to win 50 games when it beat Alabama in an elimination game Friday, its 59th game of the … Continue reading →
In this video, Advocate sportswriter Matthew Harris takes a look at the key storylines in LSU's 3-1 victory against Arkansas in the SEC baseball semifinals. Continue reading →
From the first day he stepped behind the athletic director’s desk at LSU in 2008, Joe Alleva looked at Southeastern Conference football scheduling and saw something that didn’t seem quite right. It was, and is, the permanent opponent rule. It means that LSU has to play Florida, which holds the record for SEC Championship Game appearances with 10, every … Continue reading →
And how do we keep our balance? I can tell you in one word: tradition. Fiddler on the Roof At the Southeastern Conference office in Birmingham, Ala., Mike Slive fiddles. In his office on the sixth floor of the LSU athletic administration building, Joe Alleva burns. Slive has taken the SEC to … Continue reading →
The risk of writing more about Louisiana’s battle with federal fishery managers is boring readers to the point where they see little value in reading more about it, but as long as we continue to have the kind of federal management of red snapper that risk is small. Continue reading →
From the first day he stepped behind the athletic director’s desk at LSU in 2008, Joe Alleva looked at Southeastern Conference football scheduling and saw something that didn’t seem quite right. It was, and is, the permanent opponent rule. It means that LSU has to play Florida, which holds the record for SEC Championship Game appearances with 10, every … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Southern baseball team’s worn-out pitching staff came apart and its batters squandered scoring opportunities Friday as Prairie View A&M eliminated the Jaguars from the SWAC tournament with an 11-4 victory. SU, the top seed out of the West Division, was playing its third game in 28 hours and coming … Continue reading →
METAIRIE — San Diego, Oakland, Tennessee, Philadelphia and Atlanta — especially Atlanta — never had a chance. Not when free agent cornerback Keenan Lewis was being peppered with texts from his mother, Muriel, to “Sign! Sign! Sign!” while he was at Saints headquarters. The O. Perry Walker graduate was there to negotiate what ended up … Continue reading →
MEMPHIS — Tim Duncan scored the first five points of overtime, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 Saturday night and move a win away from the NBA Finals. The Spurs grabbed a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals and now have won five straight … Continue reading →
DENHAM SPRINGS — The lack of pressure in all-star games can sometimes produce lackluster intensity, but the West squad might have been guilty of pressuring itself too much in the second game of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association/Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association All-Star weekend. The West squad committed seven errors through four innings, but settled … Continue reading →
Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan addresses the media after the team's OTA workout at its practice facility in Metairie on Thursday. Continue reading →
In this "The Advocate: Sports Report" podcast, former major leaguer Russ Johnson talks with Advocate Online Sports Editor Pierce W. Huff about playing for legendary LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman, being a member of the Tigers' 1993 NCAA championship team, changing his priorities in life and some of his former teammates like New York Yankees Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Continue reading →
LAFAYETTE — A sign near the entrance of M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field lists benchmarks met by Louisiana-Lafayette baseball through the years. Given the program’s accomplishments include six Sun Belt Conference regular-season titles, two super regional appearances and one College World Series berth, it is hard not to notice the Ragin’ Cajuns have just one Sun … Continue reading →
Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert won’t be the only headliners on the LSU campus this weekend. For LSU football fans, the Bayou Country Superfest at Tiger Stadium will merely be the sound track for the Bayou Picnic recruiting event Saturday on the LSU campus. The Bayou Picnic will allow LSU coaches to entertain some of … Continue reading →
INDIANAPOLIS — Dario Franchitti says he doesn’t look at the numbers or concern himself with where he stacks up on the list of all-time greats. If he did, the four-time IndyCar champion would see he is in very heady company. Currently tied with Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy for seventh on the all-time wins list, … Continue reading →
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