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• $$$ Best Bets: NCAA Basketball National Championship

  April 3, 2026 11:33 AM

  Hunter McCann has this weekend's Best Bet$ for March Madness, MLB, college baseball, the NBA and NHL! Friday Women's College Basketball (Final Four): South Carolina @ UConn: South Carolina +7.5 Texas @ UCLA: UCLA +1.5 MLB: Dodgers @ Nationals: Dodgers -1.5 Cardinals @ Tigers: Tigers ML... more »

• LSU has 15 former players on preliminary rosters for 2026 MLB Spring Breakout; tied for most in country Play Video

  March 6, 2026 8:04 AM

  BATON ROUGE — LSU has 15 former players on the preliminary rosters for the 2026 MLB Spring Breakout. Tied with Tennessee, LSU has the most former players appearing on the 40-man rosters for the third annual Spring Breakout games played from March 19-22. The games showcase the future of... more »

• MLB will use robot umpires in 2026 Play Video

  September 24, 2025 7:59 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved the use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but... more »

• Baton Rouge-based sports equipment company Marucci holds campus tour Play Video

  September 12, 2025 4:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Marucci Sports, a Baton Rouge-based sports equipment company that became the official bat of the MLB, hosted a campus tour Friday. The event happened at 10 a.m., and attendees included LSU baseball head coach Jay Johnson and Congresswoman Julia Letlow. The event also included an... more »

• LSU to be featured in MLB The Show 25 in 'Road to the Show' mode

  February 4, 2025 3:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE — LSU baseball will be featured in the newest edition of the hit baseball video game MLB The Show , developers revealed in a trailer Tuesday. The Tigers will be featured as part of the baseball simulator's "Road to the Show" game mode, allowing players to take... more »

• Livvy Dunne, Paul Skenes joining College Football Gameday panel as guest pickers for LSU-Alabama game Play Video

  November 7, 2024 2:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE — LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne and former LSU baseball player Paul Skenes will be the guest pickers on ESPN's College Football Gameday when it comes to Baton Rouge for the LSU-Alabama football game on Saturday, On3 Sports reports. Dunne and Skenes, who are dating, will join Nick... more »

• Paul Skenes announced as starting pitcher for National Team in MLB All-Star Game Play Video

  July 12, 2024 12:09 PM

  ARLINGTON, Texas — Former LSU pitcher Paul Skenes will be the starting pitcher for the National League at the MLB All-Star Game next week. Skenes, who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates, will start at the All-Star Game on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, the Pirates announced Friday. According to... more »

• $$$ Best Bets: "OMAHA, OMAHA!" -Peyton Manning $$$ Play Video

  June 14, 2024 2:17 PM

  Hunter McCann has the best bets for MLB matchups, the NBA Finals, the College World Series and the Stanley Cup Finals! Friday NBA Finals: Celtics @ Mavericks: Mavericks ML MLB: Yankees @ Red Sox: Yankees ML Rays @ Braves: Braves -1.5... more »

• Baton Rouge-based sports equipment company Marucci becomes official bat provider of MLB Play Video

  June 7, 2024 4:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge-based sports equipment company Marucci Sports LLC announced Friday that it has entered into a license agreement with Major League Baseball for its Marucci and Victus brands to exclusively be the official bats of MLB. Marruci Sports was launched in 2009 by former LSU and... more »

• Southern baseball coach Kerrick Jackson leaving the program for job with Major League Baseball

  November 29, 2020 11:39 PM

  Sources tell WBRZ that Southern head coach Kerrick Jackson will be leaving the program for a job with Major League Baseball. Since coming to the Bluff in 2018, Jackson has amassed almost 50 wins in three seasons. The Jags made the Starkville Regional in 2019, the same year... more »

• Alex Bregman to make appearance at LSU-Arkansas game

  November 6, 2017 3:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Former LSU Baseball Star and current Houston Astro Alex Bregman says he will be at this weekend's home football game vs Arkansas. Bregman confirmed his planned appearance during an "Ask Me Anything" thread on Reddit Monday. When asked if he plans to visit LSU for any... more »

• MLB, MLBPA players donate $250k to assist flood victims

  August 30, 2016 12:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced that they are teaming up to contribute $250,000 to assist flood victims that were impacted by the historic floods in several parts of Louisiana. The contribution is being divided among three charitable organizations lending assistance... more »

• Alex Bregman stars in MLB All Star Futures game

  July 10, 2016 11:18 PM

  SAN DIEGO - Alex Bregman appears to be headed towards the Major Leagues sooner than later, and he's destroying all the pitching in his path along the way. The latest victims: pitchers from the World team at the Futures All Star Game Sunday night. Bregman went 3-5 -... more »

• MLB teams allowed to use iPads in dugout all season

  March 30, 2016 11:50 AM

  NEW YORK - After allowing iPad Air 2s with restrictions in dugouts during the final two weeks of last season and the postseason under a pilot program, Major League Baseball reached a deal with Apple that gives iPad Pros to all teams this year along with a new scouting, analytics... more »

• Former SLU Lion Wade Miley traded to Mariners

  December 7, 2015 4:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Former Southeastern Louisiana University standout Wade Miley will play for his third MLB team in 2016. The left-hander was traded to the Seattle Mariners Monday afternoon. In 2015, Miley's first and only season with the Boston Red Sox, the southpaw had a rough April, but rebounded... more »