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Sports
Saints move forward without Drew Brees
Updated: 8:38 AM 5/22/2012
METAIRIE, La. - While Drew Brees holds out for a new contract, the Saints say they have the experience and leadership to have productive offseason practices even without their star quarterback. Right tackle Zach Strief says Brees is important to the Saints "in a million different ways, but it... (More) -
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SEC tournament begins in Hoover
Updated: 8:37 AM 5/22/2012
Day one of the SEC Tournament is underway as four-seed Kentucky battles with nine-seed Ole Miss this morning at Regions Park. Six-seed Arkansas and seven-seed Mississippi State square off in the second game of the day, with the lowest-seeded winner moving on to face top-seed LSU on Wednesday. ... (More) -
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Brandon Bass scores career playoff-high 27 points in Celtics win
Updated: 8:59 PM 5/21/2012
BOSTON - Brandon Bass scored 18 of his postseason career-high 27 points in the third quarter on Monday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away from the Philadelphia 76ers to win 101-85 and take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Kevin Garnett added 20 points and... (More) -
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SLU's Brock Hebert earns Southland honor
Updated: 2:52 PM 5/21/2012
FRISCO, Texas - Southeastern Louisiana second baseman Brock Hebert has been named the Southland Conference Player of the Year by a vote of league coaches and sports information directors, the league announced Monday in conjunction with the release of its all-conference teams. The junior was also named the league's hitter... (More) -
LSU Sports
LSU will start Aaron Nola in SEC opener
Updated: 2:06 PM 5/21/2012
BATON ROUGE - LSU coach Paul Mainieri said today that he will start freshman Aaron Nola in Wednesday's SEC tournament game in Hoover, Alabama. He wants Nola to throw just a couple of innings so that he could be available later in the tournament. Kevin Gausman will likely start... (More) -
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Raph Rhymes earns player of the year honor
Updated: 2:00 PM 5/21/2012
BATON ROUGE - Raph Rhymes wasn't even born when Alabama All-American David Magadan tore up the Southeastern Conference with a .525 batting average in 1983, but he has certainly drawn comparisons in his quest to hit .500 this season for the LSU Tigers. "Who can ever predict a player... (More) -
LSU Sports
LSU softball prepares for Super Regional play
Updated: 10:30 AM 5/21/2012
BATON ROUGE - The Tiger softball team is headed back to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time since 2007 with first-year head coach Beth Torina running the show.
LSU won all three games it played in the College Station Regional this past weekend, defeating top-eight national seed Texas A&M twice.
The Tigers will now head up to Columbia, Missouri looking for two more wins and a berth in the Women's College World Series.
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LSU Sports
Tiger baseball returns to practice as SEC champions
Updated: 10:17 AM 5/21/2012
BATON ROUGE - For the first time since 2003, the LSU Tigers are the outright SEC regular season champions, that after taking two of three games from South Carolina in the season finale series. The Tigers (42-14, 19-11 SEC) will practice this afternoon before departing tomorrow for Hoover, Alabama... (More) -
Sports
Heat even series with Pacers
Updated: 8:38 PM 5/20/2012
INDIANAPOLIS - LeBron James scored 40 points, superstar sidekick Dwyane Wade added 30 - 22 in the second half - and Miami's dynamic duo took over after halftime to bring the Heat even the series with a 101-93 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference... (More) -
LSU Sports
LSU softball wins NCAA regional!
Updated: 2:53 PM 5/20/2012
COLLEGE STATION, TX - For the first time since 2007, the LSU softball team will play in an NCAA Super Regional. The Tigers defeated Texas A&M, 2-1, today to win the College Station Regional. LSU senior Brittany Mack fired a complete game, giving up just the one run in... (More)
