A devastating blow to an LSU baseball team that’s already teetering as right fielder Jake Brown, is done for the season with a broken hamate bone. Tiger Rag Editor Glen Guilbeau says LSU’s offense is already struggling and now they will play the rest of the season without one of its best players…
Cut 6 (10) “….national championship”
The injury news does not stop with Brown, starting pitcher Cooper Moore is also out for the season with a stress fracture in his throwing elbow that will need surgery.
LSU leads the SEC in wild pitches with 59 on the season, which is 21 more than the second-most in the conference. Coach Jay Johnson says both the pitchers and catchers have to do a better.
LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade’s first transfer portal commitment is 6-foot-7, 220-pound small forward Mo Dioubate (dee-ah-BOT-Tay), from Kentucky. Dioubate has also played at Alabama, and between the two schools, he’s averaged six points and five rebounds a game for his career, mostly as a bench player. The New York native will be a senior next season.
One of the state’s best high school athletes, Braylon Calais, has committed to LSU. In the 2024 season, Calais helped Cecilia win a state championship in football. He is a freak of an athlete. At Ceclia, the four-star recruit plays running back, wide receiver, and the defensive secondary. LSU sees him as a receiver in college. He’s the fourth commitment for the 2027 Class.
Louisiana Tech and Conference USA have reportedly reached a settlement in principle as Tech looks to join the Sun Belt Conference this summer. A previous report said Tech would pay CUSA more than 8 million dollars so they can join the Sun Belt for the 2026-27 athletic season.