Les Miles is out as the head football coach at Kansas as a result of the reports that surfaced last week accusing Miles of sexual misconduct at LSU. Miles’ attorney has denied the allegations made against his client that were investigated in 2013. The former Tigers coach allegedly tried kissing a student and performing unwanted touching. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Kansas had no choice but to let him go…
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Tulane’s Willie Fritz and Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz are possible candidates to replace Miles as the next Jayhawks head coach.
In basketball news, the Southland begins its conference tournament today as Southeastern Louisiana faces McNeese. Nicholls State’s Austin Claunch has been named the Southland Coach of the Year while Ty Gordon has been named newcomer of the year after averaging almost 15 points per game this season.
After losing a weekend series to Oral Roberts, the 15th ranked LSU Baseball team returns to the diamond tonight to begin a five-game week as they will host Texas Southern. After scoring one run in a loss on Sunday, Coach Paul Mainieri is eager for Cade Doughty to return to the starting line-up after missing the weekend series with a left shoulder injury…
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Freshman left-handed pitcher Javen Coleman will be on the mound for the Tigers in his second start of the season.
Louisiana Tech Athletics announced that the upcoming home baseball series against Arkansas and Ole Miss at JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park are sold out. The Bulldogs will host the top-ranked Razorbacks Friday through Sunday before a two-game series against Ole Miss next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tulane will host Southern on the diamond tonight in New Orleans at 6 p.m.
The Ragin Cajuns baseball team will travel to Starkville to take on Mississippi State tomorrow night.