The U-S men’s soccer team begins play tonight in the Word Cup as they face Paraguay. The United States will also face Australia and Turkey later this month in group play. Paul Boron (bore-ON) who does reporting for the Louisiana Soccer Association, says the Americans can certainly score, but have questions on defense…

Cut 11 (07) “…is a possibility”

USA’s matchup with Paraguay is set for 8 p.m. in Los Angeles.

The LSU men’s basketball program has officially announced four transfer portal additions to the roster. They are three-point specialist Abdi Bashir (OBB-dee- BUH-sheer) from Kansas State, SEC veteran forward Mo Dioubate (dee-OH-bah-tay) from Kentucky, former U-T-S-A guard Austin Nunez and six-three guard Divine Ugochukwu (oo-go-CHOO-koo) from Michigan State.

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A second baseman who played four seasons at Florida has committed to LSU. Cade Kurland was a freshman All-American in 2023 when he hit 17 home runs. Kurland hit 14 more home runs his sophomore campaign but was limited the last two seasons with shoulder and oblique injuries. Kurland could still decide to turn pro if he’s selected high enough in next month’s M-L-B draft.

The College World Series gets underway today in Omaha. The first game of the day is at 1 PM as West Virginia takes on Troy and then at six o’ clock tonight, Ole Miss faces North Carolina. Former LSU star and ESPN college baseball analyst Todd Walker says it’s a wide-open C-W-S…

Cut 18 (18) “…85-percent”