The LSU Baseball team is back home in Baton Rouge with its eighth national championship. Hundreds of fans went to Alex Box Stadium yesterday to welcome the team home. When Coach Jay Johnson walked off the bus, he threw his arms up in the air. Johnson says this championship feels just as good as the one won in 2023…
Cut 9 (10) “….to be champions”
LSU Baseball Sports Information Director Bill Franques has been there for all eight championships and said it was emotional to see Skip Bertman on the field during the celebration in Omaha….
Cut 19 (13) “…ever has been”
The NBA draft this Thursday night and the Pelicans have the seventh and 23rd picks in the first round. The Pels are looking at adding talent in both the front court and back court. Rod Walker of NOLA-dot-com has New Orleans seven-foot-one center Khamen Maluach (Kah-mahn Mah-loo-ach) from Duke with the seventh overall pick. And with the 23rd overall pick, Walker has the Pels taking guard Walter Clayton Junior, who led the Florida Gators to a national championship.
Former Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday is on the move once again. The Boston Celtics have traded the two-time NBA champion to Portland for Anfernee Simons and two second round picks.
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey is serving jury duty this week. She was spotted among the pool of candidates to serve on a jury in Baton Rouge yesterday.
Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach Brooke Stoehr is reportedly receiving one year contract extension. Matt Belinson from the Ruston Leader says Stoehr is being rewarded for leading the Lady Techsters to the Great 8 of the WNIT and keep together a promising freshman class.