Louisiana Tech officially joins the Sun Belt Conference today, a move that will reduce travel costs and historical rivalries are renewed. Athletics Director Ryan Ivey says they are already seeing the impacts…

Cut 11 (12) “…of the schedule”

And no more football games on Tuesday or Thursday night. La Tech’s six home football games are on Saturday this season

Rivals Summer Signing Day is today, and several top recruits will announce their commitments. The Tigers are finalists for a trio of four-stars: Ruston High safety Jayden Anding, Texas cornerback Brandon Sherrard and Tennessee athlete Tae Walden Jr.. Anding is expected to join his brother Aiden at LSU.

Tonight at 7 PM, America will be tuning in as the U-S Men’s soccer team faces Bosnia in the knockout round of the World Cup.

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A Louisiana sports legend has passed away. Former Southern player and baseball coach Roger Cador has died at the age of 74 after a bout with brain cancer. Cador led the Southern program from 1984 until he retired in 2017. In his 33 seasons as a head coach, the Jaguars won 14 SWAC championships and won two HBCU National Championships in 2003 and 2005. In 2022, he was inducted into the American Baseball Coach Association Hall of Fame.

Former LSU running back Richard Murphy is arrested for allegedly causing a crash that killed two people. Police say the 39-year-old was driving recklessly on June 14th when he ran a red light in downtown Baton Rouge and killed 94-year-old Robert Tarver and his 69-year-old daughter-in-law Carla Tarver. The 2007 national champion from Rayville is facing two counts of vehicular homicide and authorities suspect he was impaired.