Lafayette’s Dustin Poirier’s final UFC fight ended on Saturday night in New Orleans with a loss to Max Holloway. Holloway won by unanimous decision. Poirier’s 16-year professional career ends with him tied for the fifth-most wins in UFC history with 22. Poirier on his legacy…
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Tragedy has hit the Edna Karr football program as one of their former players was killed in Cordova, Tennessee on Saturday night. Corey Adams helped Karr win a state championship last season and he was found fatally shot in a vehicle outside of a residence. He was set to play at Ole Miss this year.
The Saints report for training camp tomorrow and second-round pick and quarterback Tyler Shough finally signed a contract on Saturday. Shough has a fully guaranteed deal worth nearly 11 million dollars. Shough was the 40th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, and he’s the last player selected to receive a fully guaranteed contract.
Former LSU pitcher Anthony Eyanson has signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox Organization. The third-round pick received a one-point-seven-million-dollar signing bonus, nearly a million dollars higher than the slot value.
There’s excitement around the state for Louisiana Tech’s entrance into the Sun Belt Conference. The television play-by-play announcer for Ragin Cajuns Athletics Dan McDonald says the natural rivalries are already established…
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Tech will either enter the Sun Belt before the 2026 season or the 2027.