There will not be a debate involving the two candidates for U-S Senate. Andrew Greenstein explains.
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LSU lost another legend. Former basketball coach Dale Brown passed away at the age of 90 today. Kace Kieschnick reports…
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It will be the Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday morning in Paris. It’s the last time New Orleans will have to face Aaron Rodgers, the future hall of fame quarterback is expected to retire after this season. Saints Coach Kellen Moore says Rodgers’ is a master at using his pre-snap cadence…
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Pittsburgh ranks seventh in the NFL in total defense. Edge rushers T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith have combined for seven-and-a-half sacks this season, and they have not given up more than 28 points in a game all year. Moore says the Steelers always have a tough defense.
Kick-off Sunday is at 8:30.
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LSU goes on the road to Auburn tomorrow. First-year head coach’s squad is coming off an emotional upset win over top-ranked Georgia last week. ESPN’s Peter Burns says it has not gone well for teams coming off those big wins this year.
Auburn is led by South Florida transfer quarterback Byrum Brown. He threw for over three thousand yards and 28 touchdowns with only seven interceptions last year but has already matched that interception total in six games this year. Burns says Brown is one of the smartest people he’s met, but moving to the SEC is a big adjustment.
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In a week and a half, Louisiana will elect a new U-S Senator, it will be either Republican Julia Letlow or Democrat Jamie Davis. Davis has released a couple of polls that show he’s within striking distance of upsetting Letlow on November third….
Letlow, however, has called the polls that Davis paid for as “bogus.”
The only poll that counts is happening now, with early voting going on through Tuesday, and Election Day a week later.
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On Saturday, it’s the Acadiana Card Show at the Heymann Center in Lafayette. The inaugural event in August brought more than 22-hundred collectors from the Gulf South to Lafayette. Cofounder Cody Bergeron says they knew Acadiana needed something like this and the turnout in August was more than they expected…
Bergeron says the first show brought together people from all sides of the hoppy, some had been collecting for years and others were getting back into a hobby they loved as kids…
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The Acadiana Card Show will run from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Heymann Center and the admission is five dollars, kids 12 and under get in for free.
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Legendary LSU basketball coach Dale Brown passed away today at the age of 90. Brown led the Tigers for 25 years, making two Final Four appearances and winning four SEC championships. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says he was an advocate for basketball across the state.
Brown accumulated 448 wins while at LSU and led the Tigers to ten straight tournament appearances from 1983 to 1994. Guilbeau says the “Master Motivator” was also a master marketer. He says Brown turned LSU basketball into a nightly event.
Brown was known for his humanitarian work off the court. His foundation is dedicated to helping young people facing poverty, disabilities and broken homes. Guilbeau says he helped several families after Hurricane Katrina.