Spring football is underway for the LSU Tigers as the first of 14 practices got underway today leading up to the Spring game on April 16th. The Tigers need to find two new starting offensive tackles. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says soon to be sophomore Toby Weathersby has a chance at one of those spots…
cut 15 (15) “…a starter’

It’s conference tournament week in college basketball…LSU plays Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the SEC tourney. In the Sun Belt…UL Lafayette is the four seed, while ULM is a two-seed and will not play until Saturday in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tourney. Louisiana Tech plays Thursday afternoon as they are in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament as a four-seed.

New Orleans native Peyton Manning gave a tearful goodbye to the NFL today. He announced his retirment after 18 seasons in professional football and two Super Bowl championships. Manning’s former high school teammate and current coach at Isidore Newman, Nelson Stewart, says he hops Manning remains involved in the NFL in some way, like ownership or broadcasting…
cut 11 (10) “…for him”
Manning is the only quarterback in NFL history to win Super Bowl titles with two different teams.

Despite winning all four of its games last week, LSU fell three spots in the USA Today Coaches Poll to number eight. The Ragin Cajuns tumbled 11 spots to 24th.

Louisiana Tech shortstop Chandler Hall has been named Hitter of the Week in Conference USA. The junior was 7-of-15 at the plate last week with a home run and six RBIs. The Bulldogs are at LSU tomorrow night.