LSU will host West Virginia in a best-of-three Super Regional series this weekend. The Mountaineers went 3-and-0 with wins over Clemson and Kentucky to secure the Clemson regional title. Voice of the Mountaineers Andrew Caridi says the Tigers will welcome a battle-tested group.

Cut 16 (16) “…pretty good season.”

Game one at The Box is set for 1:00 Saturday.

Game one of the NBA Finals between the Thunder and Pacers is tonight at 7:30. Behind league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC is a heavy favorite over the upstart Pacers, but Indiana’s speed and high-powered offense were enough to propel the four-seed to the Finals. Neither franchise has ever won an NBA championship.

Texas took game one of the Women’s College World Series championship in a 2-1 victory over Texas Tech. The Longhorns trailed 1-nothing in the bottom of the sixth when, with runners on second and third, Red Raiders ace Nijaree Canady tried to intentionally walk Texas catcher Reese Atwood. Canady’s pitch caught too much plate, and Atwood roped a single to left field, driving in the two decisive runs.

After Saints quarterback Derek Carr’s retirement was made official Tuesday, the 34-year-old spoke to Front Office Sports about the move. Facing surgery on his throwing shoulder, Carr said he didn’t want to “just sit there…and take the Saints’ money.” Carr was under contract for another year with New Orleans, worth $30 million guaranteed.

New Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said he plans on keeping some familiar faces in the building. Former first overall pick Zion Williamson has struggled to be the face of the franchise since being drafted in 2019. Injuries and off-court issues have left his future with the team uncertain at times, but Dumars said he has no plans to move on from the talented 24-year-old. Dumars said Head Coach Willie Green will continue to lead the team.

Later today, West Virgina arrives in Baton Rouge for its Super Regional series against the LSU Tigers, which will begin on Saturday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium. The Mountaineers are 44-14 under first-year head coach Steve Sabins, who spent nine years as an assistant in Morgantown. LSU Coach Jay Johnson told Tiger Rag Radio he looked at hiring Sabins as an assistant coach at LSU and he is not underestimating the Mountaineers…

Cut 18 (18) “….to win”

West Virginia does not hit a lot of home runs, but they put the ball in play and get on base.

The Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations, Joe Dumars, told Rod Walker of the Times Picayune that there are no plans to trade Zion Williamson. Dumars says he’s had some real direct and honest conversations with Zion who has not been able to reach his full potential because of injuries and off-the-court issues.

The NBA Finals begin tonight as Oklahoma City hosts the Indiana Pacers at 7:30 PM.

Texas topped Texas Tech in game one of the Women’s College World Series championship series. Reese Atwood had two-run single and Teagan Kavan outpitched Jaree Canady.

Former LSU baseball player J-C Holt has been named Coach of the Year in Class B. Holt led Pitkin to a state championship in baseball last month and his son, Gavin, is the Class B Player of the Year. Holt with .410 with 27 RBIS.

The Class B softball player of the year is Cali Deal from Quitman. The LSU signee was 9-4 in the circle with 143 strikeouts, and she hit .278 with 24 RBIs as Quitman won a state title. Stanley’s Josh Foshee was named Coach of the Year.

LSU will host West Virginia in a Super Regional series this weekend in large part thanks to an outstanding performance from Tigers D-H Ethan Frey in Monday’s Regional Championship game versus Little Rock. Frey went 4-for-4 with four RBI, batting second in the order- a spot usually reserved for first baseman Jared Jones. LSU Coach Jay Johnson says the risk played out exactly as he expected…

Cut 18 (15) “…batter’s box.”

With top-seeded Vanderbilt and Texas eliminated, sixth-ranked LSU is the current favorite to win the College World Series. Third-ranked Arkansas will host Tennessee in a Super Regional this weekend, while four-seeded Auburn welcomes Coastal Carolina and fifth-ranked UNC hosts Arizona.

Former LSU left tackle Will Campbell has agreed to terms on a 4-year, $43.66 million fully guaranteed rookie contract with the Patriots. Campbell was the fourth overall pick in this year’s draft.

New Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars says he doesn’t have any plans to move Zion this offseason, amidst trade rumors and a recent lawsuit against the star forward. Dumars also announced he’d be sticking with Head Coach Willie Green for at least another season. Zion and the Pelicans have been plagued with injuries over Green’s four-year tenure in New Orleans. The Pels had made the play-in tournament each year under Green with two playoff appearances before an abysmal 21-and-61 season last year.

Former Southern Miss assistant women’s basketball coach Jessica Barber has been named director of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association. Barber is the first female director of the LHSCA and the fourth in the association’s history.

The Southland Conference has announced it will be moving to a nine-game conference football schedule for the 2026 season.

LSU Coach Jay Johnson brought big changes to the lineup for the Tigers’ must-win 10-6 victory over Little Rock Monday night. Slugging first baseman Jared Jones was moved from second in the order to sixth due to a hitting slump. D-H Ethan Frey moved up to replace him, and shortstop Steven Milam followed third after batting fifth and sixth Sunday. Johnson says it was now or never.

Cut 17 (15)  “…take a risk”

Frey helped the risk pay off, going 4-for-4 with four RBI from the two-hole, and Jones hit a game-sealing two-run shot in the ninth inning from the six-spot/

LSU will host West Virginia in a best-of-three Super Regional this weekend. Game one is set for 1 p.m. Saturday.

Derek Carr’s retirement is official after the Saints placed him on the reserve-retired list yesterday. The same day as his retirement, second-year cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry switched his jersey number to Carr’s number four. Free agent wideout Donovan Peoples-Jones will take McKinstry’s former number 14.

Pirates ace Paul Skenes tallied his sixth loss of the season last night despite giving up just one run and three hits over eight innings. Skenes also walked one and struck out eight in the 3-0 loss to the Astros.

The Women’s College World Series Championship between 6-seeded Texas and 12-seeded Texas Tech kicks off tonight. The Red Raiders are led by former UL-Lafayette skipper Gerry Glasco, who left the Cajuns for improved NIL opportunities in Lubbock. Those opportunities turned into a record setting over $1 million deal for 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year pitcher NiJaree Canady (NY-juh-ree Can-uh-dee). Canady has a dominant 32- and-5 record this season and willed the Red Raiders through Super Regionals and the WCWS, pitching five straight complete games- all wins. She’ll start again tonight at 7:00.

I’m Jeanne Bruns, and this Louisiana Radio Network sportscast is brought to you by the Louisiana Department of Health. When gambling is more than a game, no one wins…

Many LSU fans were nervous when the Tigers were down by four runs to Little Rock on Monday night, but Coach Jay Johnson had faith his team would come back. Johnson didn’t have an in-game team meeting and explained why after the 10-6 win over the Trojans…

Cut 16 (18) “…lose tonight”

It was career win number 500 for Johnson, and he says it’s a game he will never forget.

LSU’s next game is Saturday at 1 PM versus West Virginia in the Super Regionals.

It’s officially official, the Saints have placed quarterback Derek Carr on the reserve-retired list.

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A lawsuit was filed against Pelicans star Zion Williamson last week accusing him of rape and sexual assault. Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson addressed the suit for the first time yesterday. Kace Kieschnick has more.

Cut 3 (31) “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”

Paul Skenes was a hard-luck loser again last night as he allowed just one run in eight innings as the Pirates lost to the Astros three to nothing.

And the Southland Conference will move to a nine-game conference schedule next season.

LSU claimed the Baton Rouge Regional title with a late night 10-6 win over Little Rock to advance to Super Regionals. The Trojans quieted the crowd at Alex Box stadium early with a five run second inning, but the Tigers battled back to a 7-6 lead in the top of the ninth. With the lead off man aboard and no outs first baseman Jared Jones hammered a two-run shot to center field to take a three-run lead. Coach Jay Johnson was animated in the dugout…

Cut 19 (18) “…play of the game.”

Prior to last night’s game Jones had just two hits in five games this postseason and hadn’t homered since May 17^th in the regular season finale against South Carolina. The Tigers will host a Super Regional versus West Virginia with game one set for 1 p.m. Saturday

Super Bowl 59 generated $1.25 billion for Louisiana. New Orleans and Miami are tied for the most Super Bowls hosted at 11 each, but before this year it had been 12 years since the big game made its way back to the Big Easy. Saints owner Gayle Benson says work is already underway to make sure fans don’t have to wait that long again…

Cut 14 (14) “…than New Orleans.”

Super Bowl 65 in 2031 has been identified as the primary target for the record 12th appearance.

New Orleans is also seeking to attract the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV golf league with a proposed $7 million incentive package to attract the league. $2.2 of that package would go towards improving City Park’s Bayou Oaks golf course to host the tournament as soon as next summer. Officials estimate LIV could generate about $60 million in activity and is unlikely to hurt the city’s iconic Zurich Classic held at the end of April each year.

The LSU baseball team rallied from four runs down last night to beat Little Rock 10 to six and advance to the Super Regionals. Freshman right-hander Casan Evans allowed one run over six innings and struck out 12. Rosepine’s Ethan Frey had four hits and drove in four runs, including a three-run double in the fourth inning to get the Alex Box crowd back in it…

Cut 17 (17) “…. unbelievable”

Jared Jones put the game out of reach with a two-run homer in the ninth. Jones has been struggling at the plate and Coach Jay Johnson was fired up after seeing the ball go over the wall…

Cut 20 (16) “…of the game”

LSU will host West Virginia in the Super Regionals starting on Saturday at 1 PM.

Big changes have been made with the U-L Lafayette softball program. Head coach Alyson Habetz has fired her hitting coach Shellie Landry and her pitching coach Shelbi Sunseri after the Cajuns failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.

Former Cajuns coach Gerry Glasco has guided Texas Tech to the Women’s College World Series Championship series. Glasco’s Red Raiders defeated Oklahoma three to two yesterday as the Sooners will not win a fifth straight national championship. Texas blanked Tennessee two to nothing and the championship series begins tomorrow night in Oklahoma City.

I’m Colleen Crain, and this Louisiana Radio Network sportscast is brought to you by the Louisiana Department of Health. When gambling is more than a game, no one wins…

The LSU baseball team is headed to the Super Regionals. But it was not easy. The Tigers fell behind 5-1 early in the game, but they rallied back for a ten-to-six win over a gutsy Little Rock team.

LSU got some big performances. Casan Evans struck out a season-high 12 in six innings of relief. At one point, he struck out nine in a row. Ethan Frey had four hits and drove in four runs and Luis Hernandez hit two home runs.

It’s win number 500 for Coach Jay Johnson who talked about Evans, Frey and Hernandez….

Cut 18 (16) “….of character”

LSU will play West Virginia in the Super Regionals in Baton Rouge.

In other Regional Action…North Carolina defeated Oklahoma 14-4 to advance to the Super Regionals. Tennessee topped Wake Forest 11 to 5 to win the Knoxville Regional and fourth-seeded Murray State held on for a 12-11 win over Ole Miss to win the Oxford Regional and the Racers are making their first-ever trip to the Supers.

The LSU-Shreveport Pilots received a heroes’ welcome yesterday as they were honored by Shreveport and Bossier City officials for their perfect season that concluded with the school’s first NAIA World Series Championship. Head Coach Brad Neffendorf says their accomplishments transcend baseball…

Cut 19 (11)  “…(applause).”

The celebration will continue as House Speaker Mike Johnson informed the team they will be honored by President Donald Trump at the White House.

The LSU baseball team will take on Little Rock with a trip to the Super Regionals on the line. The Tigers coasted through the first two games of the regional with 8-0 and 12—nothing shutouts over Little Rock and DBU before the Trojans got their revenge with a 10-4 shocker over LSU last night. Coach Jay Johnson says they need to get the momentum back…

Cut 29 (19) “…them do that.”

The Trojans finished 19-and-32 in the regular season and 8^th in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Tigers will be the away team for a second time at Alex Box. Game time is set for 8:00.

10-seeded Ole Miss and 14-seeded Tennessee also face winner-take-all regional championships today at 5:00. Ole Miss will take on Murray State who stunned the Rebels in their opening game of the Oxford regional. Ole Miss fought back through the loser’s bracket and dominated the Racers 19-8 yesterday to force the final contest. Tennessee controlled their regional with wins over Miami Ohio and Cincinnati before walking the winning run in against Wake Forest in a 7-6 loss last night.

Like Ole Miss, 16-seed Southern Miss will take on Miami in Hattiesburg after losing their opening game to Columbia and winning three straight to force a final matchup tonight at 8:00.

LSU Shreveport celebrated their historic 59-and-0 NAIA World Series winning season today. Head Coach Brad Neffendorf says their accomplishments transcend baseball…

Cut 13 (11)  “…(applause).”

The Pilots received an invitation to the White House to celebrate their national title during the festivities.

LSU was stunned in a 10-to-4 loss to four seeded Little Rock last night to force a final winner-take-all matchup tonight. The Tigers shut out the Trojans in their first meeting of the Baton Rouge regional Friday, but Little Rock battled back with a 22-run performance against Rhode Island Saturday, and an 8-to-6 victory over perennial mid-major powerhouse Dallas Baptist yesterday afternoon. LSU Coach Jay Johnson says the Trojans came to play…

Cut 13 (13)  “…performance by them.”

Little Rock is 27-and-33 on the season, but their recent form was more than enough to make the Tigers pay for some costly mistakes. 11 walks by the Tigers pitching staff and some timely hits by the Trojans were enough to put the game out of reach. First pitch in Alex Box is set for 8:00

The winner of tonight’s matchup between LSU and Little Rock will go on to face West Virginia upset Clemson in their own regional. The Mountaineers went 3-and-0 in Clemson and secured the Regional championship with a 13-to-12 comeback victory over Kentucky behind a six-run eighth inning.

Clemson is just one of five of the top 16 seeds so far who have been upset in their own Regional. Top two seeds Vanderbilt  and Texas fell to Wright State and UTSA. 7-seeded Georgia didn’t make it to the Athens Regional final, and 12-seeded Oregon failed to grab a single game in Eugene.

A celebration is being held today in downtown Shreveport for the LSU-Shreveport baseball team who completed a perfect 59-and-0 season with an NAIA World Series championship over Southeastern University out of Lakeland, Florida. The title is the first in program history and the unblemished season stands alone in college baseball history.

Louisiana Tech Athletics recorded their highest-ever term GPA. Tech student-athletes finished the spring quarter with a 3.336 grade point average. 13 of its 14 athletic rosters posted a GPA of at least 3.0.