Les Miles is out as the head football coach at Kansas University as a result of the reports that surfaced last week where Miles acted inappropriately with female students at LSU and was told to quit texting them. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says the 67-year-old’s coaching days are likely over…
cut 6 (10) “…yeah”
Miles’ attorney has denied the allegations that were investigated in 2013 that include kissing a student and performing unwanted touching.

Former LSU President F-King Alexander said in a letter to students and faculty at Oregon State where he is now the president that he regrets not taking stronger action against Coach Miles in 2013.

The Saints have slapped the franchise tag on safety Marcus Williams. This prevents Williams from becoming a free agent and the Black and Gold can still try to sign him to a long term deal.

The 15th ranked LSU baseball team hosts Texas Southern to begin a five-game week. The Tigers enter tonight’s game with a 9-3 record. Coach Paul Mainieri says despite the weekend series loss to Oral Roberts, starting pitchers A-J Labas (Lay-bus) and Landon  Marceaux (Mar-so) have pitched well so far.

The Tigers will start freshman left-hander Javen Coleman tonight. Also tonight, La Tech hosts ULM. Southern visits Tulane and Grambling is at fourth-ranked Mississippi State.

Despite leading the SEC in scoring, Cam Thomas was not named SEC Freshman of the Year. Instead that honor goes to Moses Moody of Arkansas.

Louisiana Tech’s Eric Konkol has been named Conference USA Coach of the Year, while Kenneth Lofton was named the league’s freshman of the year.

The Pelicans return from their NBA-Allstar Game break Thursday night with a game against the Timberwolves.

Les Miles is out as the head football coach at Kansas as a result of the reports that surfaced last week accusing Miles of sexual misconduct at LSU.  Miles’ attorney has denied the allegations made against his client that were investigated in 2013. The former Tigers coach allegedly tried kissing a student and performing unwanted touching. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Kansas had no choice but to let him go…

Cut 7 (12) “any level”

Tulane’s Willie Fritz and Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz are possible candidates to replace Miles as the next Jayhawks head coach.

In basketball news, the Southland begins its conference tournament today as Southeastern Louisiana faces McNeese. Nicholls State’s Austin Claunch has been named the Southland Coach of the Year while Ty Gordon has been named newcomer of the year after averaging almost 15 points per game this season.

After losing a weekend series to Oral Roberts, the 15th ranked LSU Baseball team returns to the diamond tonight to begin a five-game week as they will host Texas Southern. After scoring one run in a loss on Sunday, Coach Paul Mainieri is eager for Cade Doughty to return to the starting line-up after missing the weekend series with a left shoulder injury…

Cut 16 (12) “…(x2) yesterday”

Freshman left-handed pitcher Javen Coleman will be on the mound for the Tigers in his second start of the season.

Louisiana Tech Athletics announced that the upcoming home baseball series against Arkansas and Ole Miss at JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park are sold out.  The Bulldogs will host the top-ranked Razorbacks Friday through Sunday before a two-game series against Ole Miss next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tulane will host Southern on the diamond tonight in New Orleans at 6 p.m.

The Ragin Cajuns baseball team will travel to Starkville to take on Mississippi State tomorrow night.

Les Miles is out as the head football coach at Kansas after allegations of inappropriate behavior with female student workers while he was the head coach at LSU. In a statement, Miles said it’s a difficult day for him and his family. The 67-year-old was 3-and-18 in two seasons at Kansas and the team failed to win a game in 2020. Tulane’s Willie Fritz and Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz are possible candidates to replace Miles.

Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge, a student-led organization performed a sit-in in the driveway of the LSU Football Operations Center yesterday as the students called for the firing of athletic administrators Verge Ausberry and Miriam Segar after an extensive report showed how LSU mishandled sexual misconduct cases….
cut 23 (10) “…cover ups”
LSU interim president Thomas Galligan says there are no plans to change the disciplinary decisions.

LSU baseball has dropped from eighth to 20th in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll after the Tigers dropped a weekend series to Oral Roberts. LSU Coach Paul Mainieri says he’s looking for more consistency from his bullpen. He says Blake Money has looked good and so have a couple of the other new relievers…
cut 17 (15) “…bit more”
The Tigers host Texas Southern tonight. Also tonight, La Tech hosts ULM. Southern visits Tulane and Grambling is at fourth-ranked Mississippi State.

In basketball, the Southland begins its conference tournament today as Southeastern Louisiana faces McNeese. Nicholls Austin Claunch has been named the Southland Coach of the Year while Ty Gordon has been named newcomer of the year.

The U-L Lafayette women’s basketball team lost in the Sun Belt Tournament Championship. They’ll have to wait until next Monday to see if they are in the NCAA Tournament.

A sit-in of about 100 students formed this morning outside of LSU’s Football Operations Building. Brooke Thorington has more.
Cut 2 (36) …I’m Brooke Thorington.”

In the Husch Blackwell report, a 70-year-old Mercedes-Benz Superdome security guard accused Guice of agressively sexually harassing her at a high school football championship game in December 2017. Guice still played for LSU and the school was told of the incident, but Guice was not displined.

The LSU men’s basketball team is the three-seed in the SEC Tournament that begins Wednesday in Nashville, but the Tigers do not have to play until Friday. Coach Will Wade wants to make a run in the tournament…
cut 18 (15) “…for us”
The Tigers will play either Ole Miss or South Carolina in Friday night’s quarterfinal matchup.

The U-L Lafayette women’s basketball team lost 73-65 today to Troy in the Sun Belt Tournament women’s title game. The Lady Cajuns are 17-9 and will have to wait until next Monday to find out if they made the NCAA Tournament.

LSU baseball has tumbled in the polls after dropping a series to Oral Roberts. The Tigers are ranked 21st by D-1 baseball, dropping ten spots from last week and no longer ranked by Baseball America.

The attorney for Les Miles says it’s deeply disturbing that Kansas has put Miles on administrative leave after reports surfaced last week that he acted inappropriately with female students while at LSU. Miles’ attorney Peter Ginsberg says when LSU investigated Miles in 2013 they could not find evidence he kissed a student worker or offered to take her to a hotel. Legal analyst Tim Meche says Miles’s 3-and-18 record at Kansas is likely a factor in being placed on administrative leave…
Cut 4 (11) “…600 people.”
Kansas says they want to use this time to review two reports that investigated the allegations.

LSU baseball has taken a tumble in the polls after dropping two of three to Oral Robers. The Tigers are now ranked 21st by D-1 baseball, dropping ten spots. LSU is no longer ranked by Baseball America.

The LSU men’s basketball team outscored Missouri 19-12 in the final six minutes on Saturday and went on to beat Mizzou 86-80 to claim the three seed in this week’s SEC tournament in Nashville. Coach Will Wade was pleased with getting this victory on the road
Cut 16 (16) “…good start.”
So the Tigers will play either Ole Miss or South Carolina on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

The Ragin Cajuns were eliminated from the Sun Belt Tournament last night as they fell to Georgia State 84-73.

Nicholls’ Austin Claunch was named Southland Coach of the Year today as he led the Colonels to their first outright regular-season conference championship since 1998. Nicholls guard Ty Gordon, a transfer from Troy, is the Newcomer of the Year as he’s averaging 16 points a game.

Tough weekend for the eighth-ranked LSU baseball team as they dropped a series to Oral Roberts, who had won just two games heading in the weekend. Yesterday, the Golden Eagles held LSU to six hits in a three-to-one win. Tigers Coach Paul Mainieri…
cut 29 (09) “…move forward”

Runs were not a problem for Louisiana Tech yesterday as the Bulldogs blew out McNeese 14-4 in eight innings to complete the sweep of the Cowboys. Hunter Wells and Manny Garcia combined for nine hits, two home runs and seven RBIs.

Southern swept Grambling, ULM took two of three from Nicholls and the Ragin Cajuns took two of three from Houston Baptist.

The Saints have restructured the contracts of linebacker Demario Davis and Cam Jordan. The two moves reportedly saved the team more than 13-million dollars towards the salary cap. And the Black and Gold have signed running back Ty Montgomery to a one-year deal.

The LSU men’s basketball team will be the three-seed in this week’s SEC Tournament after dribbling past Missouri 86-80 on Saturday. Coach Will Wade says it was nice to win a close game and execute down the stretch…
cut 17 (19) “…tournament time”
LSU will play either Ole Miss or South Carolina on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tourney.

The Ragin Cajuns were eliminated from the Sun Belt Tournament last night as Georgia State defeated U-L Lafayette 84-73 in the semis. Meanwhile, the Lady Cajuns advanced to today’s tournament championship game after beating Little Rock 58-48.

Zion Williamson scored ten points in his first NBA All-Star game last night.

Two high-ranking LSU athletic officials have been suspended as a result of an extensive report that looked at how the school failed to properly handle sexual assault complaints…
voicer 2 (30) “…I’m Jeff Palermo

The Husch Blackwell report also revealed that former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva attempted to fire then football coach Les Miles for inappropriate behavior with female student workers, including an accusation he kissed a female student twice. Kansas has put Miles on administrative leave to review the material in the report.

The eighth ranked LSU baseball team suffered its worst loss since 2007 in a 22-7 defeat to Oral Roberts yesterday. Jaden Hill allowed eight runs in the first inning. Louisiana Tech trounced McNeese 11-0 in the first game with fans at the new J-C Love Park.

The LSU men’s basketball team wraps up the regular season today with a game at Missouri. It could be the final regular season game for several Tigers, including junior guard Javonte (Juh-von-tey) Smart. Coach Will Wade says Smart is having his best year at LSU….
cut 17 (15) “”….in the league’
Tip off is at 2 PM.

In the Sun Belt Tournament, South Alabama eliminated ULM. The Jaguars will face the Ragin Cajuns today at 5 PM.

In college football, Northwestern hosts Nicholls, Southeastern is at McNeese and Grambling hosts Jackson State.

An official report has been released that details how LSU handled allegations of sexual and domestic assault.  The report gives 18 recommendations on improving LSU’s Title 9 practices and LSU interim president Thomas Galligan says the school plans to act on all recommendations and that includes beefing up the Title 9 Office.

Cut 11 (08) “any longer”

Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry received a 30-day suspension while senior associate AD Miriam Segar received 21-days.

The LSU men’s basketball team looks to end the regular season tomorrow with a solid road win at Missouri.  Coach Will Wade says Mizzou is a big, physical team that includes six-foot-ten senior Jeremiah Tillmon.

Cut 16 (08) “a lot better”

The Sun Belt basketball tournament gets underway today in Pensacola.  ULM faces South Alabama today and the winner of that game will take on the Ragin Cajuns tomorrow.

Minute 2

The Saints have released 12-year veteran Thomas Morstead, the franchise’s best punter.  Morstead was an All-pro and Pro Bowler in 2012 and his average net punt is the second-best in the NFL since the statistic was first recorded in 1976.  He also made 15 playoff appearances and executed the onside kick to begin the second half of the team’s only Super Bowl victory.  Here’s Morstead…

Cut 20 (18) “done that”

The Ragin Cajuns baseball team will take on Houston Baptist in a three-game series this weekend.  Games one and two will be played tomorrow before wrapping up the series on Sunday.

The LSU baseball team will play Oral Roberts in a three-game series.  Game one is currently underway.  Game two will be played tomorrow afternoon with game three taking place on Sunday.

LSU suspends two high ranking athletic officials without pay as a result of a report on how the school mishandled allegations of sexual and domestic assault. Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry received a 30-day suspesion, while senior associate A-D Miriam Segar received 21 days. LSU interim president Thomas Galligan…
cut 9 (09) “…go unaddressed”
Ausberry and Segar will be required to go through training on sexual misconduct, domestic violence and more.

There’s more spring college football on the schedule Saturday. Northwestern kicks off its six-game spring season by hosting seventh-ranked Nicholls at six PM tomorrow. Also, Southeastern hosts McNeese. Grambling will host Deion Sanders and the Jackson State Tigers at noon tomorrow.

The Saints have released 12-year veteran Thomas Morstead the franchise’s best punter. Morstead was more than steady since New Orleans drafted him in the fifth round of the 2009 draft. But he did not have a good year by his standards in 2020 and New Orleans needs to free up money to get underneath the salary cap. Morstead thanked the fans during an emotional zoom call with reporters
Cut 18 (17) “…different ways.”
Morstead was an All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 2012 and his average net punt is the second-best in the NFL since the statistic first was recorded in 1976.

Nicholls men’s basketball has won its second Southland Conference championship in four years after beating rival in-state rival McNeese 80-67 last night.

Husch Blackwell will release its report today on how LSU has handled previous cases of sexual assault and violence involving students, including football players. The university hired the law firm after a USA Today report provided examples of the school mishandling sexual assault cases. USA Today Network reporter Glen Guilbeau says many of the people involved in the alleged mishandlings still work at LSU…
cut 14 (12) “….book”

Yesterday LSU released information about a 2013 investigation into former football coach Les Miles who was accused of kissing a female student twice, unwanted touching and suggesting they go to a hotel or condo together. Miles denies kissing the student, but the coach was ordered to stop texting and being alone with female student-workers.

The Saints have released fan favorite and punter Thomas Morstead after a 12-year run in the Black and Gold. Morstead leads the franchise in punts, punting yards and yards per punt. He does not intend to retire, but the former fifth-round pick says New Orleans will remain his home…
cut 19 (20) “….exceptional”
Releasing Morstead saves the Saints 2.5 million dollars against the cap.

Zion Williamson did not play last night because of a right toe injury and the Pelicans shot just 40-percent from the field and lost to the Miami Heat 103-93.

Nicholls defeated McNeese 80-67 in Lake Charles last night to clinch a share of the Southland Conference regular-season title.