Scott Woodward is introduced as LSU’s new athletics director today. Commissioner of Administration and longtime friend of Woodward, Jay Dardenne, says the Baton Rouge native doesn’t need much of an introduction…
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Woodward met with coaches earlier today and said he started his career at LSU by selling peanuts in Tiger Stadium when he was 10-years-old.

LSU right-hander Cole Henry was named SEC Baseball Co-Freshman of the Week. The Alabama native struck out a career-high 12 Florida hitters in Friday night’s 13-1 win over the Gators. Henry says it’s a great honor…
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LSU hosts Lamar tonight, while Louisiana Tech hosts Little Rock and ULM is at Southern.

The NFL draft is Thursday, but the Saints do not have a first round pick and their first selection will come late in the second round on Friday. There’s a lot of speculation the Black and Gold will use their first pick in the 2019 draft on a wide receiver, but General Manager Mickey Loomis says he believes in the pass catchers they already have on the roster…
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Michael Thomas caught 125 passes last season and that’s almost 100 more than the next receiver on the roster.

The team’s voluntary offseason conditioning program begins today and there’s speculation Thomas may stay away, because he’s entering the last year of his rookie deal and could want a new contract.

It’s a big day on the LSU campus as Scott Woodward is introduced as the school’s new athletics director. LSU fans are excited about this new era and one of the biggest Tiger fans in state government, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, who is also a longtime friend of Woodward, says he doesn’t expect the Baton Rouge native to make many changes right away, especially with the high profile coaches on campus…
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Woodward’s press conference begins at noon.

Today, the Saints begin their voluntary offseason training program. Saints star receiver Michael Thomas is entering the final season of his rookie deal and there’s speculation he may stay away in order to force negotiations on a new contract. No NFL player in history has caught more balls in their first three seasons than Thomas.

The 15th ranked LSU baseball team looks to win a midweek game for the first time since April 3rd when they host Lamar tonight. The Cardinals are 12 games under the .500 mark and then after tonight’s home game, LSU visits Alabama, who is in last place in the SEC West. Coach Paul Mainieri wants his team to build on its current two game winning streak…
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Landon Marceaux is scheduled to start for the Tigers. In his last start against Southern, he gave up five earned and was pulled in the second inning.

Also today, the 18th ranked Louisiana Tech Diamond Dogs begin a five-game week by hosting Little Rock. The Ragin Cajuns play their final midweek game of the season as they visit Southern Miss. ULM is at Southern and Northwestern State visits 8th ranked Arkansas.

After losing the series opener 16-9, the LSU Tigers roared back over the next two games to beat Florida 13-1 in Game two and then 11-2 in the rubber game on Saturday. Eric Walker was the winning pitcher in the series finale and had plenty of run support, as the Tigers scored nine runs over the first three innings. Coach Paul Mainieri is pleased with his team’s performance…
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In the latest college baseball polls, LSU is ranked 14th by Baseball America, 13th in the D-1 poll, 15th in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll

Louisiana Tech has moved up to number 15th in the Collegiate Baseball Poll after taking two of three from Marshall this past weekend. The Bulldogs will host Litte Rock on Tuesday.

Many LSU fans are upset with national sports reporter Darren Rovell after he said on Twitter that you should not put up a billboard celebrating a second place finish. A billboard is up in Baton Rouge congratulating the LSU gymnastics team for finishing as runner ups at the national championships. Rovell did not back down from that tweet when he appeared on “Off the Bench” which is heard on ESPN Radio in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Alexandria…
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LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette tweeted back to Rovell and said the billboard recognizing LSU’s second place finish helps promote the brand.

Shreveport golfer Sam Burns finished in ninth place at this past weekend’s P-G-A Tour stop in South Carolina. Burns earned 200-thousand dollars for finishing eight-under par for the tournament.

This weekend it’s the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

With just four series left to play, the LSU baseball team is just a game out of first place in the SEC West with an 11-and-7 conference record. The Tigers took two of three from Florida during the Easter weekend as LSU scored 33 runs. Antoine Duplantis raised his batting average by nearly 30 points and had nine hits.

Josh Smith also had a big weekend and finished off the series by hitting his sixth home run of the season and driving in four runs. The shortstop says the Tigers knew they had to step up after losing the series opener…
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LSU is back in action tomorrow night when they host Lamar.

For the third time in four years, the LSU gymnastics squad won a national championship runner-up trophy. The Tigers finished about a half a point behind national title winner Oklahoma.

After winning two of three from Marshall, Louisiana Tech remains in third place in Conference USA, two games back of Florida Atlantic and Southern Miss, who are tied for first place. Tech will host Little Rock tomorrow night and then travel McNeese on Wednesday.

Little Rock swept a doubleheader from ULM on Saturday, the Ragin Cajuns were swept by Texas-Arlington.

Southeastern Louisiana has moved into a tie for first place in the Southland standings after winning two of three from Nicholls. Northwestern State is three games back. The Demons took a doubleheader from McNeese on Saturday.

Southern has a two game lead over Grambling for first place in the SWAC Western Division after crushing Texas Southern 16 to six yesterday. Bobby Johnson drove in four runs. Grambling has won five in a row. They swept Arkansas Pine Bluff over the weekend.

Tulane is 2.5 games out of first place in the American Conference standings. The Green Wave split a doubleheader with Memphis on Saturday and they’ll be at first place East Carolina this weekend.

One day after after getting pounded 16-9, the LSU baseball team returned the favor last night with a 13-1 victory over the Gators. Cole Henry was phenomenal as he struck out 12 in 5.1 innings. He had plenty of offensive support. Cade Beloso led the way with three hits and he hit his sixth home run of the season. Daniel Cabrera hit his seventh home run, a three-run shot in the seventh inning. Rubber game of the series is today at 2 PM.

Louisiana Tech also had a big offensive day yesterday as the Bulldogs defeated Marshall 19-6 as Tech hitters walked a season high 11 times. Hunter Wells had four hits and Tanner Huddleston hit a grand slam in the seventh.

For the second straight night, the Cajuns could not hold on to a late lead and lost to UT Arlington seven to three. ULM upended Little Rock 5-2 as Trey Jeans struck out eight for his second win of the year.

LSU basketball coach Will Wade will not have to testify in a college basketball bribery trial that’s set to begin next week in New York. Wade and Arizona coach Sean Miller were subpoenaed to testify in the case, but judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that their testimonies would be irrelevant to the bribery charges the two defendants are facing. The defendants are recruiting middleman Christian Dawkins and former Adidas representative Merl Code.

LSU football has picked up a verbal commitment from four-star outside linebacker Josh White from Houston. 247 sports rates White as the 42nd best player in Texas at Cy Creek High School. Earlier in the day, four-star prospect Jaden Navarette from California de-committed from LSU and gave his verbal pledge to Oregon.

Tonight at 6 PM the LSU gymnastics team will go after the program’s first national championship as they will compete in the national championship. Defending champion UCLA, Oklahoma and Denver are the competition.

A federal judge ruled today LSU basketball coach Will Wade will not have to testify in the college basketball corruption trial that is set to begin on Monday. Wade and Arizona coach Sean Miller were previously subpoenaed, but Judge Edgardo Ramos said their testimonies would be irrelevant to the bribery charges college basketball middleman Christian Dawkins and fellow basketball consultant Merl Code are facing.

In football recruiting news…LSU lost the verbal pledge of four-star 2020 commitment Jaden Navarrette. The nation’s number 14 athlete announced today he plans to sign with Oregon instead. The outside linebacker from California committed to the Tigers earlier this month.

The LSU gymnastics squad will compete for a national championship tomorrow. The Tigers were one of two teams to advance to the four-team final after a slow start today in the semifinals. They ended up scoring higher than Utah and Michigan to advance to tomorrow night’s national championship meet.

The LSU baseball team will look to snap a four game losing streak tonight when they face Florida at 7 PM at Alex Box Stadium. The Gators played Gorilla ball last night as they hit four home runs in a 16-9 victory. Cole Henry will be on the hill for the Tigers tonight and he’ll face sophomore right-hander Jack Leftwich, who has four wins on the season.

The Ragin Cajuns and Louisiana Tech are also trying to even up their series as well after blowing late leads last night. Tech is hosting Marshall for the weekend, while UL-Lafayette is at Texas Arlington.

ULM is hosting Little Rock. The Warhawks and Trojans will play a single game tonight at 6 PM and then a doubleheader tomorrow starting at noon.

Southeastern Louisiana is hosting Nicholls for a doubleheader today, while McNeese faces Northwestern State tonight and then a doubleheader tomorrow in Natchitoches.

Southern is riding a five-game winning streak and they’ll take on Texas Southern. Grambling will begin its series at Arkansas Pine Bluff tomorrow. And Tulane is at Memphis.

The LSU baseball team’s losing streak has reached four games after a 16-9 loss to Florida last night. Sophomore Ma’Khail Hilliard started for the injured Zack Hess and gave up six runs in the second inning. On the night, the Gators homerd four times. The Tigers will try again tonight, first pitch is at 7 PM. Freshman Cole Henry starts on the hill for the Tigers.

Louisiana Tech led 3-1 heading into the eighth inning last night, but lost to the Thundering Herd seven to three at J-C Love Field in Ruston. The bullpen meltdown spoiled a great start from senior right-hander Matt Miller, who struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings. Game two is at 4 PM.

Gunner Leger allowed five runs over the last two innings and the Cajuns lost to Texas-Arlington nine to eight. It’s the third time, UL Lafayette has lost a game while leading after eight innings.

Southeastern and Nicholls will play a doubleheader starting at two. Northwestern and McNeese begin their series in Natchitoches at 6:30.

With the hiring of Scott Woodward as LSU’s new athletics director, some Tiger fans are wondering what this might mean for football coach Ed Orgeron. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says the seat is far from getting hot for Coach O
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Moran says Woodward’s first order of duty is to figure out what’s going on with the men’s basketball program.

And there’s a new development involving Wade. A federal judge has ruled that Wade does not have to testify in a federal trial on college basketball corruption that begins next week. Defense attorneys in that case sought to have Wade and Arizona Coach Sean Miller take the stand, but prosecutors filed a motion that said the coaches are not the ones on trial in the case.

Ugly game for the 14th ranked LSU baseball team last night as they were soundly defeated 16-9 in game one of their three-game set against Florida. Ma’Khail Hilliard got the start for the injured Zack Hess and gave up six runs in two innings. The Gators hit four home runs on the night as LSU’s losing streak has reached four games. Game two of the series is tonight at 7 PM.

Louisaina Tech also lost last night as Marshall scored six runs in the last two innings to beat the Bulldogs seven to three. Tech got a great start from Matt Miller as he allowed one run in seven innings, but the bullpen couldn’t hold a two-run lead. Tyler Follis, Braxton Smith and Kyle Griffen were all touched up for runs.

The Ragin Cajuns Gunner Leger also had a tough night as he couldn’t hold on to a 8-4 lead in the eighth inning as Texas-Arlington rallied for a nine to eight walk off win. Leger allowed five runs on five hits for his third loss of the season.

New LSU AD Scott Woodward will be formally introduced on Tuesday and we’ll get to hear his ideas on improving Tiger athletics. Many athletic directors are dealing with declining attendance at college football games. Former AD Joe Alleva pushed the SEC to allow schools to sell beer in the stands and Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says…
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Moran says Woodward’s first priority will be trying to figure out what’s going on with the LSU men’s basketball program and its previously suspended head coach Will Wade.

Louisiana Tech has announced an eight-person class that will be enshrined into the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in October. The headliners of the class are all-american running backs Ryan Moats and J-W Slack, legendary football coach Joe Raymond. Also going into the Hall, seven-time track and field All-American Chelsea Hayes and Eddie Holman, the Bulldogs baseball career wins and strikeout leader.

Baton Rouge native Scott Woodward is coming home to take over LSU Athletics after a four-year run as Texas A&M’s Athletic Director. Woodward made a big splash in College Station by hiring football coach Jimbo Fisher and basketball coach Buzz Williams. Robert Cessna with AggieSports.com says he’s a real winner.
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Woodward will be formally introduced on Tuesday. In a statement released by LSU, Woodward says returning home to the LSU family to lead the athletics department is humbling and exciting. He once served as the university’s director of external affairs.

The LSU-Florida baseball series will start at 8 PM tonight, pushed back two hours because of the severe weather moving through Baton Rouge.

The Pelicans new executive vice president David Griffen is not ruling out the possibility that Anthony Davis could return to New Orleans next season. Griffen says he plans to speak with Davis and his agent and the key is if A-D is 100-percent committed to the Pels…
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Griffin also says small market is no excuse for not winning championships. He points to San Antonio as a perfect example.

Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball needs a new coach. Jay Ladner is leaving the program to take over as the head coach at his alma mater, Southern Miss. Ladner led the Lions to a Southland title in 2018.

LSU has officially announced that Scott Woodward is the university’s next athletic director. Woodward has been Texas A-and-M’s athletic director since 2016 and also had the same job at Washington for eight years. Woodward is a Baton Rouge native and previously worked at LSU as the director of external affairs from 2000 to 2004.

Weather permitting, LSU baseball is set to host Florida tonight and there’s a chance injured starters Chris Reid and Zach Watson can return to the field during this series. Coach Paul Mainieri says he’s not sure how effective Watson will be, but it would be great to get the center fielder back on the field…
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First pitch has been pushed back to 8 PM tonight.

Don’t tell new Pelicans executive vice president David Griffen that you can’t win an NBA title in a small maretk. Griffen was the general manager of the Cavaliers when that franchise won their first championship in 2016. Griffen says Cleveland and San Antonio are excellent examples of how a small market city can be successful in the NBA…
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Griffen is also not closing the door on Anthony Davis staying with the team, he plans to see if the disgruntled superstar wants to build something special in New Orleans.

Southeastern Louisiana needs to find a new basketball coach, Jay Ladner is returning to his alma mater to lead the Southern Miss basketball program. Ladner led S-L-U to a Southland Conference championship in 2018.