Dale Brown was an impressionable boy living in a sparse apartment in the frigidlyremote hamlet of Minot, North Dakota when he became a fan of the Minneapolis Lakers.The NBA premiered in 1946 as Brown was […]
When Brian Kelly was born in October of 1961, a fellow Massachusetts Catholic was John F. Kennedy, President of the United States. This may explain why Kelly, at 22, was a driver for Democratic presidential […]
As “Not So Easy” Ed Orgeron strives to navigate a ship to nowhere as a lame duck river pilot, LSU watchers are witnessing the most protracted hunt for coaching treasure since 1979 when Paul Dietzel […]
With the naming of the court at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center a tribute to the greatest men’s basketball coach in LSU history, the overdue recognition of Dale Brown should be followed by a salute […]
Pete Maravich, the greatest LSU sports icon of them all, lost his life 33 Januarys ago at a church gymnasium a few miles from the Rose Bowl. Pete was gone at 40 while playing basketball […]
SEC purists responded to the news of Texas and Oklahoma petitioning to join the conference with a response better reserved for news that Alabama and Auburn were defecting to the ACC. It was a blockbuster […]
LSU athletic director Scott Woodward has solidified his standing as the go-to-guy when a university is inclined to showcase a shiny new coach. Woodward is a relentless treasure seeker in his mission to find marquee coaches. Woodward’s latest […]
When LSU President and Chancellor-Elect William Tate was born in 1961, there were no African American athletes at the state’s flagship university where no person of color enrolled as an undergraduate until 1953. Tate was […]
Nick Saban was hired as LSU football coach 21 years ago for the then-astronomical sum of $6 million for five years. It was reported in some places that Saban was becoming the highest paid coach […]
Ten years ago this month, former LSU football star Greg LaFleur was fired as Southern University athletics director after charges of solicitation were levied against him as he was attending the NCAA Final Four in […]
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