NATCHITOCHES – Five athletes and coaches with LSU ties were officially inducted Saturday into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Veteran LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri; two-time LSU track and field USA Olympian and world champion Walter Davis; All-American […]
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of former athletes and coaches with ties to LSU that will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches on July 29. Today: […]
Five athletes and coaches with strong LSU ties were announced Wednesday as part of the 2023 inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. The LSHOF Class of 23 includes College World Series champion, […]
In the infancy of athletes reaping an overdue harvest from brandishing their name, image and likeness, recruiting has blossomed into a full scale bidding war in public view. In the Golden Age of NCAA scrutiny, […]
Not long after Jay Johnson became LSU’s baseball coach in June, he realized the difference between this program and the one he left behind at Arizona. This had nothing to do with geography either. All […]
The end came later rather than sooner. It could have come after LSU was eliminated with a first-day loss in the SEC tournament on May 25, but the Tigers were invited to the NCAA tourney. It […]
There’s not much normal about LSU’s 2021 baseball team and season. Its two leading hitters are future first-round major league draft choices disguised as true freshmen. Its best pitcher has a record of 5-6 as […]
Before Monday night, the last time LSU baseball won an NCAA tournament road regional or super regional was 1989. Before Monday night, just five Division 1 teams since 2004 had ever lost the first game […]
LSU junior Giovanni DiGiacomo was hitless in seven trips to the plate in two NCAA regional games. It was also his miscalculation on a Central Connecticut State ball hit to center field that fell for […]
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri believes the long, winding look back at his 39-year distinguished career and the accompanying nostalgia has run its course. A week after announcing his retirement from coaching upon the conclusion […]
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