By TODD HORNE, Tiger Rag Executive Editor BATON ROUGE – Six months after LSU Athletic Director Verge Ausberry warned about the long-term risks of private equity in an exclusive interview with Tiger Rag, reports now […]
BY KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter LSU officials have expressed their opposition to the current Protect College Sports Act to Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell. LSU President Wade Rousse and Board of Supervisors […]
By TODD HORNE, Tiger Rag Executive Editor If you want to know where LSU athletics is headed in 2026, you didn’t need another hype video or mission statement — you only need two dates. November […]
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU president Wade Rousse has bestowed new meaning upon the term “Top 40.” This is not about high selling music records. Rousse, a financial expert who worked at the […]
By PIPER HUTCHINSON, Louisiana Illuminator/Tiger Rag LSU has fired chief financial officer Tommy Smith and Todd Manuel, who was its vice president in charge of handling sex-based discrimination complaints amid what campus leaders say are […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR There is a moment in every public‐ finance story when the words themselves betray a shift in power. At first, the jargon is reassuring—economic development, public‐private partnership, infrastructure, catalytic investment, […]
Tiger Rag News Services The lawsuit challenging the Louisiana State University Economic Development District is not simply about whether LSU should build a new arena. Attorney William Most says it is about something older, simpler […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Wade Rousse is not wrong about the arena. This is where the conversation should begin. As LSU’s president, Rousse has made a clear point: the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR The lawsuit over LSU’s proposed new arena is easy to misunderstand if you start with the arena itself. A $400–$500 million venue would reshape LSU basketball, gymnastics, the attraction of […]
By PIPER HUTCHINSON, Louisiana Illuminator Special To The Tiger Rag The LSU economic development district that is at the center of a lawsuit has begun receiving sales tax revenue, but it is unclear if that […]
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