Backed by a strong offensive output from the duo of middle blockers, LSU’s volleyball team swept past Mississippi State on Friday night in the PMAC, 3-0 (25-18, 25-21,25-20) With the victory, No. 17 LSU (23-5, 17-2) has now won 16 of its last 17 con...

The Bayou Country Superfest tickets went on sale just two weeks ago, but the concert is already turning heads and gaining national attention.   The Bayou Country Superfest — a two-day music event — will be held in Tiger Stadium May 29-30,...

Even though “Dead End” signs still line the curbs on Picardy Avenue, Bluebonnet Boulevard and Essen Lane, these streets are now connected because of the latest Green Light Plan project. Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden, East Bat...

Success in Oxford, Miss., is not a foreign concept to the LSU football team. The last time Ole Miss (7-3, 3-3) defeated LSU (8-2, 4-2) at home was Halloween Day 1998. Since then, the Tigers have a four-game winning streak at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. ...

Coming off record-setting wins at the University of New Orleans, the LSU swimming and diving teams head to the Cougar Classic Fall Invitational in Houston on Friday. The Invitational lasts three days and features teams like Texas A&M, SMU, UNLV, Houst...

After the LSU women’s basketball team’s four-point loss to Middle Tennessee in 2008, the Lady Tigers fell to 1-3 and were left wondering how they let the game slip away. This season, No. 7 LSU (2-0) emerged from the Middle Tennessee contest wi...

Things keep getting worse for Alex Farrer. The senior guard and Phoenix native underwent surgery Nov. 9 for what trainers thought was a dislocated kneecap. Farrer suffered the injury six days before the LSU men’s basketball team began the season. Bu...

“Yes, sir,” Ole Miss senior cornerback answered coach Houston Nutt with an assured voice and determined tone. Green said only these two words when the coach asked him to take a chance at cornerback for the Rebels, even though the Bastrop High ...

LSU’s baseball team is going to be without Louis Coleman and a few other key senior arms in the bullpen heading into the 2010 season. But after seeing the pitching performances by his players in this week’s Purple and Gold World Series, LSU co...

Students voted for the top three finalists in the Forever LSU Student Video Contest on Thursday night in the Lawton Room in Tiger Stadium. The 2-3 minute videos — which ranged in style from rap music videos to Monty Python spoofs — were made t...

A few years back, LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory instituted a circle huddle in which the team holds hands after practices as a way to keep her team’s attention. She felt that in a circle, no one is more important than the next on the team and she w...

A study released last week ranked all 50 states based on levels of financial peril — Louisiana ranked 20th. But compared to states like California, which tops the fiscal peril list, the Pelican State is fairing well. The Pew Center on the States con...

Two University psychology professors returned Monday from the American Psychological Association’s fifth annual Science Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., as part of a group of only 100 professionals selected to attend. Mary Lou Kelley, clin...

CLEVELAND — Fresh off her triumph at the Country Music Association Awards, Taylor Swift has netted a deal to create a line of greeting cards. American Greetings Corp. CEO Zev Weiss says Swift’s abilities as a storyteller and songwriter make he...

Louisiana energy and sustainability experts said Thursday the state has the capacity to produce much of its own energy through renewable resources and reduced individual use. A coalition of University, government and private interests met Thursday in the ...

Things keep getting worse for Alex Farrer. The senior guard and Phoenix native underwent surgery Nov. 9 for what trainers thought was a dislocated kneecap. Farrer suffered the injury six days before the LSU men’s basketball team began the season. Bu...

Two University psychology professors returned Monday from the American Psychological Association’s fifth annual Science Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. Mary Lou Kelley, clinical psychology professor, and Claire Advokat, biological psycholo...

The Middle Tennessee State women’s basketball team had beaten LSU coach Van Chancellor the previous two times the schools met. The Lady Tigers returned the favor Wednesday night in a physical matchup of two top-25 schools. No. 7 LSU (2-0) outmuscled...

LSU sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson practiced all day Wednesday and is expected to start Saturday against Ole Miss, LSU coach Les Miles said Wednesday. “Unless there’s a setback, I’d expect [Jefferson] to start,” Miles said....

Welcome to Bizarro World. In this world, Ole Miss won the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division in 2003, has three football national championships, is LSU’s biggest rival and thinks it’s kosher to say things like, “The South s...