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OPINION: E-sports athletes should be given athletic scholarships

By Marc Stevens January 24, 2016

The stigma of the past says gamers are lazy losers with no lives living in their parents’ basements, but that has all been erased as gamers now compete on stages across the world in front of thousands...

LSU junior guard Jasmine Rhodes (10) leaps for the ball Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, during the Lady Tigers' 48-44 loss against Arkansas in the PMAC.

Lady Tigers snap four-game losing streak against Georgia

By Jarrett Major January 24, 2016

The LSU women’s basketball team controlled the game from the start against Georgia in a 53-46 road victory on Sunday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia. The win was the first for LSU...

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo, U.S. midfielder Carli Lloyd smiles during a practice session for the team's international soccer friendly against China in New Orleans. Lloyd and defender Becky Sauerbrunn have been chosen captains of the U.S. Women's National Team. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

OPINION: Soccer gaining popularity in the United States

By Marc Stevens January 13, 2016

For years, football, basketball, baseball and hockey have dominated the United States. But now “the beautiful game” is changing the status quo. Look at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup...

Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao pose with a WBC belt during a press conference Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Las Vegas. Mayweather will face Pacquiao in a welterweight title fight in Las Vegas on May 2. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Opinion: Sports fans should pay attention to Mayweather-Pacquio bout

By Brian Pellerin April 30, 2015

Let’s get ready to rumble. Tomorrow night, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. will put his 47-0 record on the line against Manny Pacquiao. It’s a fight the boxing world has been waiting...

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2014, file photo, Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose drives past Detroit Pistons forward Greg Monroe (10) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. The news that Derrick Rose will have knee surgery again hit the Chicago Bulls and their fans hard and left them in a familiar spot _ trying to get by without their star point guard. The torn meniscus in his right knee was announced Tuesday night, Feb. 24, 2015, another tough twist for a franchise, a star, his sponsors and a fanbase that thought the Bulls were entering another golden era just a few years ago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Opinion: Derrick Rose needs to retire

By Tommy Romanach February 25, 2015

Enough is enough, Derrick Rose. It’s time to retire. There’s a point in any athlete’s career when contracts and promises don’t matter anymore, and Rose has reached it. It’s...

President Barack Obama speaks at Central High School, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Phoenix, about the recovering housing sector. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to call for laws on data hacking, student privacy

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press January 12, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama on Monday proposed strengthening laws against identity theft by requiring notification when consumer information is hacked, providing more free access to credit scores...

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called "an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)

2 brothers suspects in connection with Charlie Hebdo shootings

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, Associated Press January 8, 2015

PARIS (AP) A lover of rap music turned aspiring Muslim holy warrior and his older brother are suddenly the most wanted men in France, suspected of the armed onslaught on a newspaper office that claimed...

Colorado Springs police officers investigate the scene of an explosion Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at a building in Colorado Springs, Colo. Authorities are investigating whether a homemade explosive set off outside the building that houses a barber shop and the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP was aimed at the nation's oldest civil rights organization. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock ) MAGS OUT

Colorado NAACP office vows vigilance after blast near office

By SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press January 8, 2015

DENVER (AP) Staff members at a Colorado NAACP office say they are waiting for more information before drawing conclusions about an explosion near their chapter, even as the FBI investigates whether the...

LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill (33) and junior wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (3) celebrate after a touchdown Saturday, September 14, 2013 in the Tigers' 45-13 victory against Kent State.

Jeremy Hill, Odell Beckham Jr. headline NFL Rookie of the Year voting

January 6, 2015

Former LSU standouts Odell Beckham Jr. and Jeremy Hill are among five finalists for the 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Award, the league announced Tuesday. Awards issued by the Associated Press are...

FILE - In a July 16, 2014 file photo, sportscaster Stuart Scott accepts the Jimmy V award for perseverance, at the ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theatre, in Los Angeles. Scott, the longtime “SportsCenter” anchor and ESPN personality known for his known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 after a long fight with cancer. He was 49. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Longtime ESPN sportscaster Scott dies at 49

By Associated Press January 4, 2015

Stuart Scott was in his element, working a "Monday Night Football" game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation. Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery and Scott was diagnosed with...

New Orleans Pelicans guard Austin Rivers (25) lays in a reverse layup around Houston Rockets forward Joey Dorsey (8) and forward Josh Smith (5) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Pelicans rout Rockets, 111-83

By BRETT MARTEL, AP Sports Writer January 3, 2015

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tyreke Evans and his New Orleans teammates took notice when they saw Houston coach Kevin McHale sub out his entire starting lineup early in the third quarter. The Pelicans...

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) throws a pass as he is pressured by Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Jacquies Smith (56) during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

Brees rallies Saints past Buccaneers 23-20

By FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer December 28, 2014

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Drew Brees sent both Saints and Buccaneers fans home happy. The New Orleans quarterback did his part to ensure Tampa Bay picks first in next spring's NFL draft, shrugging off mistake...