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Football: Shepard ineligible for opener against Oregon

By Staff Reports
August 24, 2011

Junior wide receiver Russell Shepard has been declared ineligible for LSU's season opener against Oregon, the athletic department announced Thursday. According to the release, he was suspended conferring...

Tradition prompts LSU players to change jersey numbers

By Scott Branson
Sports Contributor
August 24, 2011

The number a player wears can sometimes mean everything. For some, like Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew, the number is a source of inspiration. Jones-Drew, who said he always plays...

Football: Mettenberger and Montgomery reportedly held up at gunpoint over summer

By Staff Reports
August 24, 2011

East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III said he is pursuing charges against two men involved in a June 5 fight involving sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery and sophomore quarterback Zach...

Offseason can’t end soon enough for LSU, other sports programs

By Rob Landry
Columnist
August 24, 2011

The college football offseason always seems to last, in the immortal words of Sandlot's Squints, "FOR-EV-ER." But this summer has put LSU in the biggest pickle it has been in for a long time, and it can't...

Football: Shady’s employees tell AP that victim threw first punch in bar fight

By Staff Reports
August 24, 2011

9:36 p.m. - Andrew Lowery threw the first punch in the bar brawl, according to an Associated Press report. Two Shady's employees told the AP that Lowery had been kicked out of the bar prior to the incident. Lowery...

Jordan Jefferson’s apartment searched by police

By Staff Reports
August 24, 2011

Baton Rouge police searched senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson's apartment and obtained DNA from him Wednesday afternoon. Jefferson and his lawyer Nathan Fisher were present at the time the warrant was...

Ole Miss QB arrested, to sit out first game

By Staff Reports
August 24, 2011

Ole Miss junior quarterback Randall Mackey has been suspended for the team's season opener against Brigham Young University following his arrest outside of an Oxford bar early Tuesday morning. Mackey was...

Tigers complete third scrimmage

By Mark Clements
Sports Writer
August 23, 2011

Under the dark cloud of allegations and investigations, the LSU football team held its third scrimmage of the fall Tuesday, headlined by a balanced offensive attack. LSU coach Les Miles said the quarterbacks...

Football: Freshman defensive tackle Johnson expects to see significant playing time

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
August 22, 2011

Anthony Johnson may speak softly for a 300-pound defensive tackle, but that's hardly the most surprising aspect of his voice. When Johnson belted out a verse of "Amazing Grace" during LSU Media Day, he...

Sophomore cornerback Tharold Simon will be an important member of LSU’s secondary this year, helping to replace the loss of Patrick Peterson.

Peterson’s departure leaves void in defensive secondary unit

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
August 22, 2011

Patrick Peterson is gone, and he isn't coming back. Gone is the 2010 Thorpe and Bednarik Award winner, the first-team All-American, the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the year and the top...

Football: DE Sam Montgomery returns from injury with high hopes

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
August 22, 2011

While sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery and senior safety Brandon Taylor rehabbed from season-ending injuries in 2010, the two players made a friendly wager. Whichever player returned from his injury...

Football: Four players meet with police, no charges filed

By Staff Reports
August 22, 2011

The four LSU players connected with the incident at Shady's last Friday met with BRPD investigators this morning, but none were arrested. Senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson, freshman wide receiver Jarvis...