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Miles: Senior Ryan Baker stepping up to lead linebackers

By Albert Burford
Sports Contributor
August 20, 2011

When LSU linebacker Kelvin Sheppard was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2011 NFL draft, it was unclear whether his leadership or his talent would be more difficult for the Tigers'...

Football: Texas A&M will eventually join SEC, could ruin conference

By Rob Landry
Sports Columnist
August 20, 2011

Greed is named as one of the seven deadly sins, and money is considered the root of all evil. If these statements are true, then Mike Slive must be Beelzebub. Slive, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference,...

 

Football: Studrawa making smooth switch to OC

By Mark Clements
Sports Writer
August 20, 2011

LSU coach Les Miles made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason when he brought in former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe to repair the struggling Tiger offense that finished 86th in total offense...

Replacing Drake Nevis priority for young defensive line

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
August 20, 2011

Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Michael Brockers and junior defensive tackle Josh Downs  are confident they can replace All-American Drake Nevis. The Tigers lost both of last year's starting defensive...

Junior Morris Claiborne steps up to No. 1 defensive back upon Patrick Peterson’s exit

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
August 20, 2011

LSU's Indoor Practice Facility provides refuge from the sweltering August heat. Metal fold-out chairs line the hash marks all the way up the field. Only one of the chairs in the section designated ...

Football: LSU quarterback reportedly involved in bar altercation

By Staff Reports
August 18, 2011

Sgt. Don Stone of the Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed to The Daily Reveille on Friday afternoon that quarterback Jordan Jefferson, 20, has been implicated as being involved in a fight outside of...

Botched timing caps an altogether embarrassing chapter

By Sean Fairholm
Staff Writer
July 25, 2011

As is often the case in life, fatal endings always seem to come from those who refuse to take their medicine. For UNC Athletics Director Dick Baddour, the thought of actually firing Butch Davis must have...

Keep it down, Wolfpack

By Cory Smith
Sports Editor
July 25, 2011

By this point, we all know that Butch Davis, the head coach of the UNC-Chapel Hill football program, was fired late Wednesday afternoon. But what I'm really fired up about was the flood of boastful messages...

Toliver, Jasper left out as six former Tigers taken in draft

By Michael Lambert
Sports Writer
April 30, 2011

LSU has always been a breeding ground for future NFL stars, creating a pipeline from Baton Rouge to pro teams across the country. NFL teams have drafted a former LSU player in the first round in seven...

The future is bright

By Sean Klemm
Deputy Sports Editor
April 23, 2011

  My four years at North Carolina State University have been characterized by many things; from stumbling down Hillsborough Street on hike night, to all-nighters in D.H. Hill, to tailgating at Carter-Finley,...

Allbritten dominates on the diamond

By Cory Smith
Deputy Sports Editor
April 16, 2011

Green Bay Packers former head coach Vince Lombardi once said, "Leaders aren't born, they are made." In the case of senior catcher Alyssa Allbritten, she has made herself a leader despite her humble nature. ...

A ‘State’ of reversal

By Sean Fairholm
Staff Writer
April 16, 2011

Towering above a large contingent of triangle-based media, Mike Glennon wasted little time to finally answer a question that didn't involve filling the shoes of last year's QB Russell Wilson.  As...