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Schwehming Around: Tigers discuss important issues at Media Day

By Andy Schwehm
Sports Columnist
August 21, 2010

There's one event in my now four years of working in the media that I've eschewed at all costs, the one day a year that I've made a point to mark in the calendar as "beach vacation."No, I'm not talking...

McKinney High’s Zach Lee, 17, connects with a ball during high school baseball action between McKinney North High School and McKinney High School on April 16, 2010.

Baseball: Former LSU recruit joins Los Angeles Dodgers

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

It was over before it started for 18-year-old Zach Lee.LSU's prized quarterback and pitching recruit traded in his purple-and-gold helmet and green practice jersey for a Los Angeles Dodgers blue cap and...

New passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales works with an LSU receiver during fall practice at LSU’s indoor facility.

Football: Wide receiver, running back coaches form plans for success

By Rachel Whittaker
Chief Sports Writer
August 21, 2010

The LSU offense averaged about 58 plays per game this past season, a number offensive coordinator Gary Crowton has his mind set on increasing in 2010.One of the main problems that led to LSU's cellar-dwelling...

Swimmers volunteer with NBC’s ‘School Pride’

By Katherine Terrell
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

Swimmers are often singled out for their individual achievements and praised for their solo accomplishments.When LSU swimmers helped with renovation efforts this summer at Lanier Elementary School, they ...

Baseball: Zach Lee, Ranaudo sign MLB contracts

By Michael Lambert
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

The LSU baseball team's pitching rotation was changed many times during the 2010 season.Possible weekend hurlers are an even bigger question mark going into this year, and the Aug. 16 MLB deadline didn't...

Tigers lose Spencer and Ross-Miller to grades

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

After struggling mightily in 2009-10, the LSU men's basketball team has to improve without two key cogs to their team.The Tigers will be without point guards Bo Spencer and K.C. Ross-Miller for the season...

LSU scrambles to add another quarterback to team

By Sean Isabella
Sports Writer
August 21, 2010

The LSU football program presented six quarterbacks on its roster six and a half weeks ago — two of them pegged as quarterbacks of the future.Fast forward to today after the departures of Chris Garrett...

Chad Jones takes time with family, more procedures to come

By Michael Lambert
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

LSU sophomore center P.J. Lonergan received a phone call June 25 around 6 a.m.Lonergan said a friend of his, a New Orleans fireman, said "‘We just cut Chad Jones out of his vehicle.'" "I was just...

Football: Personnel, staff changes leave wide receivers optimistic

By Rob Landry
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

The status quo was unacceptable. Following the 2009 season in which the LSU receivers corps ranked No. 92 nationally with 2,363 receiving yards, LSU coach Les Miles decided it was time for some fresh ideas.So...

Alabama begins title defense in loaded SEC West division

By Sean Isabella
Sports Writer
August 21, 2010

There is no secret as to what team has the bull's-eye on its back as the college football world enters the 2010 season. Alabama, the defending national champions, should once again be the heavy favorites...

Football: Sophomore Russell Shepard hopes for increased impact after switch to wide receiver

By Sean Isabella
Sports Writer
August 21, 2010

A group of 50 or so media members sat in the south end zone of the Charles McClendon Practice Facility two weeks ago awaiting the start of LSU Football Media Day.The indoor facility, normally full of football...

Volleyball coach lives in RV to gain Twitter fans

By Rob Landry
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2010

The LSU Athletic Department informed volleyball coach Fran Flory that she had people following her, but not enough.Flory, entering her 13th season as head coach at LSU, was asked during the summer to be...