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LSU senior first baseman Blake Dean swings at a pitch Tuesday during the Tigers’ victory against Southeastern.

Baseball: Dean’s career night helps Tigers snap losing streak, 9-5

By Andy Schwehm
Sports Contributor
May 5, 2010

If losing was an illness, LSU's baseball team may as well have been bedridden, losing seven straight games.The Tigers finally found the cure Tuesday night against Southeastern Louisiana: a shot. Only the...

Gymnastics: Jackson wins Gymnastics Honda Sports Award – 11:31 a.m.

By Staff Reports
May 5, 2010

The awards keep coming for LSU senior gymnast Susan Jackson. Jackson was awarded the Honda Sports Award for gymnastics as the nation's top female college gymnast Wednesday. Jackson is the first LSU gymnast...

Women’s Basketball: Crenshaw embarks on new journey at LSU

 LSU women's basketball coach Van Chancellor was not letting Joni Crenshaw get away again.Chancellor offered Crenshaw a scholarship to play college basketball at Ole Miss in the late 1990s, but the...

Women’s Golf: Lady Tigers tee off in NCAA tourney

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
May 5, 2010

The LSU women's golf team begins its foray into NCAA play today, as it is one of 27 teams competing for the NCAA Women's West Regional title held at Stanford Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif. The No. 19...

Stanley Roberts, former center on the LSU basketball team in the ’90s, is back at the University to get his degree.

Basketball: Roberts strives for career in coaching

College basketball players who leave school to enter the NBA join a league in which money and fame can lead to temptations and vices.Former LSU center Stanley Roberts left LSU after two years to pursue...

Famous Amos: Athletes should boycott Arizon

By Amos Morale
Sports Columnist
May 5, 2010

Hispanic athletes and athletes that are not citizens of the United States should boycott sporting events played in the state of Arizona in response to Arizona Senate Bill 1070.SB 1070 is a collection of...

Football: Toliver, Sheppard and Barksdale poised to lead LSU’s 2011 NFL draft prospects

By Chris Branch
Sports Writer
May 5, 2010

It's not too early, is it? The recently departed football Tigers are still breaking in their newly minted NFL practice jerseys, and LSU coach Les Miles might tell you the current senior class still has...

Tigers place 27 athletes on SEC Winter Academic Honor Role

LSU student-athletes are excelling in the classroom as well as in their respective sports.LSU had 27 athletes placed on the 2009-10 Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll. A total of 392 athletes...

Gymnastics: Senior Susan Jackson wins Honda Sports Award

By Rob Landry
Sports Contributor
May 5, 2010

The awards keep coming for LSU senior gymnast Susan Jackson.Jackson was awarded the Honda Sports Award for gymnastics as the nation's top female college gymnast Wednesday.Jackson is the first LSU gymnast...

Tennis: Tigers, Lady Tigers miss tournament

By Sean Isabella
Sports Contributor
May 5, 2010

The LSU men's tennis has become synonymous with the NCAA tournament throughout program history. The Tigers have made the tournament 25 of the last 26 years, including five quarterfinal appearances, two...

MLB: Twins take 5-4 win, first sweep in nine tries behind Span’s three hits

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)— Leadoff man Denard Span was the catalyst for  the Minnesota Twins with three singles and a walk, and the Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Wednesday for their first sweep...

Women’s Basketball: Team prepares group effort to replace Hightower

The LSU women's basketball team averaged 68.5 points per game during the 2009-10 season. Almost 38 percent of those points came from one player — former guard Allison Hightower. Hightower is now...