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Tigers take season series against MSU with recent shutout

By Scott Branson
Sports Contributor
March 29, 2012

The LSU softball team bested McNeese State 4-0 on Wednesday night in Lake Charles, taking the season series and extending its win streak to eight games. The Tigers finished a four-game road sweep, including...

Southern Mississippi’s LaShay Page goes in to score behind Kansas State’s Jamar Samuels in the first half of an East Regional NCAA tournament game March 15.

Mic’d Up: NCAA must make changes to its outrageous regulations

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 28, 2012

According to the NCAA rule book, schools can only provide bagels, fruits and nuts to student-athletes. Merely putting butter, jam or even a cream-cheese packet on a bagel would be a minor violation. That's...

Four LSU gymnasts named All-SEC

By Staff Reports
March 27, 2012

A school-record four LSU gymnasts have been named to the 2012 All-Southeastern Conference team, the SEC announced Tuesday. Freshmen Rheagan Courville and Lloimincia Hall were named to the SEC First Team,...

Payton seeks mentor Parcells’ counsel

By Tim Reynolds
The Associated Press
March 27, 2012

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Sean Payton has planned the New Orleans Saints' offseason, done some work on the upcoming draft and jotted down ideas for the start of training camp. And now, with his season-long...

Baseball: Sciambra to miss rest of season with broken neck

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 27, 2012

Freshman center fielder Chris Sciambra will miss the rest of the season with a non-displaced fracture in his C-1 vertebra and a mild concussion. Sciambra injured himself Sunday during the game against...

LSU head baseball coach Paul Mainieri and his 17-year-old son, Tommy, look upon the field at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb., where the College World Series is held every summer.

Mainieri, son form strong bond in dugouts, baseball stadiums

By Chandler Rome
Sports Contributor
March 27, 2012

There came a point in 2002 when Karen Mainieri couldn't take it any longer. She was tired of chasing her rambunctious 7-year-old son Tommy around the stands in Notre Dame's Frank Eck Stadium, and finally...

Gymnastics: LSU snags No. 2 seed at Seattle regional

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 27, 2012

When the LSU gymnastics squad finally competes for a 2012 national championship berth, it will do so against a familiar foe in a familiar location. The No. 9 Tigers drew the No. 2 seed for the Seattle...

Philip Rivers: political figure or football hero?

By Juliana Deitch, Staff Writer
March 27, 2012

Philip Rivers, quarterback for the NFL's San Diego Chargers, will be N.C. State's commencement speaker at the spring ceremony May 12. Rivers, who graduated from N.C. State in 2003 and set many athletic...

LSU senior infielder Austin Nola (36) eyes a pitch March 20 during the Tigers’ 15-5 win against Southern University in Alex Box Stadium.

No. 15 LSU looks to avenge last year’s loss to the Cajuns

By
March 27, 2012

Tonight's game between No. 15 LSU (18-6) and Louisiana-Lafayette (13-10) has a little more on the line than the standard midweek game. For the Tigers, the key word is retribution - though they won't admit...

Tigers prepping for spring game

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 27, 2012

Spring football has its pros and cons, giving teams the chance to shake rust and develop early enrollees while lacking the structure and focus of regular-season training. But with the spring game looming...

Softball: Tigers head to McNeese State for midweek road test

By Albert Burford
Sports Contributor
March 27, 2012

The LSU softball team last played McNeese State (19-8) on Feb. 25. At that time, the Tigers had a 6-4 record and had recently fallen out of the top 25. LSU (23-8, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) won the contest,...

Mic’d Up: Saints hiring Parcells for one season doesn’t make sense

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 27, 2012

Tuna is not a food associated with New Orleans cuisine. Likewise, Bill Parcells would be a fish out of water if the New Orleans Saints do in fact decide to bring him in as head coach for the 2012 season. New...