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Baseball: Season opens against Air Force, Alcorn State

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
February 17, 2012

Two days before the No. 8 Tigers begin their quest to make it back to postseason play, junior outfielder/first baseman Mason Katz and senior third baseman Tyler Hanover were antsy. Three and a half hours...

Baseball opening day: LSU 10, Air Force 2

By Mark Clements
Deputy Sports Editor
February 17, 2012

Pregame: No. 8 LSU took the field roughly an hour before the seeason opener against Air Force with the Tiger fans slowly beginning to flow in. The Tigers face a three-game series, including two bouts with...

Track and Field to host Twilight Meet

By Chandler Rome
Sports Contributor
February 17, 2012

The LSU track and field team will host its first home meet of the season when the LSU Twilight Meet kicks off today at the Carl Maddox Field House. The No. 3 Lady Tigers and No. 4 Tigers finally return...

Women’s Basketball: Lady Tigers to face Arkansas

By Scott Branson
Sports Contributor
February 16, 2012

The LSU women's basketball team will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks tonight in a rematch of the Lady Tigers largest defeat this season. The first game of the season series,...

Sports Briefs – February 16, 2012

By Staff Reports
February 16, 2012

Rainy weather continues to plague LSU men's tennis team The LSU men's tennis team continues to battle rainy weather as Wednesday's home match against in-state rival Tulane (4-3) has been rescheduled for...

Mic’d up: Return of Melo will turn Lin’s fairy tale into a nightmare

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
February 16, 2012

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has taken the NBA by storm. In two weeks, the Harvard graduate has morphed from the player that no NBA team wanted to the story no one can stop talking about. The...

Men’s Tennis: Hungarian native adjusts to life in Baton Rouge

By Ian Fontenot
Sports Contributor
February 16, 2012

The location may have changed for LSU junior Olivier Borsos, but the passion for tennis has not. Before arriving in Baton Rouge in 2009, the 21-year-old Hungarian spent 10 years living in France, where...

NFL: Chad Jones cleared to play football

By Staff Repports
February 16, 2012

Chad Jones took a major step toward the NFL this week. The former LSU safety, whose career was derailed by a car accident in 2010, was medically cleared to play football by his doctor this week. The medical...

Men’s Basketball: Tigers struggling mightily away from Baton Rouge

By Albert Buford
Sports Contributor
February 16, 2012

The last time the LSU men's basketball team got a road win, the LSU football team was still undefeated, the New Orleans Saints seemed destined for another playoff run and Jeremy Lin was two days away from...

LSU sophomore pitcher Kevin Gausman pitches the ball Feb. 3 during a scrimmage at Alex Box Stadium.

Baseball: LSU’s rotation crucial to team’s success, Mainieri looking for bullpen improvement

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
February 16, 2012

Just like Greg Jennings in a popular viral video, the LSU pitching staff will need to put the team on its back in 2012 if the Tigers want to make it back to the postseason. LSU's preseason No. 8 ranking...

Mic’d Up: Contenders, pretenders rampant in March Madness

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
February 15, 2012

The middle of February signifies one thing for college basketball fanatics like myself: March Madness is only a few weeks away. One month from today, the NCAA Tournament's second round will kick off at...

LSU sophomore guard Andre Stringer celebrates Tuesday with freshman forward Johnny O’Bryant III after LSU’s 69-67 overtime win against Mississippi State in the PMAC.

Men’s Basketball: Hickey’s runner nets thrilling 69-67 overtime win for LSU

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
February 15, 2012

Anthony Hickey has made the shot dozens of times this season. This one was special. The freshman point guard made a running floater in the lane with 1.4 seconds left to push LSU past No. 23 Mississippi...