The New Orleans Pelicans returned home on Wednesday evening to play the 2-8 Brooklyn Nets. Zion Williamson returned after resting last game, but he was nowhere near enough for the Pelicans to extinguish their losing streak to four as they fell 145-111 to drop to 4-8 on the season. HOW IT HAPPENED: New Orleans had a sho...

Houston Astros General Manager Randy Flores announced on Wednesday that former Astros catcher Brad Ausmus has been named the 21st manager in Astros franchise history. The 57-year-old Ausmus has spent four of the last five seasons as a Major League bench coach for the New York Yankees (2024-26) and Oakland A's (2022). B...

The LSU Tigers women's basketball team defeated the McNeese Cowgirls 100-43 on Tuesday night inside the PMAC. With the win, LSU moves to 3-0 while McNeese falls to 2-2 with the loss. HOW IT HAPPENED: LSU started hot in this game, much like they did in each of their first two games this season. They had margins of victo...

The LSU Tigers women's basketball team defeated the McNeese Cowgirls 100-43 on Tuesday night inside the PMAC. With the win, LSU moves to 3-0 while McNeese falls to 2-2 with the loss. HOW IT HAPPENED: LSU started hot in this game, much like they did in each of their first two games this season. They had margins of victo...

The LSU Tigers dropped in the second week of the College Football Playoff Rankings. After suffering a 31-13 loss to Alabama this past weekend, Lane Kiffin's team (6-3) fell to No. 21 in the College Football Playoff Selection Committee Rankings, which were released on Tuesday night. LSU was ranked No. 14 in the initial ...

The LSU men's basketball team defeated Louisiana Tech 90-50 on Monday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. With the win, LSU improves to 3-0 on the season and has outscored its opponents 282-158 through the first three games. HOW IT HAPPENED: Louisiana Tech scored the first bucket of the game on a putback dunk b...

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns defeated the South Alabama Jaguars 28-26 on Saturday night at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium. With the win Louisiana improved to six-and-three on the year and three-and-two in conference play. HOW IT HAPPENED: South Alabama won the toss and deferred to the second half. Peyton Argent (#38) kicke...

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team lost to the Texas A&M Aggies 62-51 on Thursday night inside the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas. With the loss, the Cajuns are 1-1 on the season. HOW IT HAPPENED: Louisiana started the game strong, taking a 4-2 lead in the early stages. The Aggies responded, ...

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team fell 75-61 to the Akron Zips on Monday night inside the Cajundome. The Sun Belt-MAC Challenge contest was the season opener for both squads, and the Zips led wire-to-wire. HOW IT HAPPENED: Akron, who won the MAC Tournament a year ago and made the NCAA Tournament, got of...

The New Orleans Saints defeated the Cleveland Browns 23-22 in overtime on Sunday inside the Caesars Superdome. The victory moves New Orleans to 3-5 overall, putting them in a three-way tie for first in the NFC South. HOW IT HAPPENED: The Saints earned a three and out and got the ball early in this game. Then, they crea...

The New Orleans Saints were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-10 at Stade de France in Paris, France on Sunday morning. Pittsburgh used the running game to control the flow of play and win their third straight in what was the first ever NFL regular season game in France. HOW IT HAPPENED: Amidst a week of unrest in...

New Orleans Saints' defensive back Martin Emerson Jr has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday. The honor comes after a career effort from Emerson against the New York Giants. He set a new season-high with seven tackles. Additionally, he brought in two interceptions, a feat ...

The LSU Tigers women's basketball team defeated the McNeese Cowgirls 100-43 on Tuesday night inside the PMAC. With the win, LSU moves to 3-0 while McNeese falls to 2-2 with the loss. HOW IT HAPPENED: LSU started hot in this game, much like they did in each of their first two games this season. They had margins of victo...

McNeese tipped off its 2026-27 basketball season on Monday with a 99-78 victory over UAB in the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon in Rock Hill, South Carolina. HOW IT HAPPENED: Justyn Fernandez drained a three-pointer to give the Blazers the early lead. Jerrell Colbert threw down a dunk for McNeese, but then Fernandez h...

The defending three-time Southland Conference Tournament champion McNeese Cowboys basketball team has been selected as the overwhelming favorite to make it four-in-a-row by league coaches and sports information directors with the unveiling of the men's basketball preseason poll on Tuesday. McNeese collected 11 of the 1...

Houston Astros General Manager Randy Flores announced on Wednesday that former Astros catcher Brad Ausmus has been named the 21st manager in Astros franchise history. The 57-year-old Ausmus has spent four of the last five seasons as a Major League bench coach for the New York Yankees (2024-26) and Oakland A's (2022). B...

Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker has won the American League Gold Glove Award at first base. The Rawlings Gold Glove Award was created in 1957, and since then the award has served as the highest symbol of defensive excellence in Major League Baseball. Walker won his fourth career Gold Glove Award at first ...

The Houston Astros will not renew the contract of manager Joe Espada, who had served as the club's manager since the 2024 season. He also served as the Astros bench coach from 2018-23. Espada's contract is set to expire at the end of October. In his three seasons as manager, Espada compiled a 256-229 won-loss record,...

Delta Media Corp. will be your home for the LHSAA playoffs. St. Thomas More earned the No. 6 seed in the Division I (Select) playoffs and received a first-round bye. In the second round, STM will host the winner of No. 22 West Jefferson and No. 11 Acadiana. That game will be heard on ESPN 103.7 Lafayette. Barbe earned ...

Class 5A School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank 1. St. Augustine (10) 9-0 131 2 2. Alexandria (1) 8-1 117 3 3. Karr 8-1...

Class 5A School, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank 1. Karr (7) 8-0 117 1 2. St. Augustine (3) 8-0 113 3 3. Alexandria 7-1 ...