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Shaq to invest in new LSU arena: 'LSU and Baton Rouge deserve a world-class arena'

BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer
13 hrs ago

Former LSU basketball player, four-time NBA champion and hall of famer Shaquille O'Neal will invest in the proposed new arena on the LSU campus.

Grading Saints trades for Devaughn Vele and Luke Fortner … and Rattler QB1? Dattitude Ep. 406

BY JIM DERRY | Dattitude Podcast Host
Updated 14 hrs ago

Did Saints overpay for Vele with 4th-round pick? What will we learn from preseason finale vs. Broncos on Saturday? Top pick for College Football Week 0?

Why this 'unique' LSU freshman defender was compared to an NFL star by Brian Kelly

BY WILSON ALEXANDER | Staff writer
Updated 12 hrs ago

When LSU coach Brian Kelly watches freshman cornerback DJ Pickett, he's reminded of Kyle Hamilton, one of the best defensive players he ever had at Notre Dame.

These factors will decide if Southern football beats North Carolina Central in season opener

BY TOYLOY BROWN III | Staff writer
Updated 7 hrs ago

Southern understands the magnitude of its season opener.

The Saints have cut a veteran wide receiver after trading for Broncos WR Devaughn Vele

BY RASHAD MILLIGAN | Staff writer
17 hrs ago

NFL veteran wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones has been released by the New Orleans Saints to make room for newly-acquired receiver Devaughn Vele.

Check out Toyloy Brown's prediction on the Southern-North Carolina Central game

BY TOYLOY BROWN III | Staff writer
17 hrs ago

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 28, SOUTHERN 21

LSU men’s basketball releases full nonconference schedule for 2025-26 season

BY TOYLOY BROWN III | Staff writer
19 hrs ago

LSU men’s basketball now knows what's ahead for the 2025-26 regular season after the program announced its 13-game nonconference schedule Friday.

These 11 Saints players could help their cause with a big game vs. Denver on Saturday

BY LUKE JOHNSON | Staff writer
22 hrs ago

There won’t be much time between when the New Orleans Saints wrap up their final preseason game against the Denver Broncos on Saturday and when they trim their roster down to 53 players.

Dunham and Episcopal remain the District 8-2A favorites, but a newcomer is emerging

BY SPENCER URQUHART | Staff writer
23 hrs ago

Dunham and Episcopal enter the season with their usual high expectations as programs with proven track records of playoff success.

A QB plan, NIL deals and more: What stood out from a discussion with LSU football's GM

By REED DARCEY | Staff writer
23 hrs ago

When Austin Thomas began his first job as a top-level college athletics administrator, he was working in a much different world than the one he’s navigating now.

Saints' Jayden Price trying to add his name to short list of White cornerbacks in the NFL

BY ROD WALKER | Sports columnist
23 hrs ago

Jayden Price never knows exactly what he will hear, but he knows he’s going to hear something.

Inside Ckelby Givens' journey to greatness with Southern football. 'He walks in excellence.'

BY TOYLOY BROWN III | Staff writer
Updated 8 hrs ago

Ckelby Givens isn’t influenced by money.

Here are the District 8-2A teams and players to watch heading into 2025

BY SPENCER URQUHART | Staff writer
23 hrs ago

District 8-2A has seven teams competing in the 2025 high school football season. The district consists of Baker, Capital, Dunham, East Feliciana, Episcopal, Northeast and Slaughter Charter.

How new players and a different style could give LSU 'game breakers' on special teams

BY WILSON ALEXANDER | Staff writer
Aug 22, 2025

Barion Brown realized he was fast as a sophomore at Pearl-Cohn High in Nashville, Tennessee.

Scott Rabalais: It took too long, but SEC made right choice on 9-game football schedule

BY SCOTT RABALAIS | Sports columnist
Aug 22, 2025

Common sense often flows like molasses in this world, especially within an entity as large as the now 16-team Southeastern Conference.

Brian Kelly reveals how much money LSU football spent to build its 2025 roster

By REED DARCEY and WILSON ALEXANDER | Staff writers
Updated 12 hrs ago

Brian Kelly revealed that LSU football spent around $18 million on its 2025 roster, which is more than triple the amount the Tigers spent last season.

Why the Saints were comfortable giving up draft picks for wide receiver Devaughn Vele

BY MATTHEW PARAS | Staff writer
Updated 17 hrs ago

The national reaction to the New Orleans Saints’ trade for wide receiver Devaughn Vele was far from kind.

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The location of Southern football's road game at Bethune-Cookman has been changed

BY TOYLOY BROWN III | Staff writer
Aug 21, 2025

Southern football’s Oct. 11 game against Bethune-Cookman is changing locations, although it remains in the same state.

SEC football is moving to 9-game conference slate in 2026. Here's how that impacts LSU.

BY WILSON ALEXANDER | Staff writer
Aug 21, 2025

The SEC will begin playing a nine-game conference schedule in football during the 2026 season, a new format that includes three annual opponents for every team and was favored by LSU.

New Orleans recognized Tyrann Mathieu for his on and off-field impact on his hometown

BY LUKE JOHNSON | Staff writer
Updated Aug 21, 2025

Louisiana’s Son now has his own day in the place that raised him.

Another Saints starting offensive lineman went down with an injury. Here's the latest.

BY MATTHEW PARAS | Staff writer
Updated Aug 21, 2025

New Orleans Saints tackle Taliese Fuaga missed Thursday’s practice with a knee injury, marking yet another offensive lineman to get hurt for the Saints in recent weeks.

Does Southern have a likely starter at running back? Terrence Graves lays out the plan.

BY TOYLOY BROWN III | Staff writer
Aug 21, 2025

The Southern football team doesn’t know who its starting quarterback will be against North Carolina Central at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Atlanta.

The Saints reportedly aren't done looking for more talent on offense after making 2 trades

BY RASHAD MILLIGAN | Staff writer
Updated Aug 21, 2025

The New Orleans Saints are reportedly in the market to add another running back to their depth chart.

The Saints have named a starting quarterback for final preseason game vs. Broncos

BY LUKE JOHNSON | Staff writer
Aug 21, 2025

Spencer Rattler will start the New Orleans Saints preseason finale against the Denver Broncos, head coach Kellen Moore announced Thursday.

Through 2 preseason games, Kelvin Banks Jr. is proving why he was worth a top-10 pick

BY LUKE JOHNSON | Staff writer
Aug 21, 2025

If the preseason is any indication of what the real thing is going to look like, the New Orleans Saints appear to have landed their left tackle of the present and future in Kelvin Banks Jr.

Meet Tyree Adams: The man tasked to replace Will Campbell as LSU football's left tackle

BY KOKI RILEY | Staff writer
Updated Aug 21, 2025

When Barbara Adams thinks about her son, the first person who comes to mind is her grandfather.

The untold story of Texas QB Arch Manning’s bond with namesake Archie, his ‘role model’

BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
Aug 21, 2025

On Sept. 14, Archie Manning sat in the study of his St. Charles Avenue condo and flipped on the TV to watch the University of Texas play Texas-San Antonio.

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