Tiger Rag

Todd Horne explains why the Super League already exists and why he thinks the SEC Championship Game's days are numbered.

Former LSU running back Richard Murphy of Rayville played for the Tigers from 2006-10, gaining 511 yards on 106 carries in his career with 29 receptions for 214 yards. (Social media photo).

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The Mountain West Conference may be losing Fresno State, Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State and Utah State to the Pacific-12 Conference this football season. But it is gaining former Southeastern Conference and LSU football coach Brian Kelly. Kelly, who was fired by LSU after falling out of

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Ron Abernathy, the man behind the man of LSU basketball's storied history of the 1970s and '80s under coach Dale Brown who signed Shaquille O'Neal and recruited key members of the Tigers' 1981 Final Four team hailed as greatest in school history, has died. Abernathy died at age 75

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson had 12 committed incoming pitchers from his, 24-man No. 2-ranked high school signing class going into the 2027 season, though he could lose a few of those to the Major League Baseball Draft on July 11 and 12. And two pitchers coming in from the NCAA

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES The Charlotte Hornets traded star point guard LaMelo Ball and guard Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for veteran power forward and former LSU Tiger Naz Reid, in additon to a 2033 unprotected first-round draft pick, first-round pick swaps in 2028, '29 and '30 and three future second-round picks (2029, '32

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Well, it was fun while it lasted. Over the last few days, LSU men's basketball fans fantasized over coach Will Wade signing Final Four MVP point guard Elliot Cadeau of national champion Michigan via the transfer portal as Wolverines coach Dusty May suddenly left the team to coach the

By JOHN HENRY, Written For the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (Fifth in a series on inductees into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches on Saturday.) As a 2026 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and hisinduction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Gil LeBreton takes his place

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor When the 2025-26 sports calendar year began last August, there were legitimate hopesof LSU’s first appearance in the College Football Playoff since 2019 and maybe more. Coach Brian Kelly faced a do-or-die year in his fourth season, because he had notscratched the playoffs despite a $100 million, 10-year contract

LSU freshman pitcher Marcos Paz was the No. 22 high school right-hander in the nation last recruiting season by Perfect Game. (LSU photo).