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By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor No sooner did the United States Congress begin making progress to help fix college athletics with the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act than Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti began flashing thumbs down. Never mind that it was Sankey and Petitti - in particular

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Mr. Saban goes to Washington. And Capitol Hill just got Saban-ized. Former seven-time national champion Alabama and LSU football coach Nick Saban took over Washington D.C., Congress, the U.S. Senate and The Beltway Wednesday as if it was a fall Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, or

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES Two of LSU's top players on a team that reached the NCAA Super Regional round have decided to look elsewhere with two seasons of eligibility remaining. LSU sophomore left-handed ace pitcher Jayden Heavener of Pace, Florida, and sophomore starting first baseman Tori Edwards of Flower Mound, Texas, have entered the NCAA

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES The college basketball world will get a glimpse of how good new coach Will Wade's first basketball team of his second term at LSU is early in the 2026-27 season. The Tigers, coming off back-to-back losing seasons of 14-18 (3-15 Southeastern Conference) and 15-17 (3-15 SEC), will play major NCAA Tournament

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The LSU baseball team has perhaps strengthened its weakest link in the 2026 baseball season - pitching. LSU coach Jay Johnson has received a commitment and signee out of the NCAA Transfer Portal from Gonzaga freshman right-handed relief pitcher Landon Hood (6-foot-3, 200 pounds), who was 3-1 with a

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU will play Wake Forest on Dec. 1 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in the Southeastern Conference/Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Challenge in one of 16 matchups involving the two conferences in the 2026-27 non-conference season. LSU coach Will Wade was 2-0 against Wake Forest last season when he was North

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson has added his second commitment from the 2026 NCAA Transfer Portal for the 2027 season in Texas State sophomore shortstop Dawson Park of Texas State. 🐅Callin’ Baton Rouge🐅 pic.twitter/XangzwaDE0— dawson (@dawsonpark06) June 5, 2026 Park committed to Johnson on Friday morning and is expected

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES Who says LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey avoids scheduling quality non-conference games, particularly on the road? Well, Kim Mulkey does. WHY KIM MULKEY BELIEVES IN LIGHTER NCONFERENCE SCHEDULES But she will be playing a team that is usually ranked in the top 25 out of conference in the 2026-27 season

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU senior deputy athletic director Heath Schroyer shed some old light on basketball coach Will Wade's overseas-dominated roster that has several eligibility questions going into next season during an appearance on Matt Moscona's "After Further Review" radio show on 104.5 FM in Baton Rouge on Thursday. Problem was he

Tiger Rag's Todd Horne explains why media rights—not NIL, revenue sharing or the transfer portal—are the real battle shaping the future of college sports, the SEC, the Big Ten and LSU.