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Out Of The Hunt
You’ve heard it before. A person’s character is best measured not by how they have fallen but by how well they pick themselves up and respond to adversity. That character test will be most
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Quick End For The Mad Hatter
Just maybe those blades of grass inside Tiger Stadium have a special flavor. I wouldn’t have thought that until Les Miles plucked a few and gave them a chew. The hat always seemed too
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Just Play The Damn Game
Life isn’t as simple as it once was. That goes for college football, too. From 1951 through 1986, McNeese and what was then USL squared off on the football field for 36 straight years,
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Decision Made
The McNeese Cowboys’ quarterback duel is over, and the man with the quickest draw won. Arkansas State transfer James Tabary beat out juniors Grant Ashcraft and Joe Lissard for the job after roughly two
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Cowboy Up
THE LANCE GUIDRY ERA BEGINS AT MSU: Season Preview By Rick Sarro Football is a game of inches. For the McNeese Cowboys, make that 36 inches. That one yard made a world of difference at
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Another Sad Tale
Don’t sneak a peek ahead a few paragraphs. Try and figure out who I’m referring to in yet another tragic American sports saga involving a privileged, spoiled, arrogant sports star who appears to have
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A Dad’s Conundrum
What’s a dad to do? We are supposed to keep our kids away from trouble; protected and safe from injury; as much as humanly possible. Dads are obligated to make wise and prudent decisions
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Ali
I was anxiously waiting in the lobby of a lakefront hotel in Lake Charles. It was 1983, if my memory is correct. I was a young sports anchor and reporter for KPLC-TV at the
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Championship Brotherhood
It’s difficult to explain chemistry, camaraderie and the emotions and bonds built in the locker rooms and on the field. It’s even harder to understand how all this manifests in improved playing, and, better
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REAL REALITY
The NFL just put on its ultimate reality show in the form of its annual draft. That’s when hundreds of former college football players become reality stars over a three-day period that changes their
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