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By Rick Sarro Over the past year, the McNeese State athletic department has fired two of the program’s highest-profile head coaches — a thing that’s never been done before: at least in the department’s
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Basketball Rebirth
The McNeese Cowboys’ new head basketball coach Heath Schroyer has been somewhat akin to the CEO of a company going public on the New York Stock Exchange. Since his hiring in March, Schroyer has
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Weathering The Southland Storm
By Rick Sarro You didn’t think this Southland race was going to proceed through the fall without some drama did you? The McNeese Cowboys were sitting pretty atop the league just a few weeks
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So Much More
An advance warning: I will be getting corny and sappy before too long. But at the end, I think you will give me a pass. As a lifelong New Orleans Saints fan (that’s right
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What’s Your Name?
With all due respect to Lynyrd Skynyrd, this question needs to be asked of the new McNeese basketball arena. Let me set the stage for the season home opener Nov. 16. Music
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Sweet Revenge
“Beware the fury of a patient man.” The McNeese Cowboys comprised the patient part of English poet John Dryden’s writing and the fury came with that 20-10 beat down of Nicholls State that avenged
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The thin air of northern Colorado was the least of McNeese’s worries in the team’s less than auspicious debut game of the 2018 football season. In fact, other than a few cramps here and
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2018 McNeese Season Preview
Story By Rick Sarro • Photo By Jesse Hitefield If you say something enough times, it becomes a fact. Find your message or narrative, repeat, rinse and repeat again. It’s an adage that’s been around
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New Orleans Saints Preview
A Rundown Of Pros And Cons For The Black And Gold As Training Camp Nears By Rick Sarro One play away from the NFC Championship game. One play from the opportunity to seek a
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The Hazy, Lazy Days Of Summer
It’s July again, and about the only thing keeping your average sports fan in these parts from following the Canadian Football League is maybe keeping tabs on the Houston Astros or waiting around for
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