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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
Read More »Opening Game Kinks
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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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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Twitterization
I didn’t realize that if you want to stay up on sports — I mean really be engaged and up to date on the latest information about whatever game you love — then you
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Grinding Through The Season
There’s an NCAA college baseball tournament game to watch at all hours of the day and night over entire weekends. Games are being beamed out by every ESPN channel imaginable, from cozy college towns
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Fertile Diamonds
Five out of eight is a particularly impressive percentage in any sport or endeavor, and especially in the most difficult game of baseball. But in the context of the Louisiana High School State Baseball
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Shopping List Of Must Haves
How on earth do the New Orleans Saints top last year’s draft? They don’t. Can’t even come close. That’s not a knock against these 2018 draft picks by any means. There’s no way this
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