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ULL baseball coach Robichaux dies at age 57

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University of Louisiana-Lafayette head baseball coach Tony Robichaux died at the age of 57 Wednesday morning with his family and loved ones at his side at Ochsner Medical Center in

Easton helped NOLA, now wants to do same for Saints

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The task was laborious but clear-cut: Shovel out sweet potatoes from the back of the tractortrailer, for distribution among the needy. But, likely, no one accounted for the heat and

Hardy grabbing attention

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As we move into July, the start of preseason practices for college football team is only one month away. That means preseason thoughts are beginning to be released, and Louisiana

LSU adding John Robinson to football staff

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BATON ROUGE — John Robinson, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and longtime head coach at Southern Cal and the Los Angeles Rams, is joining the LSU

Nuggets bring Millsap back

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The Denver Nuggets announced on Saturday that they’ve picked up the team option in Paul Millsap’s contract for the 2019-20 season. The upcoming campaign will be Millsap’s third with the

Seven inductees to join Grambling Legends

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GRAMBLING — Grambling Legends, Inc. will induct seven new members into the Legends Hall of Fame during a banquet ceremony on July 13 at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center on the campus of Grambling State University.

Tech soccer adds left-footed kicker

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RUSTON — Louisiana Tech soccer head coach Kevin Sherry continues to stockpile new talent, announcing last week the signing of Alpine Williams to a national letter of intent.

The 5-foot-8-inch, left-footed midfielder from Henderson, Nevada, joins 17 other signees for Tech’s 2019 recruiting class.

“Alpine has an eye for goal and can strike the ball as good as any player I have seen come through the program,” Sherry said.

“We now have a great balance in the squad with numerous options on the left side and in each positional line.”

NBA coaches likely to get 1 challenge per game next season

NBA coaches likely will be challenging one call per game next season.

The league told teams Friday that, pending expected approval by the board of governors on July 9, coaches may challenge a personal foul charged to their team, a called out-of-bounds violation, a goaltending violation or a basket-interference violation. No other call may be challenged.

“We anticipate this rule will be in effect in the NBA next season as a one-year pilot program,” NBA Basketball Operations President Byron Spruell told teams in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.

Celtics add Kara Lawson to coaching staff

A person familiar with the situation says Kara Lawson has been hired by the Boston Celtics as an assistant coach.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t publicly announced the hire.

ESPN was the first to report the deal.

Lawson becomes the latest woman to serve as a coach in the NBA, joining San Antonio’s Becky Hammon, Dallas’ Jenny Boucek and Cleveland’s Lindsay Gottlieb.

GSU’s Fobbs adds tight ends coach

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Grambling State head football coach Broderick Fobbs has added a new assistant coach as he prepares for the start of the 2019 football season

Travis Makauskas, who coached the inside wide receivers alongside receivers coach Quentin Burrell as a volunteer during the Tigers spring practice session, announced via Twitter on Thursday that he will take over the tight ends coaching position as well as be a graduate assistant for Fobbs.