News sports 2008-06-30 Andanh.com

LSU Summer Football
Sports 2 catches up with a senior football player at LSU who is excited about summer workouts.

LSU Baseball
A new coach will lead the recruiting for next year’s team. Sports 2 has more on the recruiting effort.

End of an era

Lee wins 100 dash, bound for Olympics

Time Out: Munching on baseball leftovers

LSU earns top honors

Galloway on road to success

Roubique bringing passion to coaching

Henderson not bothered by lack of bids for Top 28 tourney

Time Out: Leindecker, Hess show real courage

A HARD ROAD: Path to NFL success was not an easy one for Pat Williams Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:26:00 EST
The road to NFL success wasn't an easy one for Wossman product Pat Williams.

ULM basketball coaches hit the road in July Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:00 EST
Travel is big this time of year for vacationing families.

Team manager to AD: After graduating from Tech, Jim Oakes returned to serve for 14 years Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:47:00 EST
After rising from football team manager to Louisiana Tech athletic director, Jim Oakes will say goodbye to the hallowed halls of Thomas Assembly Center today after 14 years of running the school's programs.

NEWS-STAR THROWBACKS: Negro League legend Hilton Smith's career started in Monroe Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:35:00 EST
In 1992, sports editor Paul J. Letlow wrote one of his first big stories for The News-Star. In it, he uncovered the rich history of the Monroe Monarchs, a Negro Southern League team from the 1930s that met the Pittsburgh Crawfords in the 1932 World Series. Pitcher Hilton Smith played for those Monarchs before going to Kansas City, where he became a star. Letlow revisited the Monarchs in this story published on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, as the late pitcher was being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Racing notebook: Meet Bill Avant from the Monroe Speedway Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:02:00 EST
It takes a lot of people working together to make a racing show like the ones at Monroe Motor Speedway such a great event. This week we would like to say a word about Bill Avant.

End of an era: Jim Oakes Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:40:00 EST
After rising from football team manger to Louisiana Tech athletic director, Jim Oakes will say goodbye to the hallowed halls of Thomas Assembly Center today after 14 years of running the school's programs.

Kurt Busch takes New Hampshire Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:19:00 EST
Kurt Busch had strategy and luck on his side. Tony Stewart had neither.

Carter falls short in 100 meters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:01:00 EST
Xavier Carter — the "X- Man" — is one of the fastest men on earth, but he wasn't quick enough to guarantee himself a spot on the USA Olympic Track and Field Team on Sunday.

Perry captures Buick Open Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:41:00 EST
GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Kentucky, Kenny Perry is coming home.

Scott Ferrell: Oakes' La. Tech legacy still to be determined Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:16:00 EST
Jim Oakes has been Louisiana Tech's athletic director so long that his Bulldogs were playing football in the Big West Conference when he took over in 1994.

Sports cap first half with loss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EST
The first half of the season in the American Association is over.

Phelps, Hoff crush 400 IM records Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:41:00 EST
OMAHA, Neb. — Holding off one of his best friends, Michael Phelps started his second attempt to break Mark Spitz's Olympic record with another epic swim.

Park becomes youngest Women's Open champ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:39:00 EST
On a windswept day that sent scores soaring at Interlachen Country Club, Inbee Park of South Korea steadied herself throughout the final round Sunday to win the 63rd U.S. Women's Open.

Texas Prospects Red nabs Walker title Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EST
Ryan Bell and Seth Cashion combined to drive in six runs and the Texas Prospects Red team defeated the Texarkana Indians, 11-1, to win the Todd Walker Summer Showdown.

So long, Skip Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EST
Skip Bertman's last official day as LSU's athletic director is Monday.

Lafayette rolls past Evangeline Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EST
The Lafayette Little League All-Stars had to wait two days to open district tournament play, but when they finally got around to playing, they exploded for a 21-1 win over Evangeline Little League in the opener at Broadmoor Park.

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