Marques Colston, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Glenn Dorsey headline Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2021 induction class
Marques Colston, the all-time leading receiver for the New Orleans Saints, joins two of LSU’s greatest competitors, basketball’s Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and football’s Glenn Dorsey, and Southern Jaguars baseball star Rickie Weeks among a star-studded group of eight 2021 competitive ballot inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
view morePeyton Manning’s foundation endows scholarships at six Historically Black College and Universities
The Peyback Foundation has instituted the scholarships at Grambling, Southern, Dillard, Xavier, Fisk (TN) and Tennessee State.
view moreSWAC releases 2021 spring football schedule
The season will consist of six conference games for each member including Grambling and Southern.
view moreInterview: Jacques Doucet on college sports delays during the pandemic
WAFB-TV sports director discusses the decisions for fall football and postponement by major conferences on 106.1 FM.
view moreSouthern legend Pete Barnes named to 2020 College Baseball Hall of Fame class
Pete Barnes was a four-time All-Southwest Athletic Conference outfielder at Southern and played 11 years in the AFL/NFL.
view moreSWAC postpones all fall sports including football, Bayou Classic until at least spring
The fall sports impacted include men’s and women’s cross country, football, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball.
view moreSWAC leaders will discuss options for fall sports Monday
Will they or won’t they? That’s the question facing the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in regards to playing any sports this fall.
view moreNCAA releases recommended guidelines for return to play
Daily self-health checks and testing players for COVID-19 within 72 hours of competition for high contact risk sports including football are among the recommended courses of action.
view moreDerrell Martin named head football coach, athletic director at Cohen
Martin succeeds Ben Powell, who departed both positions at Cohen to the head football coach at Haynes Academy last month.
view moreRoger Cador, Tony Robichaux to be inducted into American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Robichaux spent 25 seasons at the helm of the Ragin’ Cajuns’ Baseball program and 33 seasons overall at the Division I level.
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