Elfrid Payton to enter Ragin’ Cajuns Hall of Fame
Payton, a three-year letterwinner for Louisiana from 2012-14 and the lone representative in the 2020 Hall of Fame class, will become the 30th member from the Ragin’ Cajuns Basketball program honored.
view moreInterview: Former Loyola, prep basketball coach Jerry Hernandez talks new book
Hernandez joins Ken Trahan on 106.1 FM.
view moreMarques 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 moreLHSAA Executive Committee approves return to contact sports
As expected Wednesday morning, the LHSAA’s Executive Committee unanimously approved schools returning to contact sports while Louisiana remains under phase two restrictions from the pandemic.
view moreFormer Riverside Academy standout Jared Butler named to NCAA MBK oversight committee
The former Riverside Academy standout will immediately begin serving as the student-athlete representative on the committee.
view moreLouisiana played big role in John Thompson’s Georgetown success
It’s a long way from southeast Louisiana to our nation’s capital, but former Georgetown coach John Thompson built a pipeline to bring some of this area’s best high school basketball players from New Orleans to Washington.
view moreRecruiting: Bonnabel forward Will Allen commits to Louisiana Tech
The 6-foot-8 forward pledged to the Bulldogs over several other Division I offers Saturday.
view moreWarren Easton names Kartisia Esco as new athletic director, Derek Hale as boys basketball coach
Warren Easton has a new athletic director and a new boys basketball coach, and both are graduates of the school.
view moreThe best of the NBA products from New Orleans
Let’s look at a collection of players who fine tuned their exceptional skills in the high school ranks around the city before moving onto to careers at the highest level of the game.
view moreFormer McNeese basketball player Ronald Cox dead at 56
Cox, who shared the court with Joe Dumars in the mid-1980s, passed away last week after battling an illness.
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