Sports Around the Pelican State – June 20, 2025
A roundup of Louisiana Sports news, stories, and topics curated from the local community.
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Gallery: Baseball at Men’s College World Series
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LSU Soccer Adds Two Additional Spring Signees, Including Spanish Youth National Team Member
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Hutchins, Lorenz Signs with LSU for the 2026 Season
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Football: Louisiana, Liberty Announce Home-And-Home Gridiron Series
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The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and the Liberty Flames have finalized a future home-and-home football series, with the first matchup set for the 2028 season, both programs announced Wednesday.
Football: Sun Belt & ESPN Announce 2025 Primary Bowl Season Slate
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After pacing the non-autonomy conferences in Bowl Season representation for the third-straight year in 2024, the Sun Belt joins ESPN in announcing the dates, times and networks for its 2025 primary Bowl Season slate on Thursday.
Football: Louisiana Football Announces Four Start Times
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Start times and network designations for four games on the 2025 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football Schedule, including the first three weeks of the season, were announced on Thursday by the Sun Belt Conference and ESPN.
LSU baseball holds a pep rally for fans ahead of their National Championship series in Omaha
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OMAHA, Neb. – LSU baseball earned a couple of off days after beating Arkansas 6-5 Wednesday night in walk off fashion. They celebrated with Tiger fans on Thursday with a pep rally at the team hotel.
LSU has advanced to the College World Series finals and will compete for their eighth National Championship against Coastal Carolina.
LSU has been playing their best baseball in moments that matter the most. However, that didn’t happen overnight.
Since the team got together in August of 2024 and decided the type of team they wanted to be, their priority was to be selfless and to do everything in the best interest of the team.
It also helps that this Tiger squad has a very close bond that shows on the field with how they’ve worked together.
Hopefully that closeness will help them through the finals because they’re facing a Coastal Carolina team that is on a 26-game winning streak.
The last time the Tigers and Chanticleers faced off, it was 2016, and Coastal Carolina knocked LSU out of the Super Regional to advance to the College World Series. They went on to win the National Championship that same year by defeating an Arizona team that was coached by current LSU skipper, Jay Johnson.
LSU and Coastal Carolina will get things going in the Finals on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT from Charles Schwab Field. The game will be televised on ESPN.
WATCH: Jay Johnson speaks before LSU faces Coastal Carolina in College World Series Finals
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OMAHA, NE – LSU baseball Head Coach Jay Johnson spoke about gearing up for facing Coastal Carolina in the College World Series Finals.
WBRZ FLASHBACK: LSU basketball legend Shaq drafted first overall in the 1992 NBA Draft
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BATON ROUGE — This week in WBRZ history, legendary LSU basketball star Shaquille O’Neal was drafted into the NBA.
On June 24, 1992, O’Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic after the Florida team beat out the favored Minnesota Timberwolves, an outcome some still consider to be fixed.
The 7’1″ center was the first overall pick after leaving the Dale Brown-led LSU Tigers early. The rest, as they say, is history.
O’Neal became one of the league’s most dominant players, putting up a career 28,596 points, helping Team USA win gold at the 1996 Olympics and eventually having his number — 33 — retired in Baton Rouge.
Now, the sports legend, who has been retired for nearly 15 years, remains an ambassador to the sport, appearing on Inside the NBA and becoming a media personality outside of basketball, appearing in dozens of movies, TV shows, and commercials.
O’Neal, however, is most fondly remembered by the capital region as a hometown hero, despite being born in New Jersey. O’Neal has been memorialized outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center with a massive bronze statue of him dunking.
Watch more of WBRZ’s celebration of 70 years of local and community-driven coverage on YouTube at the playlist below:
World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe hospitalized at Club World Cup
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After Lionel Messi, Mbappe is arguably the biggest star in this summer’s Club World Cup in the United States.
LSU stuns Arkansas with dramatic 9th-inning rally to reach CWS Finals
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The championship series begins on Saturday night. LSU will play the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
Jones walks off Arkansas, LSU advances to CWS Finals
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Tigers first baseman Jared Jones comes up with a clutch RBI single to cap off a rally in the bottom of the 9th to send LSU to the CWS Final.
Omaha Scouting Report: Coastal Carolina lacks pop, but makes up for it with precision
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LSU has advanced to the College World Series finals for the ninth time in school history, but the Tigers will have to get past a surging Coastal Carolina team to do so. Coastal Carolina (56-11), the No. 13 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, is one of the hottest teams in college baseball. The Chanticleers…
Omaha Scouting Report: Coastal Carolina lacks pop, but makes up for it with precision
Ashton Stamps brings benefit of experience into another LSU season
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Stamps was thrown into the fire as a true freshman due to injuries in LSU’s secondary, becoming a key regular since then.
Ashton Stamps brings benefit of experience into another LSU season
Burkholder’s dynamic days at LSU magnified support for powerhouse gymnastics program
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Before there was Haleigh Bryant, Sarah Finnegan or Ashleigh Gnat, there was a 14-time All-American at LSU. An NCAA beam champion, and an SEC Gymnast of the Year, who was setting the foundation and helping vault LSU gymnastics into a perennial power.
Burkholder’s dynamic days at LSU magnified support for powerhouse gymnastics program
Saints sign RB Cam Akers to 1-year deal
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The 5-year NFL veteran and former No.1 ranked high school player in Mississippi played with the Texans and Vikings last season.
New Orleans Saints 2024 schedule
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Here’s who the Saints will play this season
4 Takeaways from Saints OTA’s: Early signs of Kellen Moore’s vision
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Here are four key takeaways from New Orleans Saints OTAs, including the quarterback battle, O-line setup, and a possible breakout defensive star.
Former Tulane Baseball coach dies at 88
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He won over 600 games and led the Green Wave to three Metro Conference tournament titles and seven NCAA regional appearances.
Defense dominates in Tulane Spring game
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Tulane’s Jon Sumrall has vowed that as long as he’s the head coach Uptown, the spring game will stay a tradition.
Brumbaugh’s brilliance and Woods’ last-second heroics seal Tulane win over Rice
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Brumbaugh had six rebounds and eight assists for the Green Wave (14-11, 8-4 American Athletic Conference).
Playoff berths in balance in final week of Crescent City Sports Prep Summer League
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No one has clinched a berth in the four-team playoffs July 1-2 as of yet, and two games between the top teams in the league will play a big part in settling the teams and seeds.
Playoff berths in balance in final week of Crescent City Sports Prep Summer League
Terrebonne downs United Rentals; Retif Oil, Malcolm Dienes rained out in CCS Summer League
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Terrebonne defeated De La Salle-based United Rentals 9-2 in a make-up game Thursday in Crescent City Sports Prep Summer League play.
Terrebonne downs United Rentals; Retif Oil, Malcolm Dienes rained out in CCS Summer League
Covington looks to build on strong season in 2025
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Greg Salter has done a solid job in 12 years with a steady hand on a consistent program.
Nick Saban’s open-door policy a factor in Alabama’s draft success
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NFL teams get great access to watching Alabama players all year, a practice that Nick Saban believes pays dividends to his program and beyond.
Scout’s Take: OLB Owen Pappoe to Auburn
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Owen Pappoe is a five-star prospect with off-the-charts athleticism to bolster Auburn’s defense.
Florida’s offense is on ‘right track’ with new staff
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Head coach Dan Mullen and QBs coach Brian Johnson have begun to install the new offense at Florida and the process of seeing what their QBs can do.
