NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitration hearing into whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has jurisdiction to punish Saints players for the team's bounties program has been set for May 30.The players' union has asked arbitrator Stephen Burbank of the University of Pennsylvania to rule if the players ...
By Alex Hickey / American Press
Former McNeese State tight end R.C. Slocum was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday for his accomplishments as the head coach at Texas A&M from 1989-2002, where he compiled a career record of 123-47-2, the winningest coach in school history. The Aggies won three Southwes ...
By Alex Hickey / American Press
The McNeese State athletic department finished with a budgetary surplus in 2011, the first time it has done so in three years. That is according to USA Today’s database of NCAA Division I athletics finances, which was released on Monday. The numbers showed McNeese with an overall revenue of ...
By Alex Hickey / American Press
McNeese State didn’t have to look far to replace sports information director Louis Bonnette, who is retiring after 46 years of service to the school. And they’ve probably found the one person perfectly comfortable with the football field being named for his predecessor. Athletic dire ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
Move over Moneyball. Small ball is back, whether people want it or not, in the high school game. Barbe just used the bunt-and-run game to win a state championship, but even Bucs head coach Glenn Cecchini isn’t sure that the new regulations that weakened the metal bats are a good thing for th ...
By Rachel Whittaker / American Press
SULPHUR — The City was well-prepared this past weekend. Rain in the Lake Area could have put a serious damper on Sulphur’s first time hosting the Class 3A, 4A, B and C baseball state tournaments. However, McMurry Park was equipped for the elements, something LHSAA executive director ...
By Alex Hickey / American Press
The revolution will be Twitterized. For a long time I was a stick in the mud when it came to Twitter, which I simply saw as a haven for people who couldn’t spell and used too many abbreviations. And I still think the 140-character limit is some sort of communist plot. But I have learned the ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
As Alvin Bartie reached for the end zone, a giant thud reverberated throughout the Civic Center. It was the type of hit that fans cheer wildly for. However, Bartie never heard the crowd. Instead, his world became fuzzy, his eyes blurred. He tried to play on, but soon after the Swashbucklers quart ...
ZACHARY (AP) — Zachary police have arrested a 12-year-old on drug charges and a Zachary man on numerous counts involving pirated movies.Police C ...
LAFAYETTE (AP) — Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel says he wants to sever ties with the city of Broussard because of bitter disputes wi ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Neil Young & Crazy Horse will join Green Day as headliners of the 2012 Voodoo Fest on Halloween weekend in New Orleans.Th ...
MONROE (AP) — A West Monroe man has been convicted of negligent homicide in the death of his 2-month-old son, who was killed in June 2009.After ...
NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitration hearing into whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has jurisdiction to punish Saints players for the team's boun ...
Former McNeese State tight end R.C.
Slocum was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday for his accomplishments as the head coach at ...
The McNeese State athletic department finished with a budgetary surplus in 2011, the first time it has done so in three years.
That is according to U ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Art Monk of Syracuse, Dave Casper of Notre Dame and Jonathan Ogden of UCLA are among 14 former players who have been selected to ...
The American Press compiles a list of entertainment events scheduled for Southwest Louisiana. The full list is published online each Thursday night wh ...
Boomerang will open the 2012 Downtown at Sundown series on Friday, May 18.
The concert, set for 6-9 p.m., will be held in the street within the 600 b ...
Michael Sarver wants his next album to reflect the roots of country music.
The former “American Idol” contestant is planning on releasing ...
The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau will kick off National Tourism Week May 5-13 with several
events in the Lake Area ...
