Category: LSU

LSU Tops No. 1 Wake Forest 5–2 to Set up a Rematch for a Spot in the College World Series Finals

OMAHA, Neb.—LSU staved off elimination from the College World Series for a second time. And now the Tigers are right where they expected to be all along. Cade Beloso hit a go-ahead three-run homer, freshman Griffin Herring pitched 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief in his longest outing and LSU forced a second bracket final…


Biden Celebrates LSU Women’s and UConn Men’s Basketball Teams at Separate White House Events

WASHINGTON—All of the past drama and sore feelings associated with Louisiana State’s invitation to the White House were seemingly forgotten or set aside Friday as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed the championship women’s basketball team to the mansion with smiles, hugs and lavish praise all around. The visit had once appeared…


LSU Wins 1st NCAA Title, Mulkey’s 4th, Beating Clark, Iowa

DALLAS—Kim Mulkey returned home to Louisiana wanting to bring LSU its first basketball championship. The Hall of Fame coach did just that in only her second year at the school. Her Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102–85 on Sunday and win the first basketball title, men’s or women’s,…


Mulkey, LSU Women Rally in Final Four, Reach 1st Title Game

DALLAS—Kim Mulkey is back in another national championship game, this time taking the flagship university from her home state there for the first time. It took LSU only two seasons to get there with the feisty and flamboyantly dressed coach, and a big comeback in the national semifinal game that was quite an undercard Friday…


Daniels, No. 15 LSU Outlast No. 6 Alabama, 32–31 in OT

BATON ROUGE, La.—First-year LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was unflappable in the face of an Alabama defense that sacked him six times. First-year Tigers coach Brian Kelly made bold decisions while trying to capture a maiden victory over Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide. Together, Daniels and Kelly helped produce a scene of sheer rapture at…