Sports

MLB races starting to heat up with playoffs looming

This is the time of the year when things really get interesting for Major League Baseball. With approximately 40 games left in the regular season, several division races are starting to heat up like the summer days of August.

Then there were two

BATON ROUGE -- Despite all of the rhetoric coming out of Baton Rouge that the quarterback race was not settled and all four scholarship players at that position still had a shot at being named the opening day starter, two of those players decided to transfer out.

Holding on to four quarterbacks was never going to work

Raise your hand if you thought that the LSU Tigers were really going to be able to keep all four scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. Now those of you who have their hand up, go and find an episode of Fantasy Island, because that is all it was, a fantasy.

Astros blast Rockies; remain on top

HOUSTON -- With the prospect of losing their ninth consecutive home game and their two game lead over the Oakland Athletics, the Houston Astros did what true champions do; win big.

Key LHSAA football rule changes designed to enhance player safety

The one-year experiment that allowed the LHSAA to use the “tackle box” rule available to NCAA football teams is over. However, two other rule changes designed to enhance player safety do go into effect this fall.

Focusing on us

NEW ORLEANS -- With the upcoming second pre-season game against the Arizona Cardinals Friday night, head coach Sean Payton is adamant about focusing on his team first and foremost. After Monday afternoon’s practice, Payton reiterated his main goal leading up to the next game.

Defense way ahead of offense after first LSU scrimmage

BATON ROUGE -- Coming into the 2018 season, LSU fans knew that the defensive side of the ball would be way ahead of the offense for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, the Tigers lost more on that particular side of the ball in terms of talent.

West’s World:Leading the pack with faith

If there is one thing the last year and three months has taught me as Managing Editor of the Ville Platte Gazette it is that if your faith remains strong then there is absolutely nothing in this world too big for you to handle.

Getting an eyeful

JACKSONVILLE -- Pre-season football games in the NFL are really and truly not about wins and losses, but more about evaluating talent and desire in order to pair down the roster to the numbers needed for opening day.

LSU still juggling QB rotation; Fulton suspension upheld

Still trying to find the right guy for the most important position on the field, the LSU Tiger coaching staff made some rotation changes in the last few days of fall camp.