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Three Tigers receive All-SEC baseball recognition

BATON ROUGE – Three LSU players received All-SEC baseball recognition Monday in a vote of the league’s 14 head coaches.

Senior rightfielder Antoine Duplantis was named second-team All-SEC, junior outfielder Zach Watson was named to the SEC All-Defensive team for the second straight year, and right-handed pitcher Cole Henry was voted to the Freshman All-SEC squad.

Warriors get another long break before NBA Finals

(AP) - And now, they wait.

Again.

The Golden State Warriors have gotten used to going to the NBA Finals, and their win in Portland on Monday night clinched their fifth consecutive trip. They’ve also gotten used to waiting for those finals to begin, with long layoffs after the Western Conference finals having become their norm.

Tiger duo fall in first round of singles tourney

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ORLANDO, Fla. – LSU Senior Jessica Golovin and sophomore Eden Richardson fell in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles Tournament on Monday, May 20, at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.

Selling Points

“Incredible Tiger fight with both Eden and Jessica today in their comebacks in the third set,” co-head coach Michael Sell said. “We dug ourselves big holes but courageously fought back to put ourselves in positions to win. I’m proud of their determination as they keep showing why they have National Championship characteristics.”

LSU softball falls to Tech 5-4

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BATON ROUGE – The 10th-ranked LSU softball team fell to Texas Tech, 5-4 Sunday evening. The Tigers fall to 42-17 on the year, while the Red Raiders improve to 42-15.

After two scoreless innings, the Tigers got on the board first in the top of the third. Amber Serrett reached first on a hit-bypitch, followed by Taryn Antoine reaching on an error and then advancing to second. With runners at second and third, Aliyah Andrews bunted the ball and Serrett scored. LSU led 1-0 heading into the bottom of the inning, but Texas Tech scored one run to tie up the game.

Astros on a tear despite absence of Altuve

(AP) - Take away George Springer and Jose Altuve, and maybe the Houston Astros start to look a little more beatable.

Maybe.

The Boston Red Sox finally snapped Houston’s 10-game winning streak Sunday with a 4-3 victory after Springer left the game with lower back stiffness. The Astros were already playing without Altuve, on the injured list with a strained left hamstring, but that injury did little to slow Houston. Even after Sunday’s loss, the Astros have the best record and best run differential in the major leagues. They lead the AL West by 8 ½ games.

Koepka handles the stress and reaps rewards of another major

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka should know as well as anyone that nothing in golf comes easily.

His well-documented journey to the PGA Tour took him to remote outposts like Kenya and Kazakhstan. Even after Koepka won a second straight U.S. Open last summer, which no one had done in 29 years, it didn’t seem enough to be the first name mentioned among the next generation of stars.

NBC ready to showcase iconic Indianapolis 500 for first time

(AP) - Like most aspiring broadcasters of his era, Mike Tirico remembers tuning into ABC every Saturday to watch Wide World of Sports, listening in rapt attention to the dulcet tones of Jim McKay.

“It was Channel 7 back in New York,” Tirico recalled fondly, “and this was a time that was almost unfathomable — pre-cable, no internet. Wide World of Sports shrunk the world. It took you everywhere.”

One of the places was the Indianapolis 500.

HERE SHE COMES

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Chloe Smith knows time is of the essence. One second determines her future.

That one second is what is on her mind when she is forcing her way through six hours of training six days each week in her quest to once again become the Fittest Teen in the World.

ANOTHER JDP STANDOUT

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WELSH – The saying “dynamite comes in small packages” embodies quite a few baseball players, but none quite like Welsh senior Parker Primeaux. Standing roughly 5’9” and weighing approximately 145 pounds, Primeaux doesn’t seem like an opposing figure on the mound. That all changes when he takes the ball and proceeds to mow down some of the best hitters in high school baseball.

WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

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LAKE ARTHUR – History was made here on Tuesday afternoon, as Tiger senior pitcher Peyton Thibodeaux signed a national letter of intent to continue his playing career at Centenary College in Shreveport. Thibodeaux is the first Lake Arthur baseball player to ever receive a college scholarship to continue playing the game at the next level.