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Hall of Fame museum tour begins Thursday
A hard-hat media tour of the under-construction Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Natchitoches will precede the 2011 Hall of Fame press conference, featuring all seven living 2011 inductees, ...
Jun 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left are David Mabe of Stoneville, N.C.; Chris Smith of Orlando, Fla.; Kelsey Mater of Clare, Mich.; Alex Harcourt of Louisville, Ky.; Eddie Brasileiro of Raleigh, N.C.; Crew; Josh Epstein of Pensacola, Fla.; Gruesbeck; Coleman Carter of Amarillo, Texas and Stephanie Rabourn of Villa Hills, Ky.
Bike and Build
More than 30 cyclists pedaled into Natchitoches on a journey from Jacksonville, Fla., to Monterey, Calif. The group is part of the Bike & Build organization, a national non-profit that raises fund...
Jun 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Natchitoches Times Trivia Question
Question Rory McIlroy grabbed the U.S. Open title with a record 16 under par Sunday afternoon at 22 years old. Who is the youngest person to ever win a major championship? Answer If you think yo...
Jun 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former LSU great Todd Walker posted a career .289 batting average in 12 MLB seasons.
Walker’s Hall of Fame career catapulted by one swing
One swing took Todd Walker from a good high school baseball player to a great one. One swing sent Walker on a journey that carried him from Bossier City's Airline High School to LSU and eventually ...
Jun 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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After not being taken in the 1973 draft, Slick Watts’ perseverance turned into a six-year career in the NBA.
Being Slick not always a smooth ride
Donald "Slick" Watts is proof that perseverance does pay off. Being persistent is what helped Watts excel on the basketball court. After spending one season at Drake University, Watts yearned for a...
Jun 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Demons inked for at least two on Southland TV
Two Northwestern State football games are included in the 2011 Southland Conference Television Network broadcast schedule and two other late-season contests could be added to the slate. The TV game...
Jun 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don Shows, left, and his defensive coordinator at West Monroe High School, Jerry Arledge, are both former NSU assistant coaches. Arledge was the defensive coordinator on Coach A.L. Williams’ NSU staff from 1975-82. Shows was offensive line coach for Sam Goodwin’s Demons from 1986-88.
Finishing what he started set career goal for Shows
"Finish what you have started." The words might as well been 10 feet tall and highlighted in red as Don Shows left his home on Lea Drive in West Monroe one morning en route to West Monroe High Scho...
Jun 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jordan played with the Saints and started nine games under Jim Mora, mostly as a blocker for Dalton Hillard and Reuben Mayes.
Former Saints great receives state’s ultimate sports honor
The Iota "two step" was fashionable in Southwest Louisiana in the early 1980s. It was the touchdown signature of McNeese State tailback Buford Jordan and he entered into a long striding, high knee ...
Jun 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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James chokes as Mavs claim first NBA title
The sports world - at least the one we live in - has been trying to figure out why Miami Heat’s LeBron James played more like Etta James against the Dallas Mavericks in the Game 6 of the NBA finals...
Jun 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU legend leaves lasting imprint on Tiger athletics
More than eight decades after he arrived on the scene, his fingerprints remain all over the LSU athletic program. A case could be made that in the 118-year history of Tiger sports no one - not...
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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