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Should you watch Netflix tonight, or the All-Star Game?
47+ min ago (473+ words) Fumbling the remote control as we slide toward pay-for-everything sports television – it’ll be here during President Trump’s fourth term – it’s easy to get confused looking for the right channel. Two pals weren’t sure if there was an All-Star Game Home…...
Too hot to not: With newborn back home, Burns will play in British Open
45+ min ago (408+ words) By DOUG IRELAND, Journal Sports The Sam Burns family is a foursome now, so Dad has gone back to work. Wife Caroline has given birth to the couple’s second child, according to media reports, and Burns has flown to England…...
Independence Bowl’s All-Time Team adds five stars as countdown continues
46+ min ago (120+ words) Five more stars were announced Monday on the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl’s 50th Anniversary All-Time team last week, including Bossier High School’s Weldon Brown, two members of Nick Saban’s 2007 Alabama team, and LSU running back Rondell Mealey. The first 10 All-Time Team…...
Rams’ All-Pro WR Nacua, LSU All-America OL McClure head latest group of I-Bowl All-Time Team selections
4+ day, 43+ min ago (183+ words) Current Los Angeles Rams All-Pro receiver Puka Nacua and recent Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Todd McClure, an LSU standout, are part of the latest five players announced as members of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl 50th Anniversary All-Time Team....
BPCC’s Montgomery playing in national junior college all-star events
4+ day, 43+ min ago (389+ words) Named the state’s junior college player of the year earlier this summer, Bossier Parish Community College basketball point guard Tony Montgomery is lining up with the nation’s best these days. Thursday and today, Montgomery is playing in the JA 48 event…...
Soccer lesson learned: Sometimes it’s best to leave things as they are
4+ day, 42+ min ago (569+ words) Play enough athletics for long enough and you’ll discover – and believe – that the “sports gods” do exist. More importantly, you quickly find out that the last thing you want to do is anger them. The basic premise is this – play…...
Burns at home on baby watch as PGA Tour tees off in Europe next two weekends
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (530+ words) By DOUG IRELAND, Journal Sports Shreveport product Sam Burns will be celebrating two birthdays this month – one that is keeping him away from golf’s fourth and final major championship, next week’s British Open. Burns will turn 30 on July 23. His wife,…...
BPCC’s Moore will be tipoff speaker at LHSCA clinic
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (395+ words) Bossier Parish Community College basketball coach Jeff Moore is nicknamed “Cajun” in reference to his south Louisiana roots and his far-reaching Bayou State ties. That makes him an especially appropriate featured speaker for the upcoming Louisiana High School Coaches Association…...
Louisiana Folklife Center to Present Free Bagpipe Workshop
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (898+ words) Shreveport-Bossier Journal The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University will present “A Visit with the Bagpipe” at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11 at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum at 800 Front Street in Natchitoches. The…...
2027 SCAC basketball tourney set for Brookshire Grocery Arena
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (666+ words) By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications The 2027 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament will be hosted by Centenary and held at Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City from Feb. 26-28. It’s a change from recent conference tournaments, which were…...