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By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers My biggest question is this — only $20 million? Congrats to LSU for building the Taj…

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By DON WALKER/Designated Contributor Along the lines of asking someone, “How are you?” in passing, or asking the spouse, “How was…

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(This ran originally in The Times and The News-Star, 7-21-2019. Today JJ and I both take a stab at offering a…

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By TEDDY ALLEN/Designated Writers When Jim Bouton passed away earlier this month at age 80, it closed the book on a…

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By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers I count myself as a baseball purist, yet I’m all for the designated hitter. (Which probably…

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(This column ran originally July 14, 2019 in The Times and The News-Star.) Land men on the moon? Return safely? Whatever….

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It’s a Wonderful, Endowed Life. Friday night in the Student Center on the Northwestern State campus in Natchitoches, I was lucky…

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By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers At some point, I'd like to go back and check the books at the Ruston Daily...Read More

By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers For years, I’ve been trying to find the perfect example of what modern sports has sadly…

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Designated Contributor Doug Ireland, pictured here in all his Doug E. Fresh glory, has retired as the SID (Stud/Sports Information Director)…

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