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By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers Three sports, three issues I have: BASEBALL: The New York Mets have won 12 out of…

By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers At this time of year, there are two kinds of people in this (sports) world —…

By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers Somebody — anybody! — please make it stop! Once again, we’ve got another lawsuit over the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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