Sherman Cottingham, 97 years old, is one of the few living Black Baseball League players from the glory days of 1920-1940’s baseball From the college home base to the Hall of Fame, Sherman Cottingham has achieved what few people can claim to achieve! Sherman Cottingham, a native of Farmerville, LA, the Woodlawn Community, a graduate of Grambling State University, and …
Read More »The pregame logistics of LSU’s Elite Eight loss to Iowa have turned into a controversy that reached the governor’s mansion on Tuesday.Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry posted a tweet the morning after LSU’s 94-87 loss to Iowa calling for the Louisiana Board of Regents to create a policy mandating that student-athletes be present for a pregame national anthem or risk losing …
Read More »The Louisiana Gaming Control Board signed an order Wednesday banning licensed sportsbooks from offering prop bets on college athletes.The suspension on collegiate athlete prop bets begins Aug. 1 at 9 a.m. ET. The ban comes in time for college football season. The state of Louisiana has 10 Division I football program, including LSU.“It is the intention of the Louisiana Gaming …
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DWCS Powerlifters prepare to defend championshipThe D’Arbonne Woods Charter School’s State Champion Girls Powerlifting Team competed in the North Regional Powerlifting Meet Saturday and left with four medals. Medalist included: Karsyn Kelly, second; Bella Hawthorne, second; Lylah Jones, third; Maggie Barrett, third and Mia Albritton, second. The Lady Wolves are awaiting the announcement of state qualifiers as they prepare to …
Read More »By Markel BraggsContributing WriterAfter a Thanksgiving feast, the Farmers were looking to advance in the Division III non-select bracket against the 5th-seeded Bogalusa Lumberjacks. The Lumberjacks won the toss and elected to kick off and started the game with an onside kick that was caught and returned for a couple of yards by Jeremiah Hartness. From there QB Jorden Hill and …
Read More »By Markel Braggs Contributing Writer The Farmers hit the road to take on the Wossman Wildcats for a key district matchup with huge playoff implications on the line. On the first drive of the game, the Farmers’ offense started out strong, but the Wossman defense came up with a huge 4th down stop to give their offense the ball. The …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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