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• The best games in the second round of the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament, ranked

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images Florida State vs. LSU and Notre Dame vs. Michigan are must-watch games. Meanwhile, UConn and South Carolina should comfortably advance to the Sweet 16. The first round is in the books and more than half of the field is gone. We’ve cut the NCAA Tournament down from 68 teams to just 32 as games begin on Sunday, starting with No. 10 Oregon versus No. 2 Duke...2025
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Hailey Van Lith, who helped Louisville go to a Final Four in 2022, will face her former team for the first time with TCU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Even if it’s not explicitly stated, part of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee’s job is to make a television show, to put teams on paths that might be compelling must-watch matchups in Marc...2025
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• This longtime women’s college basketball coach just retired. Who might replace her?

GABY VELASQUEZ/ EL PASO TIMES / USA TODAY NETWORK Joye Lee-McNelis is calling it quits after leading Southern Miss for 21 seasons. Is this a desirable job in the Sun Belt? What does the candidate pool look like? After 21 seasons on the job in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Joye Lee-McNelis is stepping away from the Southern Miss sidelines. The Golden Eagles announced Tuesday afternoon that Mc...2025
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• When you wake up from ‘The Dream:’ My trip to Super Bowl LIX

For three days I was in paradise as I traveled to the Bayou. Then it was over. Most of my Arrowhead Pride articles provide film analysis from a recent Kansas City Chiefs game. This isn’t one of those. Instead, this is about the tremendous opportunity with which I was presented: to attend Super Bowl LIX between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans. After much consideration, I decide...2025
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• Notes: Detroit Lions feature in NFL’s 9th annual Women’s forum

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The NFL will be hosting their ninth annual Women’s forum during the 2025 NFL Combine in Indianapolis. As part of the festivities surrounding the 2025 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, the league will be hosting their ninth annual Women’s forum on February 26. The program was created to connect women with leaders in the NFL to provide them with career paths to...2025
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• Flau’jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams on Expectations, Growth and What it’ll Take to Run it Back in the Tournament

It all started in Baton Rouge. Flau’jae “Big 4” Johnson and Mikaylah “12” Williams are on campus at Louisiana State University for a visit when they enter the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC). They both look up into the rafters. The winning heritage and history of LSU can be felt throughout the arena, where legends […] The post Flau’jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams on Ex...2025

• The best games in the second round of the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament, ranked
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• NFL Combine preview: 12 IOL the Lions should be watching

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Identifying which interior offensive linemen the Detroit Lions should be keeping an eye on during the 2025 NFL Combine. Our 2025 NFL Combine preview series continues along as we approach the big event, which is scheduled to be televised from Thursday, February 27 through Sunday, March 2. So far, we have already previewed which quarterbacks, running backs, wi...2025
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• Hubbard’s Mock Draft 2.0: Building an offense for Kellen Moore

Photo by Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images Went heavy on offense in honor of the new head coach. It’s been official for a couple of days now, but former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator and Super Bowl LIX champion, Kellen Moore, is the new head coach of the New Orleans Saints. The hire signals a new era of New Orleans football, with all ties to Sean Payton officially severed. Th...2025
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• Besson’s Mock Draft 2.0: Saints go QB round 1

Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Will Kellen Moore look to address QB in Round 1? With the New Orleans Saints zeroing in on a head coach, it has been rumored that top candidate Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is not thrilled with the Saints’ quarterback room. So, in my mock draft 2.0, and first full seven-round mock, I will be exploring the idea of New Orleans sel...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Where teams fall in the latest AP Top 25 poll with the regular season nearing its end The theme from last week’s college basketball games was honoring the past. In the SEC and Big Ten, two names who have shaped the future of the sport had their jersey numbers immortalized in their respective school rafters. These ceremonies represented how the past impacts the p...2025
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• Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 NFL mock draft roundup (Feb 3)

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Hail! to the victors. Hail! to the conquering heroes... The Jacksonville Jaguars have been making a flurry of coaching moves that will surely help shape and reshape the drafting outlook come April. The NFL Draft is as fickle a process as ever, but there are a handful of names that seem to rise above the rest when it comes to early Jaguar mocks. Defensive tackle...2025
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• Clyde Edwards-Helaire pens goodbye note as he is waived from Chiefs

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kansas City selected the LSU product in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. The Kansas City Chiefs have waived running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire. The 25-year-old announced the news himself via his official X account. “Love ya KC!” wrote Edwards-Helaire. “A family I didn’t know I needed, y’all made a Kid from Baton Rouge dreams c...2024
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• Dallas Cowboys scouting report: Breaking down the Commanders offensive scheme

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Dan Quinn has nailed another offensive coordinator hire When Dan Quinn left the Cowboys this past offseason to take the head coaching job for the rival Commanders, he knew this would probably be his last chance at having the top job. With Washington picking second overall in the draft, the chance to land one of the top three quarterbacks was right there,...2024
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• Women’s college basketball’s 10 best players for the 2024-25 season, ranked

Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Images Super stars like JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers led the talented list of must-watch players this season. For the last two seasons, headlines focused on Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese as women’s college basketball continued to surge in interest and viewership. With both stars now doing the same in the WNBA, there’s no shortage of talent in college hoops. If anyth...2024
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• When you wake up from ‘The Dream:’ My trip to Super Bowl LIX
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• WATCH: Shaquille O’Neal foots bill for some random guy’s birthday party
A man celebrating his birthday party in Baton Rouge, La., welcomed an unannounced celebrity guest when Shaquille O’Neal briefly popped in to share in the revelry. Even better? Upon leaving, O’Neal paid the party’s entire bill.Chris Plant was celebrating his 31st birthday on Tuesday night at the Texas de Brazil restaurant when none other than O’Neal made an appearance. “We were sitting at the table...2018
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• Life on the Mississippi: Tramon Williams Remembers Growing Up on the Bayou
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"Saban ignored his instincts and left for the NFL a year after winning the national title in Baton Rouge"

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"“A family I didn’t know I needed, y’all made a Kid from Baton Rouge dreams come true!"

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"com/jE2wGGXUTb— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) January 25, 2023 Roach, who is from Baton Rouge, was an undrafted free agent and signed with the Saints in April 2020."

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"Police arrested Aries Jones, 28, and Tivione English, 21, of Baton Rouge, [more]"

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"The Panthers’ offensive coordinator was in Baton Rouge in 2019, helping direct one of the greatest offenses [more]"

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"He grew up in a very impoverished area of Baton Rouge and lost his father at age 6."

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"We have more on Davis and the Pelicans: Davis’ decision is a failure at all levels of the franchise, including Davis himself, Scott Kushner of The Baton Rouge Advocate opines."

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"LSU reportedly paying New Mexico $1.6 million for 2022 game in Baton Rouge"

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"LOOK: Restaurant in Baton Rouge is enjoying Alabama's title game loss"

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"Baton Rouge shooting hits home for ex-RB Dunn"

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"Dunn dedicates all of his work to his late mother, Betty Smothers, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police officer who was slain in a botched armed robbery in 1993."

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"Ever since his breakout game in Week 7 against the Dallas Cowboys—in which he caught two TDs—the Giants have leaned heavily on the young man from Baton Rouge, Louisiana."

• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• When you wake up from ‘The Dream:’ My trip to Super Bowl LIX
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• Notes: Detroit Lions feature in NFL’s 9th annual Women’s forum
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• NFL Combine preview: 12 IOL the Lions should be watching
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• A Royals fan’s guide to college baseball in 2025

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The games have already begun at this level. Spring is in the air. The Kansas City Royals, as well as 14 other major league teams, have descended upon the greater Phoenix metropolitan area to begin preparing for the 2025 MLB season. Spring Training games will begin this week as players battle it out for roster spots and roles with the bi...2025
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• Saints re-sign RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire to one-year contract

Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images The Baton Rouge native inks a deal to return to the Big Easy. The New Orleans Saints and former LSU star RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire have agreed to terms on a one-year deal after he finished the 2024 season with the team. In two games, CEH recorded 46 yards and two first downs on 13 attempts, averaging 4.2 yards per carry. The Saints have signed Clyde ...2025
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• Dolphins Address Offense in Dane Brugler’s Latest Two-Round NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Gus Stark/LSU/University Images via Getty Images The Athletic’s NFL Draft Analyst, Dane Brugler, released a two-round mock draft on Wednesday Morning. Here’s who the Dolphins selected with their picks. A wise man once said: “Mock drafts are like buttholes. Everyone has one, and they all stink!” (Spoiler alert: I said it) That saying still holds true in 2025, yet here I am. Once ...2025
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• The best games in the second round of the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament, ranked
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• Canal Street Chronicles welcomes a new writer

Gary Walker Hello Who Dat Nation!! Hello, Who Dat Nation and CSC faithful! My name is Gary Walker, and I am so excited to join Canal Street Chronicles as a contributing writer. I am a lifelong New Orleans Saints fan, and I have always wanted the chance to take all of the time I spend thinking about the Saints and apply it to something a little more... productive. I was a sports fan from a...2025
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• Besson’s Mock Draft 2.0: Saints go QB round 1
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Jaguars 2025 head coach candidate profile: Bills OC Joe Brady

Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images What makes Joe Brady an attractive candidate? For the third time in five years, the Jacksonville Jaguars are searching for a new head coach. Big Cat Country’s Jaguars head coach hiring process tracker is constantly being updated — but to provide more information on the top candidates being interviewed, we’ll be releasing in-depth profiles throughout the...2025
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• Clyde Edwards-Helaire pens goodbye note as he is waived from Chiefs
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• Dallas Cowboys scouting report: Breaking down the Commanders offensive scheme
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• Women’s college basketball’s 10 best players for the 2024-25 season, ranked
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs graded B+ for performance against the Falcons

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, September 24 The latest NFL winners, losers of Week 3: Texans, Cowboys have sizable setbacks | USA Today WINNERS Chiefs find a way, again They were certainly aided by a clear defensive pass interference no-call and an abysmally slow-developing running play the Falcons called on the decisive fourth down, but Kansas City survived for a ...2024
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• When you wake up from ‘The Dream:’ My trip to Super Bowl LIX
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• Notes: Detroit Lions feature in NFL’s 9th annual Women’s forum
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• Canal Street Chronicles welcomes a new writer
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Jaguars 2025 head coach candidate profile: Bills OC Joe Brady
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• The best damn show in Baton Rouge

Photo by Chris Parent/University Images via Getty Images LSU Gymnastics opens the doors to fans to kickoff the new season. In the world of college athletics, it’s hard to draw a crowd during winter break. The final exams for the fall semester are over, students are home for the holidays. But yet in Baton Rouge on a Monday night in mid-December, a sea of purple and gold flooded the entra...2024
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• Should Rams add this former first round running back?

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Clyde Edwards-Helaire was released by the Chiefs, making him a free agent The Kansas City Chiefs released running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire on Monday, ending a five-year relationship with their former first round pick. Though Edwards-Helaire started the season on the NFI list, the Chiefs activated him in October but he has been a healthy scratch for the...2024
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• Clyde Edwards-Helaire pens goodbye note as he is waived from Chiefs
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• Random Ramsdom: Logan Bruss waived

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 11/13/24 The Los Angeles Rams just lost on Monday Night Football but prior to the game they reportedly made the decision to waive former high draft pick Logan Bruss. Should LA call him back after seeing how poorly their offensive line looked on Monday? The Rams were able to get some players back but instead of this be...2024
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• Warrick Dunn's Charity Has Gifted 145 Homes to Single-Parent Families
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• Odell Beckham Jr. Defends LSU After Alabama's Hurricane Katrina Poster
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• Baton Rouge shooting hits home for ex-RB Dunn
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• Former NBA Player John 'Hot Rod' Williams Dies at 53
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• Odell Beckham Admits to Playing with Two Tears in Leg During Rookie Season
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• Villified, Vindicated, Victorious: La'el Collins Is a Man on a Mission
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• Source: Bills' Ryan, Collins meet in Baton Rouge
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• NBA Insider: Has Cavs' Busy Week Set Stage for Busy NBA Trade Season Ahead?
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• Fantasy Football Week 2 Rankings: Latest Position-by-Position Rundown
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• NFL Scores Week 15: Results and Top Fantasy Football Stars for Sunday Games
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• The best games in the second round of the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament, ranked
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• Flau’jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams on Expectations, Growth and What it’ll Take to Run it Back in the Tournament
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• A Royals fan’s guide to college baseball in 2025
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• Canal Street Chronicles welcomes a new writer
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• Hubbard’s Mock Draft 2.0: Building an offense for Kellen Moore
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• Besson’s Mock Draft 2.0: Saints go QB round 1
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Dolphins Address Offense in Dane Brugler’s Latest Two-Round NFL Mock Draft
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• When you wake up from ‘The Dream:’ My trip to Super Bowl LIX
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• Canal Street Chronicles welcomes a new writer
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• Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 NFL mock draft roundup (Feb 3)
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs graded B+ for performance against the Falcons
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• Where are your former Browns now? TE/LS Brian Kinchen

25 questions with a long snapper who has one crazy post-season story The Cleveland Browns of the 1980s were all very good teams that came very close to going to the Super Bowl, but for different reasons failed to get past the AFC Championship Game. Correction: failed to get past John Elway and the Denver Broncos. Tight end and long snapper Brian Kinchen were part of some of those talented rosters...2023
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• LSU wins outright SEC title that Tiger fans celebrated even though it'll probably be vacated
The Will Wade/Jevonte Smart scandal made for a weird Saturday night in Baton Rouge...2019
• Draft Review: Etling latest QB to hear Belichick's call

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• Experts react to Patriots 2018 NFL Draft picks

See what some of the experts are saying about the Patriots 2018 Draft class. Isaiah Wynn, OL - Georgia Round 1, Pick 23 (23) ...2018
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Dak Prescott Has Look of an All-Time Great
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