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Former WDSU Sports Director Lo Brown received one of two Lifetime Achievement Awards from the New Orleans Press Club on Saturday night. The New Orleans Press Club presented its second Lifetime Achievement Award recipient to longtime WWL-TV news anchor Erik Paulsen. Brown became New Orleans’ first on-air African-American sports anchor and reporter at WDSU-TV in 1978 and became a fixture in the Crescent City’s sports scene. After a year at KPLC-TV in Lake Charles (1980-81), Brown returned to WDSU, where he stayed for 21 years, 18 of which were as one of the market’s leading sports reporters, before switching to…

NFL players aren’t the only ones who have a competitive spirit. Regular workers also want to outdo their coworkers. NFL Office Pool Picks are the perfect way to show off your forecasting skills, starting with the Week 1 NFL schedule. NFL Picks Contest allows you to compete against coworkers, friends and family to win prizes as well as bragging rights. Whether it’s Week 1 NFL spread picks or NFL predictions, anyone can join the Football Office Pool.When making your NFL spread picks, you have to deal with Week 1 NFL spreads as they are fragmented. Apart from Patriots vs Bengals…

Sony Michel took a direct snap in front of a packed stadium in Pasadena, Calif. With Jake Fromm blocking in front of him, Michel crossed the goal line to earn Georgia a spot in the national championship game and cap off one of the most memorable games in Georgia football history: the Bulldogs’ 54-48 double-overtime win over Oklahoma State in the 2018 Rose Bowl.With Oklahoma and Texas officially joining the Southeastern Conference this year, games like the 2018 Rose Bowl could become the norm.”This is the greatest football game I’ve ever seen,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said of the Bulldogs-Sooners…

The University of Colorado has decided to effectively muzzle a journalist who wrote a critical commentary about head football coach Deion Sanders.The university confirmed Friday that it would no longer be answering questions from Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler at football-related events.”Following a series of ongoing personal attacks against our football program, and Coach Prime in particular, the CU athletic department, in conjunction with the football program, has decided not to accept questions from Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler at football-related events,” the university said in a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports. “Keeler will continue to be permitted to…

Sunday’s headlines and transfer rumours…Sunday Mirror Neal Maupay could be heading back to France with Nice pushing for his signature, according to reports. Use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player From his goal celebrations to his acting, Neal Maupay has had some controversial moments in the Premier League – we look back at the misdeeds that angered many fans and fellow players. According to reports in Brazil, Manchester United are considering a move for Fluminense midfielder Andre as a cheaper option if they are unable to sign Manuel Ugarte from PSG.Victor Joquelles has been linked with a move…

The Premier League match at Molineux will see Wolves take on Chelsea in what promises to be an intriguing encounter, but fans in the UK will be disappointed as the match will not be broadcast live.The Importance of FixturesEnzo Maresca’s Chelsea side showed glimpses of their potential in their recent encounter with Manchester City. Despite their best efforts, the Blues fell short of the champions and a trip to Wolves adds further pressure. With a squad in flux, Maresca now faces the familiar challenge of quickly finding consistency – a luxury rarely afforded to Chelsea managers, despite a change of…

Sports column: The Vicksburg Post’s football preview issue is a great tradition worth preserving Released Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 4:00 AM Like most sports editors across the country, one of the many tasks I am assigned each year is to produce a football preview issue. Some might consider this a tedious task, and maybe it is: writing 12 feature-length articles, taking around 300 photos of athletes, and then editing it all and putting it on the page, all in about three weeks, is a lot of work. But during my time at the Vicksburg Post, I’ve come to see…

Chelsea are considering a move for Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Juventus have made a request for Jadon Sancho and Arsenal want another striker.Chelsea are considering Everton’s England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin (27) as a cheaper option over Napoli’s Victor Osimhen (25) due to the high salary demands of the Nigerian striker. (Sun)Juventus has asked Manchester United to cover part of the 24-year-old England and United winger Jadon Sancho’s wages to facilitate the transfer of Sancho. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)Arsenal will be targeting another striker if a deal is completed to sign Spain midfielder Mikel Merino (28) from Real Sociedad. (Mirror)22-year-old Albanian…

Shohei Ohtani has made history again, this time in epic fashion.The Dodgers superstar hit a walk-off grand slam against the Rays on Friday night, marking his 40th career home run and becoming the fastest player in MLB history to reach that milestone. He is the first player in Dodgers history to hit 40/40 and just the sixth player in MLB history to do so.Ohtani, a two-time American League MVP and current front-runner for the National League MVP award, entered Friday with 39 home runs and 39 stolen bases this season. He stole a base in the fourth inning and grounded…

After earning top-five finishes her first three years, including a second-place finish behind teammate Ava Huck in 2023, Fort Frye High School senior Cadence Waller helped the cadets repeat as team champions by winning Saturday’s 25th annual Elizabeth S. Broughton Memorial Invitational with a time of 19 minutes, 45 seconds. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)MARIETTA — If you don’t succeed at first, keep trying and trying. Fort Frye High School senior Cadence Waller’s persistence finally paid off Saturday morning at the 25th annual Elizabeth S. Broughton Memorial Invitational Tournament. After finishing fifth, fourth and second to…