Sports & Entertainment

IRS throws a chill into the collectives that are paying college athletes

The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit, donor-backed collectives paying college athletes to promote charities...

Baton Rouge Symphony announces new music director 

After concluding a multiyear search, the Baton Rouge Symphony board of directors has announced the selection of Adam Johnson as music director. 

New Baton Rouge pro hockey team has a schedule, but name still a mystery

Baton Rouge’s new professional minor league hockey team will open its season at the Raising Cane’s River Center on Oct. 26 against the Columbus River Dragons. 

Roundup: LSU baseball / Natural gas prices / Flight delays  

ICYMI: The LSU baseball team will commemorate its 2023 National Championship win with a...

NCAA places LSU’s football and men’s basketball programs on probation  

The NCAA's Independent Resolution Panel ruled today that LSU’s football and men's basketball programs will be on probation for the next three years for recruiting violations, The Daily Advertiser reports. 

LSU AD Scott Woodward doesn’t want schools to pay student-athletes directly

LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward sees his role at the university differently from what...
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Youth soccer tournament expected to pump $20M into Baton Rouge economy

The 2023 U.S. Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships will take place in Baton Rouge June 23-29,

Baton Rouge soccer foundation calls cancellation of international exhibition a ‘black eye’ 

An exhibition game in Baton Rouge between two international men’s soccer teams was canceled hours before the planned Sunday night kickoff after some of the Honduran players objected to the field conditions at Olympia Stadium following their Saturday training session. 

Find out where LSU ranks among top schools for sports revenue

LSU ranks among the top schools in the nation when it comes to sports revenue, according to a new report released this week by USA Today.

LSU board weighs 10-year contract extension with multimedia rights manager

The LSU Board of Supervisors is poised to consider a 10-year extension of its multimedia rights agreement with Playfly Sports Properties.Â