Sports & Entertainment

What happened behind the scenes leading to Orgeron’s pending departure?   

LSU’s decision to part ways with head football coach Ed Orgeron is a historic and unprecedented move: a school ushering out a coach with a 74% winning percentage who is a mere 21 months removed from winning a national championship. 

BREC partners with esports company for new revenue stream  

BREC is partnering with an esports and gaming company to host video game tournaments...

Louisiana pays the Pelicans millions in rebates to employ NBA players

The New Orleans Pelicans receive a $3.65 million cash rebate every year from Louisiana—more than any other company—by counting its professional basketball players’ positions as newly-created direct jobs under the state’s Quality Jobs program.

The 13th Gate’s escape rooms deliver suspense over scares

It’s been 20 years since the 13th Gate opened its creepy doors in downtown...

LSU scraps Tiger Stadium COVID-19 entrance protocols

LSU will lift its COVID-19 entrance protocols for football games in Tiger Stadium, beginning with the Oct. 16 game against Florida.

Former LSU hoops star Glen Davis indicted in NBA fraud case 

Federal authorities in New York today charged 18 former NBA players, including Baton Rouge...
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Worker shortage for LSU games affecting postgame traffic, concessions  

Getting to Tiger Stadium and the areas surrounding it ready for game day is a monumental task, but this year it's been compounded by employment shortages due to Hurricane Ida and COVID-19, WBRZ-TV reports.

Film and TV union votes to authorize strike

Almost every voting member of the union that represents people who work behind the scenes in film and television in Louisiana has joined their colleagues across the country in authorizing a nationwide strike, a representative of the local chapter says. 

A ‘beast’ to maintain, West Feliciana hoping to save The Bluffs golf course

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard says he’s willing to explore any viable option to reopen and preserve the Bluffs at Thompson Creek golf course, but his parish doesn’t have the resources to take it over and run it. 

Baton Rouge cryptocurrency entrepreneurs plan platform to invest in young athletes

Local entrepreneurs have launched a cryptocurrency and are building a platform they say will allow investors to profit by picking up-and-coming athletes.