It was just the start of a special three days in Natchitoches.
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame revels in its opportunity to tell lift up its sports legends from all areas of the state with a Red Stick lean.
It may not have been “Mama” calling him home like it was for Bear Bryant, but a phone call from his alma mater more than three decades ago brought Doug Ireland to the place he calls home.
Weeks, a freshman from Florida and basically unknown to his Southern University of Baton Rouge teammates, was quiet at his first practice.
Growing up in the 1950s and early 1960s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Pat Henry and his four younger brothers had no trouble deciding what career path they would take.
It’s only fitting that in this time when long-standing perspectives are being reconsidered, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is inducting in its Class of 2021 the 52-year old Abdul-Rauf.
Inscribed vertically along the back of Marques Colston’s biceps are the words “Quiet” and “Storm,” an ode to the nickname he was given by a childhood friend.
A behemoth defensive tackle from East Ascension High in Gonzales, Dorsey had already become the most decorated player in LSU football history before the 2007 national championship game.
Ask Rogers about her record-setting softball career and the response is to recall memories, not dwell on individual accomplishments.
Bo Dowden’s joyous scream that day along the choppy St. Lawrence River in upstate New York could be heard all the way back in Natchitoches.
