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The Wizardry of Oz - Penn State penalties, Saints' training camp
If you are reading this article looking for a long, in-depth opinion of the Penn State penalties, you might as well stop reading at the end of this paragraph. I said in the beginning that I felt th...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kenny Henderson, Executive Director, LHSAA
The 2012 Olympic Games: “Inspiring a Generation”
Every four years, the world’s most talented athletes travel to a designated location to decide the top three competitors in nearly every sport and event imaginable. Whatever happens in the pool or ...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints quarterback. (PHOTO/sports.blog.terra.com)
THE WIZARDRY OF OS: The Art of Negotiation
The big news this week has to be the “Art of Negotiation.” We have three examples reaching their climax in the next week. The first example is the most recent and surprising news from Kevin Gausma...
Jul 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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THE WIZARDRY OF OS: Radical SEC Conference proposal
I will get the Saints issue over with this week quickly. In the least startling news of the 21st century, Roger Goodell upheld the player suspensions. Goodell’s reasoning was that the players did n...
Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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THE WIZARDRY OF OS - Saints, LSU, NBA Draft
Warning: For those tired of reading about the Saints and their issues with the NFL, do NOT read the end of this article. I will give you one more warning before you get there. The NBA draft is this...
Jul 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Red Snapper
Stop the snapper ‘management’ idiocy
My dad grew up in North Louisiana when deer could only be found in the thick bottomlands of the Tensas River delta and anyone killing one was hailed as a hero. When the state began a re-stocking pr...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Zeke Basco of Pineville High School was named the winner of the 2011 LHSAA State Farm Prep Classic Poster and Program Cover Contest. (PHOTO/www.lhsaa.org)
2012 Prep Classic Poster Contest
Each December many spectators, coaches and athletes pack the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to watch the last 10 teams standing, compete for the Louisiana state football championship in their respective c...
Jun 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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THE WIZARDRY OF OS - Letters
I have some mail I need to catch up on. Rather than sending out all these letters individually, I was just planning on writing to these people in this column…I figure they all read it when they get...
Jun 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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THE WIZARDRY OF OS: LSU at College World Series
Before we get started, I have to give thanks to the LSU baseball team’s return to the postseason. Because it was around this time last year that I had to turn into “summer writing mode” and that wa...
Jun 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU Tigers at CWS in 2009.
THE WIZARDRY OF OS - Conference Champs
The best part about young talent is when they grow up. Most of last football season, it was frustrating watching Central’s offense go from explosive to implosive and back to explosive over the cou...
May 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU Coach Paul Mainieri (IMAGE/SportsGumbo.net)
THE WIZARDRY OF OZ - Coach Mainieri, Tigers must stay hot
The good news for Paul Mainieri is that he has been pushing the right buttons. The bad news is that he has had to push a lot of buttons this year, and he is going to have to stay hot with his decis...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hands of Stone boxing team, from left, is: Malcolm Miller, Coach Verlena, Jarred Young, Coach Eddie Ray, Henry Allen II and Dilliyn Knighten. Front: Coach Kevin Allen and Delwin Deamer. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Hands of Stone boxing team: Knocking out competition
The Hands of Stone boxing gym has relocated to BRECs Pride Road Park, located at 15971 Pride-Port Hudson Road, in Pride. The Hands of Stone boxing team, local boxers who train at the park, traveled...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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