LSU Tigers

Much like its SEC West counterpart Alabama, LSU’s success on the football field has relied heavily on its defense. The Tigers have used size and speed on the defensive side of the ball to earn double-digit wins in the previous three seasons. Much of...

Outrun this victim? Lots of luck with that. Sarah Tatterson of West Seattle, a veteran of a dozen half-marathons, gave dogged chase to a would-be bike thief who took off on foot after ditching his ill-gotten prize. "It was an instinct, and I reacted...

Writers from around Tribune Co. discuss what kind of year to expect from Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, who last year became the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy. Feel free to join the conversation by leaving a comment of your own....

He'll get crushed Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune Johnny Manziel will feast on the likes of Rice and Sam Houston State, building an early case for a Heisman Trophy repeat. But the SEC's big boys will crush him. Left tackle Luke Joeckel and center...

OMAHA, Neb. Before Tuesday, the most significant game Trent Thornton started might have come during his high school days in Charlotte. Yet Thornton, the North Carolina freshman, spoke with confidence about starting against LSU with the Tar Heels' season...

It was Nick Vander Tuig's turn to walk the tightrope, which UCLA starting pitchers seem to find themselves on every game. The runs will come at some point … somehow. All a guy has to do is be near-perfect. Vander Tuig obliged. The Bruins were...

LSU batters have plenty of company. The Tigers, like many before them, were left scratching their heads after facing UCLA’s Adam Plutko. Plutko allowed five hits in seven innings and is 6-0 after a 2-1 victory in the College World Series on...

LOS ANGELES A crowd gathers around a television in Coach John Savage's office near the entrance of UCLA's baseball clubhouse. All of their eyes are intently following the mounted screen opposite his desk, where former UCLA pitcher and No. 1 draft pick...

The Sports Xchange College World Series: UCLA 2, LSU 1 UCLA scored two unearned runs, including one with two outs in the top of the eighth, to defeat Louisiana State 2-1 Sunday in the final game of the first round of the College World Series in Omaha,...

UCLA relief pitcher David Berg has been named one of three finalists for the National Pitcher of the Year award. Berg, a sophomore, set a school record with 21 saves this season. He is 7-0 with an 0.88 earned-run average, the lowest in the nation. The...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| USGA Golf--U.S. Open Championship, 11 a.m. (NBC) Auto Racing--Drag Racing, NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Part I, same-day tape, Noon (ESPN2), Part II, same-day tape, 10 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Quicken Loans 400, Noon...

Perhaps you heard that Phil Mickelson flew home to California to see and hear his daughter Amanda speak at her eighth grade graduation, then flew back to Pennsylvania for the start of the U.S. Open, getting back at about 4 a.m. (Pennsylvania time) and...