Shreveport Local Sports

Tight end Jeremy Shockey was released Tuesday after three seasons in New Orleans. He caught 139 passes for 1,460 yards with six touchdowns in 38 regular season games.

The Wang Theatre in Boston, the Chicago Theatre, the Eagles Club (Rave) in Milwaukee, Wis. — Bellator Fighting Championships is more suited to cozy historic venues than large arenas.

Freshman Kurt McCune was named the Southeastern Conference pitcher of the week on Monday -- one day after learning he would no longer be in the Tigers' weekend rotation, at least for the time being.

Grambling found a head coach whose hiring will be considered nothing short of a home run.

When Southwood forward Kourtney Pennywell faces a double team, it's usually Jessica Savannah that steps up in her place. On Monday, it was Keona Favis. Favis showed off her offensive side plenty in a 54-44 win over No. 14 seed Zachary in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Several key parts of the Loyola team that earned the No. 4 seed in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 3A girls basketball playoffs are unable to play in the playoffs because of injuries.

BATON ROUGE — The best recruiter on the LSU campus is not Les Miles or Frank Wilson. It's baseball coach Paul Mainieri.

Ryan Travis was born in Zachary, and later moved to Kentwood during his freshman year of high school. Having a very tight-knit relationship with his uncle and cousins, he too, came from an active family. His cousins were always very good at sports, while he played baseball and basketball.

AMES, Iowa — Chelsea Poppens had a career-high 24 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 25 Iowa State beat Texas 66-57 in overtime on Monday night. Anna Prins added 13 points, including four in the extra period, for the Cycolnes (19-8, 7-6 Big 12).

MARANA, Ariz. — Padraig Harrington might feel a lot better about his chances in the Match Play Championship if he were still playing junior golf in Ireland.