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The threat of Hurricane Delta has forced schools to reshuffle their schedules on the fly for Week 2

Catholic high school girls are not necessarily the swiftest athletes in Louisiana, but when it comes to their long-distance stamina, they are virtually unrivaled

Clarion Herald sports editor Ron Brocato details the fastest and the strongest track and field prep athletes of all time in the state of Louisiana.

The LHSAA has announced that the prep football season can start Oct. 1, but New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said contact sports will not be allowed while the city remains in Phase 2 of recovery.

Under the tutelage of Coach Lou Brownson, Holy Cross had produced a bevy of All-Prep running backs...

LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine announced Aug. 5 that the start of the 2020 prep football season is now scheduled for the second week of October, which would normally be the sixth week of the regular season. 

On a perfect afternoon during an imperfect time in our lives, the city of Kenner and the president/director of the world champion East Bank Little League held a special event on July 25 at Butch Duhe Playground.

LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine told the House Education Committee July 13 that the association never said it would cancel its sports seasons.

No one knows for sure what’s going to happen to high school sports. We can’t move on to Phase 3 of the recovery if the virus continues to spread to our young people.

Nine stadiums will open their gates to American Legion baseball for an eight- to 10-game season over a 19-day period, beginning June 20.

I recall a trip I made with former coach Don Wattigny in 2009 following a tour of his beloved high school, Holy Name of Mary.

It seems like just a year ago that I was interviewing Firmin Simms about his plans to rekindle interest in the Biddy Basketball program he fathered as a supervisor in the New Orleans Recreation Department many years ago.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we have known it and has altered the landscape of sports at every level.

Baseball in New Orleans may return as early as June 1. As Louisiana awaits the approval of Gov. John Bel Edwards to lift the stay-at-home order aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic...

When one has spent the better part of the last month living in solitude, reflection comes painfully easy.

If the coronavirus pandemic that has stricken the U.S. this spring is sounding the death knell for American Legion baseball, Sid Parfait isn’t aware of it.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has drastically changed the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s (LHSAA) plans to acknowledge its centennial year.

St. Augustine has named Nicholas Foster Sr., a former assistant at Edna Karr, as its new head football coach...

As the days pass and the coronavirus continues to run its deadly course through the state and its cities, the prospect of a successful spring sports season...

The next few months may become known as the “Spring of Silence” in the world of sports and entertainment as the coronavirus pandemic runs its course around the globe.