Leah Vann @LVann_Sports Twitter profile

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Leah Vann

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FEATURE| Some things you should know about Joey Loperfido: -his first name is Mario -he cooked his family’s Christmas roast -he has a big heart Get to know him more from the people who know him best ⬇️

He cooks, he rakes. Is there anything Astros' Joey Loperfido can't do?

He makes a mean paella and his real name is Mario. No, really.

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Leah Vann

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5 years

What if sports writers put datelines of where we actually wrote our stories? IN MY CAR AT THE GAS STATION — AT A MCDONALDS — IN THE BLEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL — A RESTAURANT I FOUND WITH WIFI — A PRESS BOX WITH NO HEATER —

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1 year

Nov. 11, 2010 - Diagnosed with Leukemia Nov. 11, 2022 - Traveling to Fayetteville to cover LSU at Arkansas 🏈 On this 12-year anniversary of the worst day of my life, I am acknowledging what a blessing it is to be alive — there was only a 50% chance I’d make it this far 🧡

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2 years

Press conference was at noon, I was running from a doctor’s appointment. Got there at 11:57. Brian Kelly called me out, said jokingly I owed him $10, I said if he won maybe I’d be on time. Not my finest hour. I apologized afterward, he was super chill and said I still owe him $10

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10 months

Jay Johnson received the trophy, hands it over to the team, and walks away #LSU

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9 months

Backup QB Garrett Nussmeier on why he didn’t enter the transfer portal: “It matters to me to wear this state on my chest. I think it means something to a lot of guys on our team. I was born in Lake Charles. My family is in Lake Charles. Being a kid who moved around so much…

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1 year

It is quite frankly sexist to exploit a young woman and how she makes money to fit a preconceived narrative you set out to write

New Endorsements for College Athletes Resurface an Old Concern: Sex Sells (Published 2022)

Female college athletes are making millions thanks to their large social media followings. But some who have fought for equity in women’s sports worry that their brand building is regressive.

www.nytimes.com

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5 months

Texas: “We beat Bama in Tuscaloosa” CFP committee: “But Bo Nix beat Oregon State”

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10 months

Nate Ackenhausen said that Jay Johnson texted him at 8:56 a.m. this morning that he was going to start. He slept in today, so he texted back at 11:10 “I’ll give it all I got.” Johnson: “I can confirm the time lapse.” #LSU

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10 months

Well, I’m 28 years old today 🎉🎂 From 27, I learned… -make time for friendships outside of your job, because happiness is important -experience Mardi Gras -it’s ok to be humble, it’s not ok to turn that into negative self-talk -don’t throw away the white boots you haven’t worn…

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2 years

11 years ago today, I was diagnosed with the same Leukemia that killed my dad. Hearing a death sentence at 15 changed me— It drove me to unapologetically chase my dreams. Today, I’m thankful for the doctors at @CookChildrens @StJude . Clear eyes. Full Hearts. Clear Blood Counts!

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Leah Vann

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10 months

From traveling to Orlando to profile Dylan Crews ➡️ covering the CWS— what a season. -45 nights in hotels -covering 66 of 71 games -240 posts on @theadvocatebr From the phone calls to the in-person interviews, it’s been a helluva ride. Time to geaux home. #LSU

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10 months

Christian Little will not sign his pro contract and will return to LSU, he confirms to me. #LSU

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1 year

LSU heads to the armpit of Texas next Saturday to play the team that has weird yelling traditions #LSU

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10 months

OH. MY. GOD. Tommy White knocks his 23rd home run of the season to win It! LSU is going to the SHIP! #LSU

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10 months

Cade Beloso: “I’m kind of sad the season’s over. We’re not going to go to practice and play anymore.” #LSU

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10 months

RHP Camden Minacci is from Tampa— where Tommy White is from. White embraced him after that home run. “Their season is over. They had high expectations coming into this game and they played great. I’ve played with him and against him my whole life and he’s one of my close…

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Leah Vann

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8 months

Some news… I’m leaving The Advocate. My last day will be Tuesday, Aug. 22. Louisiana, it’s been a helluva ride and I’ll miss the people the most. But y’all know where my heart is, and after six years away— I’m coming home to Texas for a new opportunity. #LSU

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10 months

Nate Ackenhausen will return to LSU for another season, per source. #LSU

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10 months

Y’all know 👢 #LSU

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10 months

LSU remains undefeated when I wear these boots #LSU

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Leah Vann

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3 years

Recorded a podcast, but mostly picked her brain for advice on how to be a better football reporter off camera (sorry not sorry). Appreciate @sportsiren for being so generous with her time to talk shop 🏈

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1 year

“I would not leave LSU to be the manager of the New York Yankees, this is the best job in baseball.”—Jay Johnson #LSU

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@LVann_Sports

11 months

Jay Johnson gave us this anecdote: Gavin Guidry popped his head into his office after the news that Wes Johnson is leaving and said, “Hey coach, doesn’t matter who’s calling the pitches, I’m going to strike them out. Have a good night.” #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

3 years

Ever since I was a little girl arguing with the boys at lunch about the BCS standings, I’ve wanted to work in football. Starting Jan. 11, I’ll be the HAWKEYE FOOTBALL BEAT WRITER for @CRGazetteSports !!!!! I’M COVERING BIG TEN FOOTBALL, Y’ALL! 🏈

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10 months

Ty Floyd now holds the new single-game record for strikeouts in the College World Series. He just fired his 17th strikeout. Insanity. #LSU

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@LVann_Sports

5 months

Cooper & Arch Manning #Hookem

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

1 year

Brian Kelly on the rumors: "There are no coaches or support staff that are currently with me that have done anything that would require me to feel as they haven't met the highest of standards that are required." #LSU

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10 months

Today, I am celebrating 12 years of being cancer-free. Since sports served as my escape during treatment, inspiring me to be a writer, I asked fans if this team had done the same for them. I found Addison, whose story resonated with me deeply. #LSU

Leah Vann: Addison Bockover, 17, is fighting a brain injury. This is how LSU baseball helps.

OMAHA, Neb. — My computer played an online radio stream of my high school’s football game. It sat on an adjustable table over my hospital bed.

www.theadvocate.com

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Leah Vann

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10 months

👢 #LSU

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10 months

Johnson on Alex Milazzo: “I had emails from fans to get rid of Milazzo— I looked up at the board tonight and he’s batting over .290… and he’s one of the best defensive catchers in college baseball.” #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

2 years

Today marks 11 years since my last cancer treatment. According to the National Cancer Institute, the rate of survival 5 years after a diagnosis with AML (Leukemia) is 29.5%. @CookChildrens and @StJude helped me beat those odds. Let’s keep counting. #CancerFree

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

3 years

It is now Texas Basketball and Texas Men’s Basketball. No further questions.

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

1 year

Jay Johnson on the “L-S-U” chants: “I didn’t even know they won— congrats to them, Kim Mulkey is the best coach in the world. I can’t wait to talk coaching with her this summer. …but I didn’t know. I thought everyone was just excited to see Griffin Herring pitch.” #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

2 years

There are Tennessee fans at the baseball scrimmage lol #LSU

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@LVann_Sports

10 months

Alex Milazzo, the warrior #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

2 years

My best friend booked her wedding outside of both college baseball and college football season. This is what true friendship looks like.

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

10 months

👢 #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

1 year

“I wasn’t going to come to school to be some ordinary player. I wanted to be the next Alex Bregman, Odell Beckham Jr. or Shaquille O’Neal of LSU.” —Dylan Crews On his journey, and a glimpse of who Dylan Crews really is 👇🏻 #LSU

This is the story of Dylan Crews, his desire to become the next LSU great, and win a national title

LAKE MARY, Fla. — Dylan Crews walked out of Fenway Park, and a local kid, no older than 12, asked for his bat. Crews was only 17 himself. He’d just

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Leah Vann

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1 year

We just watched an epic basketball game with the top talent in the country and the discourse is how women should act about a win or loss. lol bye

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

10 months

Steven Milam, the No. 1 overall player and shortstop out of New Mexico and No. 32 shortstop in the nation, Is coming to LSU, he confirms. He was not drafted. #LSU

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@LVann_Sports

11 months

Tre’ Morgan: “I don’t want to cry in my own dugout this year, I want to cry in Omaha because we won.” #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

1 year

Brian Kelly said Perkins got sick and through up before the game and so Kelly said “Hey MJ threw up before his greatest game” and he goes “Who’s MJ?” #LSU

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10 months

Wes Johnson on Thatcher Hurd getting the start: “Jay and I were sitting there and we just thought, you know, this is a guy who's been throwing the ball extremely well. The moment is not gonna be too big for him now. He's turning the corner. We're really excited about him. I knew…

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@LVann_Sports

3 years

Excuse me while I flex on your Twitter timeline, but I finished cancer treatment 10 years ago today. 10 YEARS CANCER-FREE!

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

9 months

Alex Milazzo is returning for the 2024 season. Turned down his last free agent offer a few hours ago, per source. #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

3 years

Some bittersweet news. Saturday will be my last day as the Iowa football beat writer for The Gazette. I’m ecstatic to be joining @theadvocatebr as an LSU football & baseball beat writer. This was an unexpected opportunity close to home and I’m so thankful for my short time here.

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Leah Vann

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10 months

Johnson: “I love Jordan (Thompson)- we wouldn't be in the College World Series without Jordan and how he's played this year. He's had a tough, tough tournament offensively. But there's been a lot of stories in the College World Series of guys struggle, struggle, struggle, and…

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@LVann_Sports

10 months

Tre' Morgan keeping his toe on the bag. #LSU

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@LVann_Sports

10 months

Both Johnson & Skenes said there was never any doubt Skenes was pitching today. After LSU lost that game vs. Wake on monday, Johnson laid out a plan on a white board: "I just wrote out Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. On Tuesday I wrote Nate's name down…

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8 months

Miss you too, coach 😂

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2 years

Jay Johnson will catch Paul Mainieri’s first pitch tonight, symbolic passing of the torch. Mainieri caught the first pitch from Skip Bertman during his first game also. #LSU

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1 year

Paul Skenes on Ole Miss: “I don’t think they’ll be throwing a lot of beer this weekend.” #LSU

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5 months

Jayden Daniels is your 2023 Heisman Trophy winner. My Ballot: 1. Jayden Daniels 2. T'Vondre Sweat 3. Michael Penix #LSU #Hookem

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@LVann_Sports

10 months

Ackenhausen and Cooper are roommates. Someone asked what they do outside of baseball and they both responded “nothing.” And then Cooper was like “maybe watch movies.” #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

11 months

Skenes has a new pair of spikes from Boot Up customs I wrote about the artist behind them, Michael Anderson, earlier this season and who he has customized shoes for: #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

1 year

Kelly said he took his headset off in certain defensive situations because he wanted to hear the crowd #LSU

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4 months

#NewProfilePic

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10 months

Crews: "It's hard to make that decision as a young kid to take yourself out of the draft and go to college. But looking back, It was the best decision I've ever made. I've definitely grown for sure having guys like Belly (Cade Beloso) and Dugas (Gavin Dugas) and all those guys…

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@LVann_Sports

11 months

Tulane coach Jay Uhlman: “The fact they ran Skenes out for 120+ pitches and didn’t go to their bullpen against us— I’d like to take that as a measure of respect.” #LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

10 months

Paul Skenes is starting for LSU #LSU

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@LVann_Sports

10 months

We are transitioning into that time of year where I send a bunch of DMs to dudes in the portal or incoming freshmen asking if they are coming to LSU and have to preface with the fact I am a reporter and not a total creep.

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10 months

Home from my work trip. #LSU

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28 days

I’m sick of men thinking passionate women are villains. I’m sick of men thinking a little sass and trash talk is criminal then plead for male athletes who commit actual crimes to play more. We take our cookies with hot sauce. Deal with it.

The Sporting News

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28 days

Kim Mulkey was asked about the perception people have about her LSU team. In her response, she brought up recent LA Times article she read about the matchup between UCLA and LSU. "I'm not going to let sexism continue. ... How dare people attack kids like that."

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10 months

Tre’ Morgan on crying in his own dugout vs. crying in Omaha: “I do remember saying that. Once we knew we had it— walked up there a bunch of hugs and tears all over the place. It was a full circle moment for me because the goal was achieved. This is achieved.” #LSU

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10 months

Johnson: “I've had a team in this position before, lost a 1-0 heartbreaker against Oklahoma State and won three consecutive games to play for a national championship…let’s stick to what we do and we’ll be in a good spot.” #LSU

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10 months

Vitello on Gavin Dugas: “I don't know what we did to Gavin (Dugas) but he hates us. I’m only speaking in brevity— best I can do. He's done well against us for the four games we've played this year.” #LSU

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10 months

Feeling personally attacked as they asked if LSU baseball is a bigger brand than Texas and I said yes —might get disowned by my own people but LSU fans watch midweek games and Texas can’t get students to go to games because the stadium is far and has expensive parking 😭😭😭

McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning

@macandcube

10 months

Is @LSUbaseball the biggest brand in College Baseball?

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5 months

Bo Nix's 78% completion percentage: 67% of his passes range from behind the line of scrimmage -> 9 yards, which makes up 2,007 of his 3, 852 passing yards this season... which are mainly receivers extending plays after the catch Average depth of throw is 30.4 yards, 19th overall…

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11 months

Thanks for the memo #LSU

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10 months

Gold jerseys tomorrow #LSU

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10 months

#LSU

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Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

10 months

Tre’ Morgan is batting .333 in Omaha with two doubles, a triple, 3 RBIs & 1 walk. And he’s making plays like this. #LSU

Shea Dixon

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10 months

The walk-off HR in extra innings is the headline. And rightfully so. But this was the moment that allowed it to happen. Louisiana HS baseball players come through, once again.

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7 months

Today I asked Texas vball coach Jerritt Elliott his reaction to Nebraska’s volleyball night a few weeks ago: “What Nebraska did is great for our game. You’re starting to see attendance records break everywhere. Next week after that Wisconsin had 18,000 and Louisville had…

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10 months

Jay Johnson: "So I didn't prepare a lot for this speech today because I was working on the 2024 season..." lol #LSU

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10 months

Last strike #LSU

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11 months

Misogyny is alive and well during this rain delay. When I have an update, I will tweet it. #LSU

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11 months

@LVann_Sports Leah, stop updating your online dating profile and go get us actual information on what’s going on here.

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Paul Skenes on the environment: "I expected it to be a lot worse because you hear about Texas A&M and how bad their fans are and the 12th man and whatever, like I was coming in and preparing for the most hostile game I've ever pitched and it wasn't bad at all. I think I handled…

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10 months

Nate Ackenhausen will start today for LSU #LSU

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10 months

Thatcher Hurd: “I mean, like, I was ready to die on that hill and we're gonna win at any cost.” #LSU

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9 months

Lol this is ridiculous #LSU

Milb Central

@milb_central

9 months

Dylan Crews today so far: 3-3, 1B, 2 HR, 2R, 5 RBI IT’S ONLY THE 4TH INNING 😳

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2 years

Baton Rouge Billboards: Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer DraftKings Lawyer Lawyer Sexually Risky? Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer

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@LVann_Sports

3 years

Ok shooting my shot: @sportsiren , I’m a fellow cancer survivor, am the only woman beat writer for the Iowa Hawkeyes and I’m wondering if you can come on the @GazetteOnIowa podcast for a few minutes to talk football. (Zoom) Also I want to meet you Saturday.

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3 years

Kirk Ferentz asking the media where our Busch Lights are is peak Iowa

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10 months

Grant Taylor confirms to me that he will not return to LSU next year. Said going into the draft he knew it was a 50/50 chance he'd get drafted high enough to make that decision. "I was pretty surprised. Everything that I heard was kind of a little bit later in the draft. So I…

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1 year

Tweeting some updates from the Jay Johnson show: "I'm personally inviting Alexis Morris to throw out a first pitch... because that fourth quarter? She can play for me." - Johnson #LSU

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10 months

Thatcher Hurd and Jordan Thompson were at Paul Skenes' draft watch party. (They are all from California, but cool they got to share this moment) #LSU

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4 months

Left when I was a Make-A-Wish kid in December 2012, 1.5 years in remission from cancer. Right is when I ran into @JasonGarrett at lunch in Dallas, after covering 3 P5 🏈programs & 1.5 weeks before starting my first job covering a pro team…12 years cancer-free ❤️ @MakeAWish

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1 year

Overheard on the elevators at Alex Box Stadium: "Did you hear Haleigh Bryant already has two perfect 10s tonight?" "I think she got a third" I swear this is the only place you'll go where you'll hear people talking gymnastics at a baseball game. #LSU

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9 months

By the way Hayden Travinski will return to LSU for the 2024 season, he tells me #LSU

Leah Vann

@LVann_Sports

9 months

Currently at a Rangers game at Globe Life and saw a guy wearing a Hayden Travinski shirt #LSU

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5 years

Y’all. Today I’m 8 years cancer-free!!!!

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10 months

Alex Milazzo had a clean break of the fibula. No surgery needed. Will be a 6-week recovery. #LSU

Luther Kulon Sr.

@KulonSr

10 months

Anyone find out what the actual injury was last night to the LSU player? @KendallRogers @ScoutSteveR @TyroneKulon

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1 year

I hate to pay the Aggie species a compliment but they’ve treated me the best out of all of my baseball road trips so far lol. Late-night rides to my car so I don’t have to walk alone, security gives me candy every day when I walk on the field for bp, coffee in the press box and…

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1 year

Good morning I had my first New Orleans Mardi Gras experience and I’m not sure how y’all do this for like 2 weeks because I feel like death. Also I love Louisiana.

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2 years

Can confirm that UCLA pitcher Thatcher Hurd has committed to LSU. #LSU

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10 months

Riley Cooper will sign his pro contract and will not return to LSU, per source. He was taken in the 13th round by the Orioles. #LSU

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10 months

From the press box 👢 #LSU

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9 months

Guy next to me on my flight back to Louisiana handed me a drink ticket. Completely on-brand way to come home and end vacation. Cheers to starting my third season covering LSU football (second full season)! 🥂🏈 And fall ball… ⚾️👀 #LSU

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6 months

Can we talk about LSU handing out its national championship baseball rings the weekend of the football game against Florida, who they beat in the CWS? That’s hilariously timed.

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@LVann_Sports And Shaq was here. And they honored the 2003 national championship football team and the 2023 national championship baseball team. WHERE WERE YOU, @LVann_Sports ? Texas…

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Skenes: “It was an awesome opportunity coming in the first place. I never thought that I would receive the love from the fans I’ve gotten— it’s so cool.” #LSU

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#LSU

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