NATCHITOCHES – LSU football greats Leonard Fournette and eight-time Pro Bowler Patrick Peterson, along with Tiger baseball legends Aaron Hill and Ryan Theriot, head a star-studded nine-member group of competitors’ ballot inductees chosen for Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction next summer. The LSHOF Class of 2027 also includes two-time Triple Crown-winning jockey Robby Albarado; transformational Northwestern State and Alabama college baseball coach Jim Wells; one of the s

John Brady (Official Hall of Fame portrait by Christopher Brown) By GLENN GUILBEAU Written for the LSWA Former LSU men’s basketball coach John Brady wanted to be a coach back when he was at McComb High in the early 1970s. But little did he know that the contacts he would make by chance would lead to the promised land of the 2006 Final Four, induction into the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame last fall, the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame last May and now,

Sylvia Fowles (Official Hall of Fame Portrait by Christopher Brown) By C. KENT LOWE Written for the LSWA All I guess that the Louisiana Sports Writers Association can say tonight is, “we’re sorry.” Almost always, we have been proud to start the run of big Hall of Fame inductions here in Natchitoches for stars of their games. But this time, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Hall of Fame beat us to the punch last year. Our rules for induction after retirement