Why Didn’t Baylor Offer More Money to Keep Kim Mulkey from LSU?
Amid the hubbub and hurrahs of Kim Mulkey s arrival in Baton Rouge, there are rumblings - though they be slight - that the Hall of Fame Coach s jump from Baylor to the bayou wasn t met with universal sadness in Waco.
A report published Monday in the Forth Worth Star Telegram more than implies that the Louisiana native s relationship with some of Baylor s powers-that-be was less than great, as evidenced by the university s failure to make Mulkey an offer to stay.
From writer Mac Engel s Star-Telegram column: Sources said when LSU made its offer she went to Baylor for a counter, and to address her list of concerns, but both (Athletic Director Mack) Rhoades and Baylor president Linda Livingstone passed.
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Shreveport Olympian Credits Vegan Diet for Weightlifting Success
Shreveport native and three-time Olympic weightlifter Kendrick Farris talks about his vegan diet and how his eating habits extended his career as a world class athlete.
Farris, featured in the widely acclaimed film, The Game Changers, a documentary about a number of top athletes who eschew animal products, says he turned to a vegan diet in the latter stages of his career. I started eating this way about seven years ago and I actually put on weight, Farris says, I was able to eat a lot more and recover a lot faster.
Chris Giordano from the State Fair of Louisiana talks about the smaller version of the annual event coming in late April.
The event, scheduled to run from April 29 to May 9, will have most of the attractions of the fall fair, including live music, family events, carnival rides (40 instead of the usual 60) and a smaller version of the annual livestock event. We ve been working on a plan to open the State Fair for almost a year now, says Giordano, also referring to the annual fall fair cancelled to the COVID pandemic. And thanks to the Governor, (State Fire Marshall) Butch Browning and the Louisiana Department of Health.they did allow for fairs and festivals to open.