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LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — Hurricane watches in effect from Morgan City to the Florida gulf coast have been upgraded to hurricane warnings as forecasters shifted Tropical Storm Isaac’s predicted path even further to the west

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In a preseason contest that lasted nearly 3 and a half hours, the Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the New Orleans Saints 27-24. Unqualified replacement refs took center stage Friday night, showing why they are indeed "replacements." Game-altering errors, misplacements of the ball, a bevy of unnecessary reviews, and...

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Jose Cruz, Mike Scott, Don Wilson, Jim Wynn, Larry Dierker, and Jim Umbricht, all have they're numbers retired by the Houston Astros, so they'll never be forgotten.

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The Saints have signed all 5 of their 2012 draft picks after agreeing to terms with 4th round pick Nick Toon today. The wide receiver out of Wisconsin has a football bloodline. When your Dad was a star player on Tecmo Super Bowl, big things are expected from you. Toon will compete...

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Most people know that Ron Guidry is a Lafayette, La. native, that went on the play in Major League Baseball. "Louisiana Lightning", who went to high school at Northside, and college at then USL, began a 14-year career with the New York Yankees, at the age of 25, and went on to win 170 career games.

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Baseball fans were surprised on Friday by the announcement that former New York Yankees’ pitcher Andy Pettitte, who retired last year, would be returning to the team on a one-year contract, even though he’s coming up on his 40th birthday in the spring. However, Pettitte isn’t the first player who left the game only to return.

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One of the bright spots in the New Orleans Saints' 27-14 preseason loss to the Houston Texans on Saturday night was the play of free agent receiver/kick returner Joe Morgan, who for the second consecutive  week, scored a long touchdown.

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This is a tough one, but what four former players should represent the Cincinnati eds Mt. Rushmore?

You have all those players from the "Big Red Machine" era of the 70's, including the likes of Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, and Johnny Bench, all of who are Hall of Famers, plus older players, like Frank Robinson and Ted Kluszewski, and more recent players, like Barry Larkin and Eric Davis.

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Joe Morgan, Rusty Staub, Kenny Lofton, Curt Schilling, and Mike Cuellar were all members of the Houston Astros at one point in their careers.

Now, you can add Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn to that list.

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