June 2008 NewsStand
Oct 23, 2008 | General
July 29, 2008
Houma Today
Tulane's Parenton ready for season
Since graduating from E.D. White Catholic in 2004, Micheal Parenton made a name for himself as one of the anchors on the Tulane offensive line.
July 18, 2008
NOLA.com
LSU, Tulane tweak schedules
Tulane and LSU have agreed in principle to move their 2009 football game from the Superdome to Tiger Stadium, but the rivalry will return to New Orleans for games in 2010 and 2011.
July 9, 2008 Catching Up With Jones
Wilmington Star News
From what I know of Rick Jones, he seems a good choice as head coach for Team USA Baseball in 2009.You have probably heard of Jones, who four years ago let Team USA Baseball know he was interested in becoming head coach someday. If you read me regularly, you know Jones is the Tulane coach and a former UNC-Wilmington player.
July 8, 2008
NOLA.com
Kennedy new women's coach at Loyola
Former Tulane assistant Kellie Kennedy was named Loyola's women's basketball coach today by Athletic Director Michael Giorlando.
July 7, 2008
Houston Chronicle
Houston Astros Notes: Bogusevic Switching to Outfield
Lefthander Brian Bogusevic, the Astros' first-round pick in 2005 out of Tulane, is done as a pitcher. The Astros plan to switch Bogusevic to the outfield and will send him to Class A Salem to begin making the transition.
July 7, 2008
Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record
Tulane's Scelfo back in the Hudson Valley
When Anthony Scelfo last visited the Hudson Valley, he watched in shock as cadets carried an Army backup quarterback on their shoulders in celebration. Scelfo remembers Michie Stadium, with the Hudson River in the background, all too well... Also: Scelfo does it with bat, defense.
July 3, 2008
NFL.com
VIDEO: Matt Forte on his NFL Preseason
Chicago Bears rookie RB Matt Forte discusses his off-season at Bears camp and his role in the offense.
July 2, 2008
Chicago Tribune
Matt Forte Signs Four-Year Contract with Chicago Bears
The Bears agreed to terms with running back Matt Forte on Wednesday. The second-round pick (44th overall) out of Tulane is expected to be awarded the starting job in training camp. He agreed to terms on a four-year deal worth more than $3.7 million that includes about $2 million in total bonus money.
June 30, 2008
Booras named new Tulane tennis coach
The Baton Rouge Advocate
Mark Booras, who has served as an LSU assistant men's tennis coach the past 10 years, has been named the head for the Tulane men's tennis team.
June 29, 2008
Wave Hall to induct undefeated '98 team
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Former Tulane record-setting quarterback Shaun King has only one regret from his playing days with the Green Wave.
2008 TULANE HALL OF FAME CLASS
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
1998 FOOTBALL TEAM
Green Wave hires men's tennis coach
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane has hired LSU assistant tennis coach Mark Booras to take over as men's coach for the Green Wave, Tulane athletic department officials announced Saturday.
June 28, 2008
NFC's Ledford commits to Tulane
The Tallahassee Democrat
North Florida Christian linebacker Cody Ledford announced his intention to sign a football scholarship at Tulane University in February.
Katrina chased some from Tulane, but not this Plano West-ex
The Dallas Morning News
Coming out of Plano West, where she was an all-state defender on a two-time state championship soccer team and member of the formidable Dallas Sting, Megan Weinlein had several scholarship offers.
June 26, 2008
TRIALS BY FIRE
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
In a more pedestrian country, Gloria Asumnu would be a shoo-in for an Olympic berth.
June 25, 2008
Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 7
NOLA.com
7.) 1998 Tulane football (12-0) - won Liberty Bowl
Tulane gets first early commitment
NOLA.com
Tulane has landed its first early football commitment with a pledge from wide receiver WilsonVan Hooser of Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, Ala.
June 24, 2008
Green Wave set to add to athletic department
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Tulane athletic department continues to take shape as Athletic Director Rick Dickson is expected to announce today the hiring of Brandon Macneill as the school's executive associate athletic director.
Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 10
NOLA.com
10.) 1984 UNO baseball (46-26) - lost in CWS; 2001 Tulane baseball (56-13) - lost in CWS; 2005 Tulane baseball (56-12) - lost in CWS
Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 8
NOLA.com
8.) 1959 Tulane men's tennis - NCAA National Champions
June 20, 2008
Tulane hires Guarriello as swimming coach
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane Athletic Director Rick Dickson didn't have to search long or hard for the new coach of the Green Wave women's swimming and diving team, which was eliminated after Hurricane Katrina.
June 19, 2008
Bears don't expect to bring in more running backs
The (Chicago) Daily Herald
With five weeks to chill until the start of training camp, Bears coach Lovie Smith expressed confidence in a running game that features unsigned second-round pick Matt Forte backed up by Adrian Peterson and Garrett Wolfe, who averaged a combined 3.3 yards per carry last season.
N.O. looking to secure Final Four
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Now more than ever, New Orleans not only deserves a Final Four, but also needs one.
June 18, 2008
Keeping up with ... De La Salle's Brian Bogusevic
ChicagoSports.com
With U.S. Cellular Field only a block away, former De La Salle Institute standout Brian Bogusevic didn't have to look far to dream about playing in the big leagues.
June 15, 2008
Prep notables
The Baton Rouge Advocate
Ex-Baton Rouge High track competitor Nicolette Taku of Tulane had a personal-best of 40 feet, 8.75 inches in the triple jump at the NCAA Mideast Regional Track Meet held late last month. Taku placed 14th in the event.
June 14, 2008
Tulane staff plans camps around the state
The Wilmington Star-News
The season is months away but Tulane football coaches are getting ready for a road trip.
Tulane, Toledo to stop in Lafayette
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser
St. Thomas More High School will be among the stops when Tulane football coach Bob Toledo and his staff take a six-stop, six-day barnstorming trip of satellite camps across the state next week.
June 11, 2008
Forte says he's ready to run with No. 1 role
The (Chicago) Daily Herald
With the sudden exit of Cedric Benson, rookie Matt Forte will go to training camp as the team's de facto featured running back.
June 7, 2008
Scelfo is chosen in eighth round by Tampa Bay
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
This past spring Tulane's Anthony Scelfo finally could concentrate on being a standout baseball player.
June 6, 2008
Hunt, Miley among La. draftees
The Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane junior pitcher Shooter Hunt and Southeastern Louisiana junior pitcher Wade Miley were both chosen with high picks, between the first and second rounds of Major League Baseball's draft Thursday.
Twins take Hunt with 31st overall selection
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
The wait was a bit agonizing. Shooter Hunt expected to hear his name called in the first round. He never did.
Wave believes it's headed in right direction
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
At some point during the Tulane baseball team's charter bus ride west on Interstate 10, the sting of being eliminated from the NCAA Tallahassee Regional eased.
Wyckoff's Hunt selected by Twins in draft
The North Jersey Record
If Shooter Hunt was nervous about being selected in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft on Thursday, he didn't show it.
Tulane's Hunter goes 31st in MLB draft
WWLTV.com
Tulane pitcher Shooter Hunt, projected to be a first-round selection in this year's first-year player draft for Major League Baseball, was picked between the first and second rounds in the compensatory round.
'Shooter' has stuff, but control is in question
The (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Star-Tribune
Baseball always can use more nicknames. Hopefully Tulane righthander Steven (Shooter) Hunt has the stuff, as well as the name, to get to the majors.
Hunt, Giavotella taken on Day 1
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Pitching aces from Tulane and Southeastern Louisiana, along with a University of New Orleans second baseman who can hit for power, were taken in the early rounds of the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday.
June 5, 2008
Local phenom could go high in baseball draft
The North Jersey Record
As a Ramapo High School senior three years ago, Shooter Hunt wasn't sure if he'd even be selected in Major League Baseball's amateur draft.
June 4, 2008
Hunt shooting for the stars in opening round
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
With Tulane eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, junior pitcher Shooter Hunt won't have a super regional game to distract him from Thursday's major league draft, in which he's projected as a high first-round pick.
June 3, 2008
NO DAY AT THE BEACH
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
It's over. Those were two words the Tulane Green Wave was not ready to hear or accept.
Florida State pounds Tulane 16-7, heads to Super Regional
The Orlando Sentinel
There was another double-digit offensive outpouring, a lightning delay that lasted 49 minutes, a game that dragged on from Monday night into this morning and, in the end, a victory that puts Florida State's baseball team into an NCAA Super Regional for the first time since 2005.
Seminoles too much for Tulane
The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union
Florida State shed its recent history of early postseason exits in rousing style Monday night, battering Tulane 16-7 for the school's 19th NCAA regional championship.
June 2, 2008
Florida State tops Tulane
The Baton Rouge Advocate
Buster Posey had his second two-home run game of the day as Florida State beat Tulane, 17-8, on Sunday night to set up a rematch for the Tallahassee NCAA Regional title.
Green Wave gets hammered by Seminoles
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Tulane Green Wave gave itself some cushion by pitching well through the first two days of the Tallahassee Regional.
Hunt could start for Wave in regional final
NOLA.com
Tulane ace right-hander Shooter Hunt has had two days of rest and has told his coach he's ready if needed.
FSU routs Bucknell, Tulane to stay alive in regional
The (South Fla.) Sun-Sentinel
Buster Posey hit a pair of home runs, including a grand slam in the third inning, to lead Florida State to a 24-9 NCAA Regional elimination win over Bucknell on Sunday. Later, the Seminoles handed Tulane its first loss in the regional 17-8.
June 1, 2008
Tulane tops Bucknell, 4-1
The Baton Rouge Advocate
Sophomores Matt Petiton and Preston Claiborne combined to strike out six while allowing just three hits and the Tulane defense turned in another nearly flawless performance as the third-seeded Green Wave defeated No. 4 seed Bucknell, 4-1, Saturday on day two of the 2008 NCAA Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium.
Pitching powers Wave to regional final
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Shortstop Josh Prince snagged a line drive and catcher Jared Dyer sprinted to the mound to put a big bear hug on relief pitcher Preston Claiborne. Their Tulane teammates rushed to get their turn at slapping Claiborne on the back.
Tulane's pitching shuts down Bucknell
The Tallahassee Democrat
Tulane University pitching and defense muzzled the Bucknell Bison on Saturday night for a 4-1 victory, and now the Green Wave are one win away from winning the Tallahassee Regional.
Tulane in catbird seat in Tallahassee Regional
The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union
Third-seeded Tulane is one victory away from the program's fourth NCAA regional title after pitcher Matt Petiton and Preston Claiborne combined on a three-hit 4-1 victory over Bucknell.
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