Posted on Mon, Sep. 1, 2008
All across southern Louisiana, college and pro teams spent the weekend packing up and leaving their regular training sites for safe havens away from the coast.
Tulane's football team traveled to Birmingham, Ala., yesterday, a day ahead of the projected arrival of Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening Louisiana's coast.
The New Orleans Saints, who, like Tulane, spent their 2005 regular season outside New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, were in Indianapolis, where they intended to practice until Friday. The Saints' season opener Sept. 7 is scheduled for the Louisiana Superdome.
The New Orleans Zephyrs, the triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, canceled their last two home games of the season.
After canceling its game this Thursday at New Mexico State, Nicholls State told football players to evacuate the low-lying town of Thibodaux, La., nearly 60 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Louisiana-Lafayette and McNeese State football players also were told to ride out the storm with their families.
The Southeastern Louisiana football team left campus in Hammond, bound for Oxford, Miss.
Louisiana State head coach
Les Miles told players to take today off and find a safe place to stay before reporting back tomorrow at 1 p.m. LSU's next scheduled game is Saturday in Baton Rouge against Troy.
Colleges
Georgia defensive tackle
Jeff Owens will have knee surgery and miss the rest of the season, coach
Mark Richt said.
Oregon offensive tackle
Fenuki Tupou missed the Ducks' win over Washington because he accepted a meal and received $100 from the representative of a professional sport management firm, the university said.
The senior served the one-game, NCAA-imposed suspension Saturday.
Texas defensive tackle
Lamarr Houston was arrested on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge a few hours after the No. 11 Longhorns' 52-10 season-opening win over Florida Atlantic.
Texas coach
Mack Brown issued a statement saying any punishment would be "handled within our family."
Houston could not be reached for comment.
Noteworthy
Peppers Pride's bid for a North American-record 17th win in 17 starts has been put on hold after the horse was scratched from the Lincoln Handicap at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico due to wet track conditions.
Peppers Pride can break the record of 16 consecutive victories she shares with Triple Crown winner
Citation, two-time horse of the year
Cigar, Mister Frisky and
Hallowed Dreams.
Asafa Powell of Jamaica rebounded from another disappointing Olympics by winning the 100 meters in 9.87 seconds in the British Grand Prix in Gateshead, England.
Powell finished fifth in the Beijing Games. Olympic champion
Usain Bolt was in Zurich, Switzerland, where he won the 100 in 9.83 Friday.
Kenenisa Bekele, who won both the 5,000 and 10,000 in Beijing, turned in the fastest time this year in the 3,000, finishing in 7 minutes, 31.94 seconds.
Vivian Cheruiyot did the same in the women's race, finishing in 8:33.66.
Tyson Gay won the 200 in 20.26.
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