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Juvenile crime law changes costing parishes La. regulations depleting budgets, leaders say BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER Staff writer

Louisiana’s 2024 decision to treat all 17-year-olds as adults in courtrooms and jails has left them in a costly limbo that is straining local government budgets, parish leaders say. While the state may consider those 17-year-olds adults — meaning they can’t be housed in juvenile detention centers — federal regulations still treat them as minors, which means they can’t be housed within sight or sound of adult inmates under the Prison Rape Elimination Act. That’s left most parishes with no place to put those teens, and no choice but to send them upstate — at a steep price — to one of the only Louisiana jails able to take them.

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Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Hezekiah Masses, left, intercepts the ball intended for Saints wide receiver Bryce Lance during the second half of the game at the Caesars Superdome on Sunday.

The Saints’ momentum came to a screeching halt late in the third quarter of Sunday’s 35-27 loss to the Raiders inside the Caesars Superdome. Quarterback Tyler Shough’s fourth touchdown pass of the game gave the Saints a 27-16 lead with 5:46 left in the third, but little went right for the home team from that point forward — including an interception and a fumble from Shough. Las Vegas outscored New Orleans 19-0 to close out the game, taking advantage of four consecutive fourth-quarter turnover possessions. COMPLETE GAME COVERAGE, 1C

Officials expand waterway advisories

Fish tissue sampling finds high mercury levels BY DAVID J. MITCHELL Staff writer

State officials have expanded fish consumption advisories for the Pearl River due to high levels of mercury, the first change for the popular destination for boating and fishing in more than two decades. New rounds of tissue sampling found “unacceptable levels of mercury” in several species of fish and led to a narrowing of what children younger

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West Bank high school L.B. Landry could close next year in a statement. “We must look Leaders cite low enrollment, financial strain said at the situation and be realistic

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

L.B. Landry High School, a West Bank high school with a loyal alumni network but low enrollment and test scores, could close next year as the school’s operator says it’s giving up its contract to run the school. Algiers Charter, the nonprofit board that runs Landry, voted Thursday evening not to seek renewal when the school’s charter contract expires in June. Tammi Griffin-Major, CEO of Algiers Charter, said it’s up to the district to decide if it wants to ﬁnd

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another operator to keep the school open, adding she does not know what the district plans to do. It’s possible NOLA Public Schools will find another operator to run the school next year. But the district has not announced any plans to do so and it’s not clear that the school would be financially sustainable with its low enrollment. District officials will decide before the end of the year whether another school will move into Landry’s building. “We see schools and school systems everywhere having to address lower enrollment and shrinking populations,” Griffin-Major

about the numbers.” The Orleans Parish School Board will decide at its next meeting whether to release the operator from its contract, said Taslin Alfonzo, a spokesperson for NOLA Public Schools, adding that the district commends the school’s leaders for “prioritizing student success and wellbeing.” The district “understands that decisions such as not seeking renewal of a charter are never taken lightly,” Alfonzo said. “We are facing tough times and decisions in public education.” She declined to answer whether

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2 giant pandas arrive in Atlanta from China

BANGKOK — Two giant pandas arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang departed Chengdu in southwestern China early Sunday aboard a dedicated “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 aircraft, officials said. A new agreement between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association makes Atlanta one of three zoos in the U.S. to house giant pandas, along with the San Diego Zoo in California and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. “This is a thrilling day for Zoo Atlanta and a historic moment for the City of Atlanta, the state of Georgia, and beyond,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement. “We are elated to welcome Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and could not be more excited about sharing that joy with our Members, guests, city, and community in the coming weeks.” Zoo visitors will have to wait awhile to see Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, officials said. The bears will be quarantined for about a month in a biosecure area of the wildlife park’s new giant panda complex. Park officials haven’t confirmed a specific opening date. The pandas’ arrival was announced Thursday by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a three-day summit with President Donald Trump. The loan of the pandas was one of the few concrete outcomes to come out of the state visit, which saw expressions of goodwill between the leaders, but no fixes to any of the long-standing differences between the two countries.

Sheriff: 12 teens hurt in shootout at Ga. party

MACON, Ga. — Two groups of people shot at each other during a birthday party at a Georgia city park, resulting in gunshot wounds to 12 teens, a sheriff said Sunday. The shootout occurred early Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, at Carolyn Crayton Park in Macon, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said during a news conference. A group of young people went to the park to celebrate a woman’s 18th birthday after getting kicked out of a home rented for the party several hours earlier, Davis said. At some point, another group showed up at the park and a confrontation occurred. “Both groups exchanged words, brandished firearms and then began firing at each other,” Davis said. Investigators were still trying to determine how the two groups were related to each other and what prompted hostilities. Surveillance video from the park shows an eruption of gunfire that lasted about 30 seconds as people fled the area. Deputies responded to the park and learned that victims had been transported to a nearby hospital in personal vehicles. One 19-year-old male, four 18-yearold males, five 17-year-old males and two 18-year-old females were treated for injuries. Two of the people were in critical condition, and the others were stable.

Bus overturns on way to Germany’s Oktoberfest

BERLIN — A bus carrying tourists from the Philippines toward the Oktoberfest festival in Munich veered off a highway and overturned on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least eight others, Germany ‘s dpa news agency reported. The coach left the road on a highway near the town of Buchloe in Germany’s Ostallgäu region at about 6 a.m., Germany’s dpa said, citing ofﬁcials. Images from the scene showed the bus lying on its side in a wooded area as rescue crews worked nearby. Martin Cornils, a spokesperson for trafﬁc police in nearby Fürstenfeldbruck, said at the scene that the tour group had been traveling to Oktoberfest, the news agency reported. The popular annual festival began eight days earlier. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear and remained under investigation.

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Five arrested near air base in U.K. Men suspected of preparing terrorist act; site used by U.S. in Iran war

BY PAN PYLAS

Associated Press LONDON — U.K. police said that ﬁve men arrested in the early hours of Sunday near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act that appeared to involve three trucks. London’s Metropolitan Police, which takes the lead on potential terrorist activities, said police received a call at 12:45 a.m. related to the three suspicious vehicles that appeared to be traveling toward RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned base that is operated by the U.S. under an agreement dating back to the Cold War. The arrests come at a time of heightened tensions around the threat from hostile states to the U.K., with Russia and Iran among those that have used proxies to commit crimes on their behalf on British soil. In March, ofﬁcials said the number of national security cases involving activity by hostile states including Iran increased 50% in the six months to December 2025. Fairford has been used by American bombers for strictly limited strikes against Iranian missile sites under an agreement with former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who voiced opposition to the war after it was launched by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28. Authorities are investigating a

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Police guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned air base operated by the U.S., on Sunday in Fairford, England. link between the Fairford arrests and Iran as one possibility. Iran has previously indicated that a base used to attack its territory is a legitimate target. President Donald Trump praised those who were involved in making the arrests. “It was an amazing job. We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort. And working with the British worked out great,” he told reporters in Chicago on Sunday. “We had them under view for a long time and we got them.” The five men were initially arrested on suspicion of committing offenses under the Explosives Act in the Whelford area, which backs onto RAF Fairford, which hosts the

headquarters of the U.S. Air Force’s 501st Combat Support Wing and the 420th Air Base Squadron. Aerial footage from Sky News appeared to show a bomb disposal robot roaming between three white trucks. The rear doors of two of the vans were open and large black items could be seen scattered around. The robot appeared to be working toward getting access to the third truck. Police gave no details as to the nationality of those arrested. Suspects arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 can be detained for up to 14 days without charge, compared to the 24-hour limit for standard arrests, without an extension application. “We are in the early stages of an

investigation, and five men remain in custody,” said Vicki Evans, the Met’s counterterrorism policing senior national coordinator. Evans said a 400-yard cordon has been put in place around the three vehicles that raised suspicion while the army conducts examinations. As a precaution, around 85 households have been evacuated whilst these examinations take place. Some have been taken to a nearby recreation center. The U.S. embassy in London warned Americans to be cautious and mindful of their personal security. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he knew the incident would be “deeply concerning” for many. In a post on social media, Burnham thanked police and the armed forces for their response and said he was grateful to the residents who have been evacuated from their homes “while precautionary checks are carried out.” He urged people “not to speculate while the authorities establish the full facts.” The defense secretaries of the U.S. and the U.K., Pete Hegseth and Wes Streeting, have also spoken about the incident. British security officials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arson and sabotage attempts in the U.K. and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the U.K. if conflicts in the Middle East continue. Gloucestershire police said the situation appeared to be “contained” and urged residents to follow official advice while the investigation continues.

Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast again BY LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

BOSTON — Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through ﬂoodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York’s Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles. In the New Jersey beach town of Sea Bright, each high tide brought a new round of flooding. “It’s not like a one-time occurrence,” said Caroline Virenius, whose garage ﬁlled with about a foot of water. “It’s getting wet again and again.” The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City housing authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected to linger through Sunday with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf all the

in counties along the coast Bob Oravec, a lead forecastfrom New Jersey to Con- er with the National Weather Service in College Park, necticut. Numerous flights were Maryland. In New York City, water a canceled or delayed up and down the coast. More than few inches deep filled streets 250 flights had been canceled in the Howard Beach neighat Boston Logan International borhood but didn’t deter resiAirport by late Sunday morn- dents from venturing out for ing as wind gusts reached 40 coffee Sunday morning. Carole Ann Palmer, who mph, according to the Massaowns Jingles Bait and Tackle chusetts Port Authority. The worst of the remain- in North Beach Haven, New ing rainfall was expected Jersey, said this was the Sunday from northern New worst flooding she’s seen in Jersey into southern New 10 years. “Yesterday, I was like, oh England. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ANDRES KUDACKI While the storm was gradu- my God, it just keeps getChris Ransom reacts Sunday as he stands on a flooded ally weakening, tidal flooding ting higher and higher,” said street during a nor’easter storm in Sea Bright, N.J. would stay through high-tide Palmer, who lives above the cycles Sunday night, said store. near that, it could be the way to New England. Extreme amounts of first of several along the GET IN TOUCH rain — more than 4 inches East Coast this fall because since Friday in some spots of an El Niño climate patCustomer Service: HELP@THEADVOCATE.COM or 504-529-0522 in New Jersey — combined tern that’s disrupting this News Tips / Stories: NEWSTIPS@THEADVOCATE.COM with a surging ocean led to year’s weather. Obituaries: 225-388-0289 • Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat 10-5; Closed Sun flooding amounts not seen Images of waves crashAdvertising Sales: 504-636-7421 • Mon-Fri 8-5 for close to a decade in ing into sea walls and onto Classified Advertising: 225-383-0111 • Mon-Fri 8-5 places used to dealing with beaches raised concerns Subscribe: nola.com/subscribe high water, residents said. about coastal erosion. E-Edition: nola.com/eedition Archives: nola.newsbank.com The nor’easter triggered Well over 100,000 cusmemories of Superstorm tomers were without powThe Times-Picayune (USPS 18530) is published by Capital City Press at 840 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130 and at additional mailing offices. Periodicals postage paid at New Orleans, LA. ISSN: Sandy, which left behind er across the Northeast 2379-0008. Capital City Press, proprietor. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Times-Picayune, over $60 billion in damage and mid-Atlantic at times Circulation Accounting, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0588. Newspaper carriers are independent contractors and not employees of Capital City Press. across the eastern U.S. in on Sunday, according to 2012. While this storm’s PowerOutage.us. The most All home delivery subscription sales are non-refundable. Should you discontinue your impact has been nowhere widespread outages were subscription during term, the subscription will end with the expiration date on your

Palestinian death toll in Gaza war passes 74,000, officials say By The Associated Press

istry, which is part of the Hamas-led government. The Palestinian death toll It maintains detailed refrom the nearly three-year cords viewed as generally Israel-Hamas war has sur- reliable by U.N. agencies passed 74,000, according to and international organiGaza’s Health Ministry. zations. It does not distinThe ministry on Saturday guish between civilians said the Palestinian death and militants. Meanwhile, toll has risen to 74,016, with seven Israeli soldiers have 175,068 wounded. been killed since ONFLICT the ceaseﬁre. The war began CO on Oct. 7, 2023, IN THE Next steps in T when Hamas-led MIIDDLE the U.S.-brokered militants invaded ceasefire remain EAST AST Israel, killing largely stalled. Issome 1,200 people, raeli forces now mostly civilians, and tak- control over half of the tering 251 others hostage. ritory, and Prime Minister While a ceasefire that Benjamin Netanyahu says took effect last Oct. 10 has they will not withdraw unhalted the heaviest fight- til Hamas disarms. Meanwhile, Iran’s Foring, Israeli strikes have continued in what the mili- eign Minister Abbas tary has said are responses Araghchi said Tehran has not been formally notito threats or attacks. Since the ceasefire, fied of President Donald 1,145 Palestinians have Trump’s rejection of its been killed, said the min- proposed deal to reopen

the Strait of Hormuz. And the World Health Organization says nearly 700 people have been killed in Yemen since ﬁghting escalated last month. Speaking from New York, Araghchi told NBC that Iran is “fully prepared for the war to be resumed.” He added, however: “At the same time, we stand ready for diplomacy. It is up to President Trump to choose.” Trump told Axios he expects U.S. negotiators to engage in more talks this week. Araghchi, who had described the proposal on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, earlier told Iranian state media that Tehran’s conditions for reopening the strait remained unchanged and there would be “no backing down from them.”

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Pope blasts assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ Leo XIV speaks at French shrine known for miraculous cures

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LOURDES, France — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday condemned the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” reafﬁrming Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life during a visit to Lourdes, the French shrine associated with miraculous healings. On the third day of his visit to France, Leo again waded into the end-of-life debate unfolding in his native U.S. and countries around the world. The issue roiled French politics for years before lawmakers recently approved legislation allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication. Leo also met on Sunday with seven survivors of clergy sexual abuse, in what has now become a regular appointment for popes on foreign visits. The aim is to atone for the Catholic Church’s failure to protect its youngest and most vulnerable members from predator priests. “It was extraordinary,”

said survivor Jean-Marie Delbos, who joined four others at a news conference afterward to praise Leo for the encounter, saying he listened and was informed of their cases. “I never thought I would have a pope before me.” Leo’s visit to the once staunchly Catholic and officially secular France has been marked by huge crowds — 800,000 at Leo’s Mass on Paris’ iconic Place de la Concorde — and his messaging against abortion and assisted dying. France’s National Assembly in 2024 enshrined abortion as a constitutional right and recently gave ﬁnal approval to its end-of-life bill. On Sunday, the American pope celebrated Mass before some 150,000 people — many in wheelchairs — on the prairie next to Lourdes’ main basilica. He then visited a care center for sick people on the sanctuary’s grounds. He sought to encourage especially those who live in “terrible pain” that they have inherent dignity that no law or algorithm can “eliminate.” “On the contrary, it is precisely in the name of this inalienable dignity of the human person that we must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion,” he said. “What is legal is not

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Pope Leo XIV meets with staff, guests of Accueil Notre-Dame and sick people on Saturday at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France. necessarily moral,” Leo said to applause from the crowd. Catholic teaching holds that all human life must be protected and defended from conception until natural death, leading to its ﬁrm opposition to abortion, euthanasia and medically assisted dying. Leo had speciﬁcally criticized a medical-aid-in-dying law that took effect in Sept. 12 in his home state of Illinois — the 13th U.S. state with such a law. Lourdes became a major pilgrimage destination after the Catholic Church officially recognized visions of the Virgin Mary reported

here by a young girl in 1858. The site near the Spanish border draws millions of pilgrims each year, especially sick and disabled believers hoping for a cure from the famed spring water in the Lourdes grotto where the visions purportedly occurred. As a result in Lourdes, where the church has recognized 72 “miraculous” cures as authentic, the question of respecting even the most frail, sick and vulnerable is particularly acute. More recently, Lourdes has also become a place of healing for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, and it was chosen as the site for

Leo’s encounter with victims. Leo met with them in a group and one-on-one in an encounter that lasted nearly two hours, the Vatican said. The pope “listened to their stories, the pain and suffering they had endured — sometimes, unfortunately, with the complicity or silence of those who could have helped them — and their suggestions for ensuring that this does not happen again,” the Vatican said in a statement. Olivier Mardi, co-founder of Voix Libérées de Touraine, a survivor group, said he perceived that Leo was a decisive “man of en-

gagement” who had done his homework going into the meeting. He said Leo knew Mardi’s case and asked him precise questions. “He’s not fooled; he knows that these incidents will continue and that we must remain vigilant,” he said. “There was an emotional side to it, and at the same time, something very powerful when he spoke.” The French church has faced a brutal reckoning with its legacy of abuse. An independent report in 2021 estimated 330,000 children had been abused over 70 years by some 3,000 priests and church workers. Despite criticism of the report’s methodology and conclusions, French bishops put in place an independent system of compensation for victims that to date has recommended the church pay out more than $22.7 million. During a meeting with French bishops on Sunday morning, Leo praised their response to victims and urged them to continue. But he also acknowledged that the cratering in priestly vocations in the French church is related to the scandal, given the priesthood is now sometimes viewed with suspicion. “For priestly vocations to ﬂourish, the priest must be welcomed, accepted, and loved,” Leo said.

Police hunt gunmen after 2 mass shootings in South Africa Authorities say at least 27 killed

with violent crime for years, but recent shooting incidents have shocked a country used to some of the highest homicide rates in the world. BY GERALD IMRAY In the first attack, eight Associated Press gunmen armed with AK-47 CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Two riﬂes and pistols opened ﬁre separate mass shootings in at a bar near Johannesburg South African townships late on Saturday. The South within hours of each other African Police Service said have left at least 27 people 17 people were killed at the dead, police said on Sunday. small venue in Wedela townSouth Africa has struggled ship, southwest of South Af-

rica’s biggest city. The attackers ﬁred at patrons outside the bar before moving inside and continuing to shoot. The victims included 13 men and four women, with at least 15 other people injured, police said. The gunmen searched some of the patrons and took their mobile phones before escaping in two vehicles. Two cars were set alight outside the bar during the shooting.

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Around four hours later, 10 people were killed and 11 wounded in a shooting at a store linked to what police described as an entertainment venue in Lwandle township, near Cape Town, South Africa’s second biggest city. Police said they were searching for multiple suspects, though they didn’t give an exact number. No arrests have been made in either case. Police

deployed specialized units to both townships and surrounding areas in the hunt for the gunmen. The attacks came ﬁve days after another mass shooting in a township near Durban killed at least 11 people, including a pregnant woman, when multiple gunmen attacked a party in KwaMakhutha township. Police have not reported any arrests. Wedela resident Siyabonga

Nondabula said there had been shootings in the area in the past involving illegal mining gangs, but none of them targeted so many people. A high rate of killings is a long-standing problem for Africa’s most advanced economy, but the phenomenon of mass shootings is becoming more common, according to experts, with recent killings often being carried out by multiple gunmen.

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Nolo threatens Hawaii; Mexico’s Baja braces for Polo BY EUGENE GARCIA and GREGORY BULL Associated Press

HILO,Hawaii — Hurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from previous storms. Nolo was about 365 miles south-southwest of Honolulu and moving away from the Big Island at about 12 mph. But the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said a high wind warning, wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Sunday evening as Nolo’s maximum sustained winds rose to 115 mph. Nolo was expected to strengthen further and turn toward the northwest by Sunday night, though the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm’s center would remain well south and southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. The storm was expected to approach the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a national conservation area, early this week. Forecasters said Nolo’s outer bands could cause life-threatening ﬂooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island possibly getting up to 20 inches of rain. Heavy

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Kenzielynn Kekoa, center, of Hilo, Hawaii, helps her family fill sandbags Friday as Hurricane Nolo approaches. rain also was expected on the other islands. “Don’t venture out if you don’t have to into the dangerous flooding environment, but also high winds. We can have trees and power lines down,” said Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center. Heavy rain fell across the southern part of the Big Island on Saturday afternoon, prompting partial closures of one of the main highways linking Kailua-Kona in the

west to Hilo in the east. Near Naalehu, at the island’s southern point, National Guard members were seen guiding a man driving through ﬂooded streets as he tried to leave his home during a downpour. More than 120 guard members were activated on the island, part of roughly 400 statewide after the governor issued an emergency proclamation. Residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which produced heavy rain

and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island. About a dozen people were in the water Saturday morning at Carlsmith Beach Park in Hilo on the Big Island, despite signs saying the strand was closed. Andrea Gill was out for her regular swim before heading back home to hunker down with family. Shop owners boarded up businesses, and events were canceled. Gill said storms

are common, but hurricanes are rare. She was holding out hope that the islands might not get the full impact. President Donald Trump recently approved an emergency declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate assistance and provide funding support. Hawaiian Electric, the state’s primary utility, said crews helping restore power in Kauai after this month’s Hurricane Lowell returned to Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in response to Nolo. The Pacific has been unusually active this season, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec, with storm activity running above average during what is already the peak of hurricane season. He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Paciﬁc often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes. Meanwhile, parts of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula awaited the arrival of major Hurricane Polo as it edged closer after lashing other parts of the country’s southwest coast with rain and strong winds. Polo remained a dangerous Category 3 hurricane with top sustained winds of 125 mph and was moving to the north-northwest at 12 mph about 275 miles southsouthwest of Cabo San Lucas

at the peninsula’s southern tip, U.S. hurricane forecasters said Sunday afternoon. It was moving to the north at 12 mph. Mexico’s National Meteorological Service, or SMN, said in a post on the social media platform X that Polo was expected to make a Baja landfall on Monday. Mexico’s government issued a hurricane warning along the coast of mainland Mexico from Huatabampito to Guaymas. The Mexican navy said in a statement that it has gathered personnel and humanitarian aid in the ports of Guaymas and Mazatlan, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, and has deployed three vessels that could ship aid to coastal communities isolated by the hurricane. One of the towns in the hurricane’s projected path is San Juanico, a small fishing community on Baja’s Pacific coast. The town has only had full-time electricity for a few years, and still experiences frequent outages. There is concern that washed-out roads could block access to the closest medical facility, about 80 minutes away in Ciudad Constitucion. “Our people are concerned about this event,” said Gloriely Robles Meza, a manager at a small hotel. “We haven’t faced such a worrying situation in many years.”

White House airs Strikes kill 8 people in Ukraine, 1 in Russia Trump campaign ad with taxpayer funds By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air a television advertisement from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign in the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the midterms that the White House maintains are “public service announcements.” The 30-second video, which is virtually identical to one that aired in 2024, shows Trump walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of a “ﬁnal battle” against “globalists” and “warmongers.” The black-and-white video ends with Trump staring straight into the camera lens with a message that says: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” The 2024 iteration of the ad from the Trump campaign urged viewers to “Join President Trump’s Fight for America.” Lawmakers of both parties have criticized the new series of ads for their inherently political nature and the use of taxpayer dollars. The White House maintains they are like the ones used by past presidents, though those previous ads promoted particular poli-

cies, not Oval Ofﬁce occupants. Spending on the latest ad already topped about $319,000, according to AdImpact, which tracks media spending. “With you at my side, we will demolish the ‘deep state.’ We will expel the war mongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists; we will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists,” he says in the narration. “We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.” It’s in addition to a minute-long ad that began airing Friday and features scenic videos of Mount Rushmore at night with quotes and clips from Trump’s Fourth of July weekend speech there honoring the country’s 250th anniversary. An earlier 30-second spot that began airing on Wednesday features clips of Trump talking about defeating communism interspersed with onscreen text promoting the “largest tax cuts in history,” “reigniting American manufacturing” and a call to “defend law and order and police.”

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight and Sunday, killing at least eight people in Ukraine and one in Russia, officials said, hours after Moscow rejected German calls to ease off its escalation toward NATO. Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday brushed off what’s believed to have been the ﬁrst face-to-face meeting with his German counterpart since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The meeting was held during the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders, as an intensifying aerial war between Russia and Ukraine showed no sign of slowing. Ties between Russia and Germany have soured in recent weeks, following an attempted drone attack last month at Leipzig airport that Berlin blamed on the Kremlin. With front-line positions largely unchanged since last year, Moscow has hammered its neighbor with cruise and ballistic missiles, powerful glide bombs and jet-powered drones in recent months. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s long-range drones have targeted Russian oil reﬁneries and businesses. In Kyiv, a man was found dead after a Russian drone hit a nonresidential building overnight, according to Ukraine’s emergency service.

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Later on Sunday, Russian drone strikes killed one person and wounded at least ﬁve on the outskirts of the capital, according to local administration head Tymur Tkachenko. In Kyiv itself, a drone hit a 9-story apartment block, wounding at least one woman, according to municipal authorities. In Russian-occupied Ukraine, a strike by Kyiv’s forces on Sunday killed a ci-

vilian woman in Enerhodar, the town housing Europe’s largest nuclear plant, according to its Kremlininstalled mayor. Maxim Pukhov said the Ukrainian drones also wounded two others. Russian forces also attacked Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, which surrounds the country’s main Black Sea port, multiple times overnight into Sun-

day, killing one person and wounding two, according to the head of the local military administration, Oleh Kiper. On Sunday afternoon, a woman and a 16-year-old girl were killed as Russian guided bombs struck the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine, regional administration head Oleh Hryhorov reported. He said ﬁve other people were wounded.

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iff’s Office pays $100 a day to reserve a bed for a 17-year-old inmate, and Continued from page 1A $175 a day for each teen housed there. The total daily price per inmate will soon increase from $275 to $295, the Sheriff’s Office said. And over the past two years, the In July, 19 East Baton Rouge cost has continued to grow, local of17-year-olds were housed out of the ficials say. parish. Take St. Landry Parish. Financial records show that East In April 2024, officials there were Baton Rouge is now paying around forced to start paying to send these STAFF FILE PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS $1.17 million more each year to house inmates to Jackson Parish, since inmates out of parish than they did the local jail isn’t equipped to keep Introduced by Sen. Heather Cloud, before the state made 17-year-olds 17-year-olds separate. It cost the par- left, R-Turkey Creek, and passed adults. ish $250 per day, per inmate. during the Legislature’s second Now, it’s up to $325 per inmate, said special session in 2024 as part of a ‘That’s extortion’ Parish President Jessie Bellard. tough-on-crime legislative package “There’s nothing we can do about Washington Parish Sheriff Jason supported by Gov. Jeff Landry, it,” he said. Smith was elected in 2023 All told, Bellard said the added costs Louisiana law now treats all 17-yearand took office just a couple of the new law total about $500,000 a olds as adults in courtrooms and jails. months after the law changed. year — in a parish where the annual The office was sending general fund budget is only about $10 would go to Office of Juvenile Justice 17-year-olds to Jackson Parcustody. But as lawmakers debated, ish. As a smaller parish, it million. The 2024 law was meant to crack some warned that the change could only had one such detainee. down on juvenile crime rates and re- have a negative effect at the local Smith said he was shocked level. at the price tag: $300 each day Smith duce the costs to state govern“While there’s a savings on for that single inmate. ment. But while the change one end, who’s going to pick “That’s extortion,” Smith said. may have lowered costs for it up on the other end?” Sen. That same day, Smith said he sent the state’s Office of Juvenile Gerald Boudreaux, D-Lafay- his transport staffer back up to JackJustice, it placed a financial burden on parishes, as nearette, asked during a Senate son Parish to pick the inmate up. He Finance Committee hearing. cleared out his cell block for women, ly none of the parish jails in Analysts told Boudreaux moved them to Bogalusa City Jail and Louisiana were built to house and others that locals could moved the single 17-year-old into that 17-year-olds and keep them Boudreaux face new costs to retrofit space. separate from adults. Washington Parish is one of the And the small parish north of Lafay- their facilities, as 17-year-olds must ette is far from the only local govern- be kept separate from adults under most overcrowded local jails in the federal regulations. state, the sheriff said, and moving inment dealing with the issue. Cloud did not respond to multiple mates around isn’t easy. A youth crime crackdown requests for comment. The Gover“I’ve got to have them segregated Passed during the Legislature’s nor’s Office also did not respond to a by sight and sound,” Smith said. “That means I have to keep one inmate in second special session in 2024, Sen- request for comment. In 2024, Cloud said local costs were this space that I would normally have ate Bill 3, by Sen. Heather Cloud, RTurkey Creek, was part of a tough-on- “indeterminate” and told her col- 10-12.” During a visit to Jackson Parish, crime legislative package supported leagues the bill had the support of the by Gov. Jeff Landry. state’s sheriff and district attorney Smith said he saw some inmates beThe new law effectively made it so associations. ing held in repurposed shipping con17-year-olds would be prosecuted as “They know what they’re getting tainers. adults, no matter the crime, and re- into,” she said. The one to five 17-year-olds his parBut in April 2024, when the bill be- ish has at a time are still being held moved them from juvenile housing. In his remarks to kick off the spe- came law, it spurred a small crisis in the former women’s cell block, cial session, Landry said much of the in Baton Rouge and led to conflict which he decided was the best option, violent crime in Louisiana was being between the mayor-president and given the cost of transport and houscommitted by juveniles, and it was sheriff. ing. Smith also did not like the burden Officials knew the change was housing them in Jackson Parish put time to treat them tougher. “These juveniles are not innocent coming, but did not have the time or on inmates’ families — inmates who children any longer; they are hard- money to retrofit East Baton Rouge haven’t been convicted of the crime of which they’ve been accused. ened criminals,” Landry said. “They Parish’s decaying jail. Like most other parishes, Baton “It deprives the 17-year-old who, violently attack our citizens, our law enforcement officers and even our Rouge had no other option other than again, is presumed innocent, from juvenile correction officers without to send its 17-year-olds to Jackson visiting with his family, right?” Smith Parish. It now also sends some of said. “It’s just not worth it to me.” hesitation.” The Jackson Parish Correctional In a committee hearing on the bill, these pretrial inmates to Catahoula Center in Jonesboro is run in part by Cloud said the bill would save money Parish. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sher- LaSalle Corrections, a private prison at the state level, since fewer youths

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Continued from page 1A than seven, women of childbearing age, other adults and children 7 or older should eat on a monthly basis, state officials said. The advisory is the first change for Pearl River since 2003, according to state health documents, and comes as the state also changed or added new fish consumption advisories for six other areas in the state due to mercury levels. The two new additions are in the southwestern corner of the state: the Mermentau River and Lake Arthur and the Vermilion River and Bayou Tortue. The round of changes also tightened fish consumption advisories across the length of Lake Bistineau, southeast of Shreveport. Portions of the western edge of the lake are part of a state park, where water activities and fishing are marketed by the state. With the changes, Louisiana has 52 fish consumption advisories for mercury in

freshwater areas, plus advisories for some offshore species in the Gulf, state officials said. The state Health Department issued the changed advisories in consultation with the state departments of Environmental Quality and Wildlife and Fisheries. Mercury, a toxic heavy metal, occurs naturally but also can be introduced into waterways and the aquatic food chain through urban runoff, fossil fuel combustion, industrial and power plant emissions and many other sources. Because it is a basic element that doesn’t break down, mercury is known to “bioaccumulate,” or concentrate up the food web as bigger creatures eat smaller ones that have taken in mercury. Mercury can concentrate in the largest species, like bigger recreational fish species, in the form of methylmercury. State officials said that eating fish with high levels of mercury over a long period of time can affect the brain and nervous system. “Developing fetuses and children under age 7 are par-

ticularly sensitive because their nervous systems are still developing,” state ofﬁcials said in a news release Thursday. State health officials said nearly all fish have some trace amounts of methylmercury, but larger ones have more, and officials recommend eating smaller ﬁsh as a consequence.

No cause given The state Health Department offered no reason why state scientists might be finding more mercury in fish than they have in the past, despite years of state and federal efforts to try to control toxic emissions. But the latest findings come as the Trump administration has moved to undo Biden-era rules that would have tightened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made the change final in April, after the EPA had earlier granted two-year waivers allowing plants to avoid implementing the new rule while it was under review. The shift has

company that has faced scrutiny over inmate deaths in custody and its contracts to house federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. The Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce did not immediately respond to request for comment.

‘Are we benefiting?’ Last year, the state broke ground on a new facility in Concordia Parish that will house only 17-year-olds. According to the application for the project, the new facility will have 80 beds and will only house state inmates from East Baton Rouge, Lafayette, LaSalle, Livingston, Madison, Tensas, West Carroll, West Feliciana and Winn parishes. Boudreaux voted against the bill when it came before the Senate two years ago. He said he is against charging 17-year-olds as adults for more crimes, but he said the costs were a concern too. Like most other parishes, Boudreaux says the costs are piling up in Lafayette too. And while he says elected officials are going to have to figure out how to remedy these added costs, he’s not optimistic it will happen the next time the legislature is in session. “Next year is a political year, so let’s be real; it’s not going to come up,” Boudreaux said, a reference to reelection campaigns next November. “But it’s definitely going to be something that needs to come up once the election cycle is over with.” Two years ago, Landry defended the costs of his tough-on-crime measures in his remarks to kick off the special session. “While many say focus on the cost, I say focus on the cost to society, I say focus on the cost to our citizens in loss of property, in the disruption of their lives and in the irreparable tragedy of losing a loved one,” he said. But with two years of data, Boudreaux wonders whether there was any benefit in making 17-year-olds adults. “If we take a look back and see that, after two years, the cost is off the chain, what have we done for the rehabilitation process?” he said. “If we’re shipping them off somewhere and it’s costing more, are we benefiting?” Email Patrick Sloan-Turner at patrick.sloan-turner@theadvocate. com.

triggered lawsuits. The new recommendations for the Pearl apply to the length of the river in Louisiana in St. Tammany and Washington parishes, state health officials said. The affected species are bigmouth buffalo, black/ white crappie, bluegill, bowfin, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, largemouth and spotted bass, redear sunfish, smallmouth buffalo, striped bass and warmouth, state health officials said. State officials recommended women of childbearing age and children younger than 7 shouldn’t eat bowfin, including choupique and grinnel, and should not eat more than one meal per month of all other fish species combined from the river. Previously, the recommendation was to not eat bowfin and eat no more than one meal per month from all species of bass, bigmouth buffalo or freshwater drum. State officials also recommended that other adults and children 7 or older not eat more than three meals per month of largemouth bass or two meals per month of bow-

fin, including choupique and grinnel. Previously, the same group was recommended not to eat bowfin at all and no more than four meals per month of bass, bigmouth buffalo or freshwater drum. The state considers a meal a half-pound of fish. Other waterways that saw revisions are Bayou De Loutre and associated lakes, Boeuf River and Tew Lake. State officials added that people who should pay particular attention to fish consumption advisories are pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, women who are breastfeeding, children younger than 7 and those who regularly eat fish from waters with mercury advisories. Current Louisiana fish consumption advisories are available at the state health department’s Eat Safe Fish website or by calling (888) 293-7020. Advisories may also be posted at public boat launches. David J. Mitchell can be reached at dmitchell@ theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1A the district will try to find another operator to run Landry, but said all decisions would be made by Dec. 15. The district has previously asked other charter operators to take over schools whose governing boards decide to turn over their contracts, as happened in 2022 when Collegiate Academies took over Walter L. Cohen High School. It’s unclear whether the district will do the same with Landry High School. Orleans Parish School Board members and district officials have warned that several schools likely will have to close in the coming years as the city’s enrollment declines. A new state law requires the superintendent to evaluate the district’s enrollment, and bars new schools from opening if the district has many more seats than students. The district has lost 3,000 students since 2020 and is expected to lose another 10% of its student population by 2029, according to estimates by education nonprofit New Schools for New Orleans. The decline is largely driven by lower birthrates and people moving out of the city. Algiers Charter officials said Landry’s enrollment has dropped 68% since 2014, the year after it merged with O.P. Walker High School. Last year, Landry had about 500 students, down from 750 in 2021. “We are grappling with operating a school without the amount of money we need,” Griffin-Major said. “Our board is taking a realistic, analytical approach to these circumstances and making what they believe is a fiscally responsible decision not to seek a charter renewal.” Landry was founded in 1938 as the first high school on the West Bank for Black students and was the first school in Louisiana to be named after an African American. After Hurricane Katrina badly damaged the school, a new $54 million campus opened in 2010. A few years later, Landry was merged with O.P. Walker High School in Walker’s new building because there weren’t enough students on the West Bank to fill both schools, officials said at the time. Travis D. Taylor Sr., former president of the school’s alumni association who graduated in 1998, said he is hopeful another charter operator will pick up the school and do “an even better job than Algiers.” “Landry has always been a beacon light in the Algiers community,” he said. “We’ve overcome many obstacles.” Algiers Charter also oversees Martin Behrman Charter School, which serves kindergarten through eighth grades.

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Archdiocese sells church property Logistics company purchases former Avondale tract for $750K

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Avondale Global Gateway has purchased the shuttered Holy Guardian Angels Parish campus in Westwego from the Archdiocese of New Orleans, which sold the property amid a broader downsizing that began in 2023. It’s the latest in a series of expansions for the West Bank logis-

tics hub on the site of the former Avondale Shipyard. The property, at 1701 Bridge City Ave., is located about a mile from Avondale’s facility, and totals 7 acres with two church buildings and an education center. The sale price was $750,000. Avondale officials said they don’t have immediate plans for the property, but that it made sense to purchase it, as they eye

options for growth. “At some point there will be potential use of this site for our future plans for Avondale,” said Jeff Keever, government affairs representative for Avondale. “There are opportunities for us in the Bridge City area.” The company decided to purchase the property shortly after seeing it listed on the market about a year ago, Keever said.

the need to raise money to fund a bankruptcy settlement with clergy abuse survivors. The archdiocese declined to comment on the recent sale. The purchase comes nearly ﬁve months after Avondale Global announced its newest tenant: Suzano, a paper pulp supplier and one of the largest exporters based in Brazil. The company is currently in the process of setting up shipment and distribution operations

He said the property was notable because of its proximity to Avondale. “We think we’re in growth mode, and this is part of that,” Keever said. The property is the latest of several real estate holdings the archdiocese has sold in recent years, as it works to reduce its real estate footprint amid changing demographic patterns and

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Mr. Bluesky

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

A southbound drive across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway comes with a scenic bonus: Billowing white clouds spread across a deep blue sky, turning an ordinary crossing into a sweeping waterfront view. Sunshine brightens the bridge as a yellow car adds a pop of color to the scene’s palette of blue sky and puffy white clouds. Clouds take shape when moist air rises and cools, allowing water vapor to condense into tiny droplets. As summer gives way to fall, shifts in temperature and humidity can bring changes to cloud patterns, though these clouds alone do not signal cooler weather ahead. For now, the view offers its own reward: a little sky-watching above a routine drive.

Self-defense claim Marucci Sports changes hands Baton Rouge-based fails; man sentenced baseball bat company BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

A New Orleans man was sentenced to 17 years in state prison Thursday for killing a man he invited into his home. A jury in May found Tyrone Dewey, 66, guilty of manslaughter and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, ending a fourday trial. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams’ office had tried Dewey for second-degree murder over the June 9, 2022, killing of 46-year-old Errol Cutno. Dewey told police that Cutno threatened him with a gun, arguing self-defense. Jurors returned with the lesser manslaughter conviction and acquitted him of obstructing justice. “I think this was a mistake that you made, Mr. Dewey,” District Judge Marcus Delarge said before his sentence. “But unfortunately, a life was lost. And because a life was lost, justice has to be handed out.” Delarge handed Dewey a 10year sentence on the weapons conviction, ordering him to serve those terms at the same time. In handing down the sentence, Delarge cited Dewey’s age and a case he described as atypical.

Dewey and Cutno knew each other from frequenting a car wash along Chef Menteur Highway. Clarence Roby, Dewey’s attorney, said the defendant invited Cutno and a car wash worker to his home near Press Drive and became suspicious that Cutno was trying to steal cash out of his home. Dewey confronted Cutno, who escalated the encounter by pulling a gun on him and demanding money, Dewey later told detectives. Dewey claimed he shot Cutno in self-defense as they wrestled over ﬁrearms. Prosecutors called his account inconsistent with surveillance footage that showed him pursuing a fleeing Cutno, among other evidence. Police arrived and found a trail of blood leading from Cutno to Dewey’s residence. Cutno died from several gunshot wounds. After Delarge’s sentence, Assistant District Attorney Gabriel Balasquide said he plans to seek a higher sentence for Dewey under the state’s habitual offender law. As an alleged three-time felon, Dewey faces a minimum 20-year sentence. Delarge set a Nov. 10

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now privately owned after $225M deal

BY TIMOTHY BOONE Staff writer

Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports is once again privately owned after Fox Factory Holding Corp. sold the baseball bat manufacturer to a group led by founder and CEO Kurt Ainsworth for $225 million. Marucci and Fox Factory, the Georgia company that bought Marucci in 2023, announced the deal late Friday. Marucci plans to stay in Baton Rouge, with its existing brands and leadership in place, the companies said. In a statement, Ainsworth thanked Fox Factory for the accomplishments that happened during its nearly three years of ownership. That included Marucci and its sister brand, Victus, being named as the ofﬁcial bats of Major League Baseball. “Having the opportunity to lead Marucci back into founder-led, private ownership is incredibly meaningful to me,” Ainsworth said in a statement. “Marucci started in my backyard in 2004 with a simple goal:

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

A Marucci employee sands a bat on June 16, 2025. The Baton Rougebased Marucci Sports is once again privately owned after Fox Factory Holding Corp. sold the baseball bat manufacturer to a group led by founder and CEO Kurt Ainsworth for $225 million. to make the products players want and need to be successful. That same goal has guided us for more than twenty-two years, and it will remain at the center of everything we do.” Georgia-based Fox Factory

acquired Marucci in November 2023 for $572 million. Fox Factory is the parent company of FOX, which designs and manufactures products for bicycles,

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A baby’s cries echoed through Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Lake Charles. It was a recent Sunday and a few pews away, Kenneth Marchand, 78, watched as the baby’s parents tried to quiet him. “I almost wanted to say, ‘Let him cry,’ ” said Marchand, who’s been a parishioner at the church his entire life. “It was refreshing to hear a baby cry because we hardly hear that anymore. At one time, it may have been annoying, but certainly not now.” Membership in recent years has dropped steeply at what was once the largest Catholic church in Calcasieu Parish. At its height, Sacred Heart held six Sunday services, but they’ve dwindled down to just two as pews have emptied out. Still, the historically Black church has left a legacy of producing three bishops, a rare feat for any Catholic church across the country, regardless of racial makeup. The church’s latest success story is the Most Rev. Robert Boxie III, a Lake Charles native who was recently named the youngest bishop in America. “ H e ’ s the third bishop to come from t h a t p a rBoxie ish, which is completely unheard of,” said the Rev. Joshua Johnson, a Baton Rouge priest and friend of Boxie. “It’s just a small, little church in Lake Charles.” Before Boxie, the Most Rev. Harold Perry was named auxiliary bishop of New Orleans in 1966, and the Most Rev. Leonard Olivier was named auxiliary bishop of Washington in 1988. Boxie has now taken on the same title that Olivier held decades prior. In a recent interview with The Advocate | The TimesPicayune, Boxie said one of his first goals as auxiliary bishop of Washington will be to ﬁnd new ways to bring young, Black Catholics back into the fold. As the product of a Black Catholic church, Boxie has also spoken about his own attempts to confront racism within the American church. In a recent Catholic News Service interview that’s been widely shared online, Boxie recalled how his neighbor in seminary kept a Confederate flag in his room. Several years later, he said the former neighbor reached out and apologized. He implored White Catholics to be open to hearing about the experiences of

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said. “Some of our bishops have not advocated well enough for the Black Catholic community and I want to be one who can advocate for the Black Catholic community. Particularly, I have something to say when it comes to Black Catholic experience.” Boxie has also spoken glowingly about how Sacred Heart molded him spiritually and culturally and modeled Black, Catholic leadership. The church, however, now faces an uncertain future.

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The historically Black Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church has left a legacy of producing ‘Born out of hardship’ three bishops, a rare feat for any Catholic church across the country, regardless of racial Black Catholics used to be relegated to segregated makeup.

pews at the back of churches. In the early 1900s, Black Catholic families would walk for miles to attend Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Lake Charles. They were the last to receive Communion. “If they were sitting in the back and they ran out of room for White people, the Black people had to give up their pew so that White folks could sit there,” said Marchand, who is Black. “And this happened right here in Lake Charles.” Marchand’s grandfather, James Olivier, and Frank Perry were among those who helped convince the former bishop to create Lake Charles’ ﬁrst Black Catholic parish in 1919. Decades later, Olivier’s and Perry’s sons would become bishops. The Rev. Henry Mancuso, former pastor of Sacred Heart, said Broad Street once acted “almost like the Berlin Wall” dividing the Black and White communities of Lake Charles. “It was a faith that was born out of hardship,” Mancuso said. “But also a faith that was sustained in a God that would make things just and right one day.” Unlike most Catholic institutions, where a church is built and a school follows, Sacred Heart’s founding happened in reverse. In 1908, after Black parents asked Immaculate Conception’s pastor for help educating their children, a Lafayette woman named Eleanor Figaro began teaching 18 students in a building known as Green’s Hall at Enterprise Boulevard and Mill Street. “Education is extremely important in the Black community,” Boxie said in an interview with The Advocate | The Times-Picayune. “And Catholic education is the best of the best, traditionally.” But under Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation, many Black families struggled to ﬁnd good educational opportunities. When Sacred Heart school opened, Louisiana’s average annual per capita expenditure for White students was

“Saint Katharine Drexel donated money to help build the church and sent the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament there to help staff the school and help at the parish,” Boxie said. “She actually visited a number of times.” Drexel personally wrote to Marchand’s mother, he said, and those letters were used during the canonization process. “So we not only have produced three Black bishops,” Marchand said. “But we had a saint walking our campus at one time.” PROVIDED PHOTO

Robert Boxie III is pictured at his first Communion ceremony at the church. $16.44 and just $1.81 for Black students, according to Alvin Schexnider, who attended Sacred Heart School and went on to earn his doctorate in political science and lead higher education institutions. “When you consider what it was like for African Americans at the turn of the century to have their own school — a Catholic school — at a time when support for education for Black people across the board was frowned upon, if not detested, it was a pretty bold thing to do and quite the visionary act on their part,” Schexnider said. Figaro quickly earned a reputation as a great teacher. The parents who pushed for the school appealed to Katharine Drexel, an American Catholic religious sister who gave up a vast fortune to advocate for Black and Native American communities. She would later be canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II in 2000. In 1910, with funds from Drexel to purchase land and construct a school, parishioners built a little red schoolhouse at Louisiana Avenue and Pine Street. Drexel would later establish schools in New Orleans as well, now operated as Xavier University. In Lake Charles, a storm in 1918 demolished the Sa-

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cred Heart school, and students returned once again to Green’s Hall as parishioners rebuilt the schoolhouse. All the while, Black Catholic families continued attending Mass at Immaculate Conception without a parish of their own. By the summer of 1919 — nearly a decade after the school’s construction — Bishop Jules Jeanmard of the newly created Lafayette Diocese asked a religious order called Congregation of the Holy Spirit, commonly known as the Holy Ghost Fathers, to serve Black Catholics in the Lake Charles area. The global religious congregation focused on evangelizing and serving the poor in places where the church otherwise struggles to ﬁnd workers. The Rev. Anthony Hackett of Ireland was the church’s first pastor, formally establishing the parish in October 1919 while facing an immense challenge — a congregation that had no church, no rectory and no transportation. In the early days, Hackett lived at Immaculate Conception’s rectory and celebrated Mass in the red schoolhouse. Eventually, with help from Drexel and the Holy Ghost Fathers, the parish purchased land at Mill Street and Louisiana Avenue for a church. Parishioners built it.

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A path to higher education As the Lake Charles population grew with the region’s shift from the lumber industry to the petrochemical industry, so did Sacred Heart. The school, which originally served ﬁrst through sixth graders, expanded through 12th grade. Parishioners raised money to build a larger church to accommodate the growing congregation. Sacred Heart School also became a path to higher education for Black students. Sacred Heart became a feeder school for Xavier given the Drexel connection. For those who could not move to New Orleans, Sacred Heart offered an extension program that allowed students to pursue higher education. “Many, many, many African Americans — Catholic and non-Catholic — were educated at Sacred Heart through the extension program,” Boxie said. Marchand was in preschool when his uncle was ordained as a priest and about 40 when he was named an auxiliary bishop of Washington, D.C., in 1988. Marchand remembers Olivier, who died in 2014, as a humble man with a great sense of humor. During his trips back home, Olivier would often dress in well-worn clothing, and his sisters would take him shopping for new clothes. On subsequent trips, he’d be back in those same tattered clothes. “They asked him, ‘What

Avondale has taken shape into a logistics hub in the last decade with millions of investment from its parent company, T. Parker Host. The property used to be home to the former Avondale Shipyard, a 275-acre campus that sat dormant for around four years before Host, a 103-year-old shipping and logistics company, acquired the property in 2018. Av o n d a l e c u r r e n t l y employs more than 600 workers, including employees, tenants and contractors on its campus, which includes 1.2 million

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happened to the clothes we bought you last time you were here?’ ” Marchand said. “And he would say, ‘Well, you know, some of the guys needed it.’ He would give the new stuff away to the other priests and seminarians that he thought were needy.” Sacred Heart has also produced several priests and nuns. The school’s alums also include Allen Broussard, who became the first African American to serve on the California Supreme Court; Alvin Boutte Sr., co-founder of Independence Bank of Chicago; and Col. Anthony Polk, whose military career led to an executive role at the American Red Cross.

Discipline, responsibility Boxie’s mother, Roxanne, continues to attend Sacred Heart. During her formative years, she said Sacred Heart was “such a dynamic church” and the school was a strict but caring place. “They just really taught us a sense of the Gospel, a sense of discipline, a sense of responsibility,” Roxanne Boxie said. “And it was just a very, very loving parish, and hopefully that’s what other people saw from our parish by the way we and our kids and our parents acted.” With the growth of Calcasieu Parish came new church parishes and eventually the dwindling population of Sacred Heart. The school’s high school operations ceased in 1967, and the school closed its doors in 2012. In addition to its declining membership, the parish has faced an additional challenge in recent years — damage to its buildings from Hurricane Laura in 2020. Even with federal assistance, the small congregation struggled to raise money to complete the necessary repairs, which are ﬁnally underway. The church today is smaller, older and still recovering. Longtime members like Charles Honore, 88, are putting their hope in religious education and leadership programs to build the church’s future ranks. “With an aging population, we can’t do as much as we used to do at Sacred Heart,” Honore said. “The ﬁnances are just not there as in the past.” The Rev. Joby Mathew, who has served as the church’s pastor since 2022, wrote in an email to The Advocate that he’s been deeply inspired by the faith, generosity and dedication of his parishioners. “I feel blessed and humbled to be part of this history and to continue the pastoral ministry of the many faithful priests who have served our parish for more than a century,” Mathew wrote. In 2023, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation named Sacred Heart as one of the most endangered places in the state.

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Ona Claire Dassinger Carimi, a native of New Orleans and resident of Baton Rouge, passed into eternal rest on Thursday, September 24, 2026, in the loving presence of her family. She was born on

dren, Laurie Lassalle Jennings (Matthew), Jennifer Lassalle Hall ( Patrick), Dana Edwards Danos, Edwin Nolan Edwards ( Holly), Stephen R. Edwards, Jr. ( Christie), and Bret Miquez (Fiancee, Hali and her son, T.J.); and eight great-grandchildren, Taylor Jennings, Mason Jennings, John Patrick Hall, Catherine Hall, Sadie Danos, Jolene Danos, Zoe Edwards, and Nolan Edwards. She was preceded in death by her wonderful, loving husband of 61 years, Anthony B. Carimi; her youngest son, James Peter Carimi; her parents; and her brother, Peter James Dassinger. Visitation will be held at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, September, 28, 2026, from 9:00 am until 11:00 am, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery on Canal Boulevard, New Orleans. The family would like to extend a special thank you to all those special 'angels' at St. James Place who loved and cared for her as if she were family; and to

November 28, 1933, to Peter Dassinger and Florence Reynolds Dassinger. Ona Claire enjoyed a wonderful life filled with family and friends, which included traveling with family and friends to the beach, ski resorts, LSU sporting events, and cruises to ports around the world. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother who cherished the time she shared with her loving husband and family. She loved cooking and never missed an opportunity to host a family lunch or dinner on Sundays as well as hosting a St. Joseph's Altar at her home where she invited family, friends and neighbors. She was a very special lady who exhibited kindness, warmth, strength, and generosity and was always ready to give of herself to those who needed someone to listen. She will be dearly missed by those who were privileged to have known her. She is survived by her three children, Claire Linn Carimi Lassalle (Joseph), Arlene Carimi Edwards, and John Mario Carimi (Margaret); six grandchil-

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Vote in the midterms to hold the president accountable I am hearing significant unhappiness from friends who are Independents or Republicans and who voted for Donald Trump. Recent polling reflects this discontent. Their complaints include rising inflation, the war in Iran which has thrown the whole Middle East into conflict, ever-increasing gas prices, tariffs (a tax on consumers) that make products and services more expensive and the increasingly disconnected, rambling untruths that our president promulgates daily. Accordingly, I reflect on the times that I, as a Democrat, voted against my party because I thought the Republican candidate was more qualified for the office in question despite some significant policy disagreements. I believe this is the patriotic thing to do. As the adage says, “Country above party.” Hopefully, the many who are increasingly dismayed, appalled and alarmed at the direction of our country will do the same. After all is said and done about the midterms, voting is the only way we can make a course correction. The only way to reinstitute the checks and balances that our Constitution devised, to have an independent Congress that represents the will of the people and to make our president accountable is to elect a Democratic Congress on Nov. 3.

KATHY MEUNIER New Orleans

Why fortified roofs at the expense of affordable housing? It appears the governor is taking money designated for affordable housing, allocated for those least among us. He is then giving it only to those who can afford another $10,000 for a new roof, basically subsidizing junk insurance (“Gov. Jeff Landry announces new $20M grant program for fortified roofs in coastal Louisiana”). Why not subsidize flood insurance or fight to lower the rates? Citizens do not get credit on their flood insurance for housing rated Flood Zone X, located on a ridge, pier-raised or behind flood control levees and walls.

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National debt grows under both parties, driven by many factors Regarding a recently published letter to the editor, “Runaway federal deﬁcit can’t be tackled with cuts alone,” by Robert Purrington, I would like to offer a few comments. First, the author of the letter should have spared us his vitriolic diatribe regarding tax cuts of past Republican administrations. Over the past 26 years, 14 years of Republican and 12 years of Democratic presidencies, the debt increase totaled $16.5 trillion and $17.7 trillion, respectively. These ﬁgures include the cost of programs previously enacted by prior presidencies and annual debt growth maintenance. While tax cuts occurred (2007 and 2017), the federal debt is the outcome of both political parties’ managing, and it is deeply tied to broader economic issues such as wars, emergencies and preexisting mandatory programs — not simply the result of one political party. Lastly, mandatory federal spending (which includes healthcare, social programs and net interest) will comprise 80% of the total

federal budget by 2036, according to the Congressional Budget Ofﬁce. Only 20% of federal spending will then be able to be allocated to national defense, education and infrastructure. Primary cost drivers over the next 10 years are mandatory outlays associated with social welfare and healthcare programs and will scale from $4.5 trillion to $7 trillion in 2036. During this period, interest payments will double to more than $2.1 trillion. In 10 years, it is projected that these costs will total $9.1 trillion per year before any national defense, education and infrastructure spending, eclipsing the growth of the national debt in any one president’s term(s). Debt reduction requires more than simple belt tightening and tax increases. Strong control will be required to prevent waste and fraud within social programs, to manage immigration and to drive investment that fosters job creation and grows the tax base.

CHARLIE VON DREUSCHE Lafayette

Democratic Senate candidate has not received a fair representation I write on behalf of the 345,000 Democrats who voted in Louisiana’s Senate primary, along with the 99,000 Bill Cassidy voters and 113,000 John Fleming voters. I think many of us would like to revisit your early nod of support for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow during the primaries, without offering an interview with Jamie Davis, much less including even a single sentence about his platform, candidacy or otherwise in your write-up. Since then, reports have raised concerns about Letlow’s nondisclosure agreement with Meta and subsequent trades in Meta stock. Your endorsement emphasized trust and accountability, but to many voters that foundation now appears shaky. A recent poll showed the candidates 4 points apart, with 1 in 5 voters undecided. Voters deserve answers on data centers, carbon capture, corporate inﬂuence, congressional stock trading, tariffs, war, gas prices, SNAP cuts, healthcare affordability and the government’s responsibility to protect everyday people. The election results also deserve scrutiny.

Roughly 84,000 Republican primary voters did not return for the runoff. In the primary, 221,271 Republicans chose another candidate. Letlow received 44.8% of the Republican vote, while 55% preferred someone else. That does not decide the general election, but it challenges the idea that Louisiana has spoken with one voice. Many voters remain undecided. At a minimum, your publication should host a public candidate forum, ask both candidates difﬁcult questions and provide voters with a meaningful comparison between Letlow and Davis. Your editorial page can help restore trust by acknowledging these divisions and encouraging genuine examination rather than treating the result as predetermined. Let reporters investigate and candidates explain their records, priorities and potential conﬂicts. Then let Louisiana voters make an informed choice this November.

BRITTANY GONDOLFI Mandeville

Louisiana needs a senator with an agenda for all Jamie Davis may very well be our next U.S. senator in the making. As I see it, he is one who wants to represent all the people in Louisiana and not just a select few who have vs. the have-nots in the state. Yes, we have many problems that are in need of solving in our state.

He has a true agenda to help all, and not just issue some rhetoric about solving problems while the other candidate has said that she will solve issues without giving any solutions.

VINCENT YOUNG Baton Rouge

Data centers and spaceports have upset many Louisianans. We are stepping into places we have never been, and that frightens a lot of us. Is Elon Musk a shyster who will drain us for his own gain, or a builder who can help lead Louisiana forward? We can stay what we have always been: a charming place to visit. Great food, friendly people, swamps and marshes, hunting and fishing. America loves to come here. Too few want to stay. Our children finish college and leave before the ink dries on their diplomas. Our land is washing away so fast that Baton Rouge could sit on the Gulf in a geographic blink. I picture another Louisiana: A leader in space exploration, in charge of its own future, using this moment to rebuild the coast and keep our past. A place where our children stay because the jobs, wealth and opportunity are here. Nearly a century ago, New Orleans was among America’s richest cities. Cotton was king. The river was our lifeline. The great flood, greed and poor leadership helped undo that. Wealth will not fall in our laps, and the shore will not heal itself. It will take leadership and unselfish work. Our industries have already given us thousands of skilled people. Those who guard the environment must still protect what we have. The rewards are there only if we take them — and hold the people who promise them to it.

GREG DERBES Baton Rouge

Expect Israel to honor the principles of the United States The United States is an ally of Israel. We have their back, and yet they make themselves a bigger target. Brutality is jungle justice. Jungle justice only begets more brutality. Jungle justice has no respect for individual lives. An eye for an eye is not enough. Killing innocent women and children, bombing hospitals, killing volunteers who come to feed the starving and treat the wounded, killing reporters, treating innocent people like cattle, upending tent villages with orders to move so they can bomb cities to rubble. Israel is doing this with impunity. It seems for Israel, annihilating every one of its enemies is the only way to victory. We are allies of Israel. We have their backs. Israel owes us respect for all we stand for. Our Constitution is meant to make real the belief all men are equal. Israel needs our strength to be safe. We are weakened when we aid a government that commits atrocities. Are we becoming more like them? Are we being deﬁned as like them? Are we a party to brutality? If the answer is yes to all of the above, it is time to expect Israel to honor the principles of the United States.

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Weighing the ‘disastrous, cascading consequences’ if China takes Taiwan

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN

Journalists and the lectern are pictured before a press briefing at the White House in Washington.

President Trump and the press boycott one another We’re back in the children’s sandbox. Pres- NBC, and CNN suspended pooled television coverage of presidential events. ident Donald Trump banned CNN, MS Now, I have criticized press bias for most of my and Politico from covering him. The three career. I worked in television news. I know filed a First Amendment lawsuit. The president has retaliated with “Trump TV: The Es- reporters. I also know what happens when journalism becomes predictable, parsentials Station” on YouTube. American presidents have been tisan, or simply wrong. complaining about the press almost Criticizing the press is one thing. as long as we’ve had presidents. Using government access to punish Thomas Jefferson knew something coverage a president dislikes is anabout hostile newspapers. And yet other. in 1787 he wrote that if forced to If reporters get a story wrong, choose between government without show them where they got it wrong. Cal newspapers and newspapers without Thomas If they ignore the results of a policy, government, he would go with the invite them to see those results. Chalnewspapers. lenge their assumptions. Correct their facts. Presidential irritation with the press didn’t Engage them. Or ignore them. end with Jefferson. Ronald Reagan frequently sparred with Abraham Lincoln suspended the publicareporters. He also joked with them — and about himtion of various newspapers, banned critical papers from being delivered through the self. U.S. mail, and temporarily imprisoned or At his final White House Correspondents’ silenced editors during the American Civil Dinner, Reagan acknowledged the inevitable War to maintain public morale. friction between presidents and the press John Kennedy became so angry with the and said a healthy relationship meant each New York Herald Tribune that in 1962 he side could give as good as it got. canceled the White House’s 22 subscriptions “[M]y attitude is better than linebacker to the paper. George Atkinson’s when he was with the Richard Nixon banned Washington Post Oakland Raiders. Someone asked him what reporters from White House social events, the players’ reaction would be if the press restricted access following their coverage box blew up. He said, ‘We’d have 30 seconds of the Watergate scandal, and attempted to of respectful silence and then continue block the publication of the Pentagon Papers with enthusiasm.’ [Laughter] Now, honest, I through the judicial system. don’t feel that way — maybe once in a while. During the Obama administration, White [Laughter] House officials publicly stated that Fox “I’m sure we get exasperated now and News operated more like the “communicathen with each other, but that’s just the frictions arm of the Republican Party” than a tion of freedom.” traditional news organization. And when the Presidents do not need a friendly press. Treasury Department initially left Fox out They need the confidence to face an unof a round of pooled television interviews, friendly one. When journalists are wrong, the other networks pushed back. Fox was the strongest answer is better facts, better ultimately included. arguments — and the willingness to let the The Trump vs. press fight has produced public decide. another consequence. When CNN was prevented from taking its scheduled turn in the Email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub. com. television press pool, Fox News, ABC, CBS,

Deterrence employs military, dipcapitulation. The logistical demands of a resupply operation over vast dislomatic, economic, technological and political measures to prevent wars. The tances, with the paltry (fewer than 200) number of times deterrence has failed and aged (average age, mid-50s) U.S. approximately equals the nummerchant ships, would dwarf those of the 15-month Berlin ber of wars history has seen. airlift (June 1948 to September Deterrence failed to protect 1949) that sustained a city with a Ukraine against aggression, population one-tenth the size of the consequences of which are today’s Taiwan. slight compared with those that China cannot mobilize for war would follow a failure to deter George secretly. And an invasion, FreyChinese President Xi Jinping Will from invading Taiwan, or atmann says, “would rank among the most complex military operatempting to coerce its surrender by measures (intended to be) just tions in modern history,” much more short of war. Xi has ordered his milidaunting than D-Day. Between October and March, Freymann writes, harsh tary to be able to seize Taiwan in 2027. Deterring this involves influencing one weather in the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait often deters civil aviation and person: Xi. But the myriad variables passenger ships. In winter, there can be involved are staggering. Imagine the 50-foot waves. Between June and Octocomplexity of a Rubik’s Cube cubed. Or read “Defending Taiwan” by Eyck ber, there is an average of six typhoons Freymann, a Hoover fellow at Stana year. Only April and October are suitford. He believes that U.S. abandonable for amphibious operations. These would require air superiorment of Taiwan “isn’t an option.” The “disastrous, cascading consequences” ity, which China cannot assume. And of Taiwan’s forced submission to Beinaval mines laid by Taiwan could make China’s troop transports vulnerable in jing would include the collapse of U.S. narrow corridors. credibility, Beijing’s domination of its Preemptive Chinese strikes on U.S. Indo-Pacific neighbors, including their involvement in the global economy, and bases on Okinawa and Guam, and/or an incentive for Japan and South Korea U.S. strikes on the mainland, would ignite a war. Freymann: “No nuclearto acquire nuclear weapons. armed power has ever launched a Taiwan, a vibrant democracy of 23 large-scale kinetic strike against anmillion, is the world’s most important supplier of the high-end chips that other.” power economic modernity, including And: “China’s extensive missile ar90% of the most advanced chips power- senal has created a high-risk zone exing artificial intelligence. U.S. policy tending roughly 600 kilometers off its emphasizes that any resolution to coast.” The U.S. advantage in stealthy cross-strait tensions must be achieved submarines is eroding. without coercion, and in a manner Deterrence, Freymann writes, redemocratically acceptable to Taiwan’s quires convincing Xi that America can people. Washington leaves ambiguous “decisively” defeat China in an “all-out what it would do if either side changed air-naval war” near China. “Logistics,” the status quo unilaterally. Freymann says, “is the bridge between Xi’s constant “gray zone” operaa nation’s economy and its military options — economic, legal, cyber and erations.” The inadequacy of America’s sociocultural — include military violabridge has been revealed by Ukraine’s tions of Taiwan’s territorial waters and needs and the war against Iran. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports “a airspace. Xi might hope that these, perhaps supplemented by a quarantine, profound shift in Taiwan’s identity”: In 1992, only 17.6% of Taiwan residents will, Freymann writes, “incrementally identified solely as Taiwanese. Today establish the norm that Taiwan no lon63.1% do. The share identifying solely ger has full practical control over” its as Chinese has plummeted from 25.5% global economic interactions. This slow death of sovereignty might to 2.5%. Time is widening a cultural dilead to a blockade. This act of war vide that increasingly precludes peacecould starve Taiwan of food, energy ful “reunification” (Xi’s propagandistic and munitions. Breaking a blockade term) of Taiwan with Xi’s Communist would require war, including striking Party state. targets on the Chinese mainland and Freymann says — startlingly, without mining China’s harbors. elaboration — that by seizing Taiwan, An early-20th-century theory was Xi could make himself “untouchable by slain by the facts of the rest of the rivals in his old age.” It is relevant, and century: The mutual dependence of unsettling, that Xi, who visited Washeconomically powerful nations on ington last week, has thrived in such a complex supply chains makes wars high-risk, high-stakes, uncivilized pobetween them impossible. A blockade litical milieu. would confront the U.S. president with a choice between the frightening, a Email George Will at georgewill@ military response, and the unthinkable, washpost.com.

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Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Nakobe Dean, right, forces New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson to fumble on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome. The play sealed the victory for the Raiders.

Saints squander lead thanks to quartet of 4th-quarter turnovers

Saints have nobody to blame but themselves for lost momentum

BY MATTHEW PARAS

Trying to figure out exactly who the game was tied 13-13 at halftime. If the first two games of the season 2026 New Orleans Saints are is a lot were any indication, that meant the like trying to figure out what’s a fumSaints had the Raiders right ble and what’s an incompletion. where they wanted them. Three games into the season After all, the Saints had saved and nobody seems to really their best for last in their first know. two games in Detroit and BalThe Saints’ Jekyll and Hyde act took another turn Sunday timore. with a fourth-quarter collapse But there was no fourthRod that resulted in a humbling 35quarter magic this time. Tyler Walker Shough, who put on his Super27 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. man cape the past two weeks One week after going on the road to help the Saints rally for a near-win and pulling off a miraculous win against the Lions and that stunner against the Baltimore Ravens, the against the Ravens, showed that he is Saints came to Caesars Superdome human after all. After a stellar third and failed to seize the moment. quarter Sunday, he had a costly interThis one will sting for a few days. ception and a pair of fumbles. Juwan The Saints were supposed to be 2-1, Johnson also had a fumble. riding high heading into next week’s Not many NFL teams can overcome much-anticipated Monday night show- four turnovers. “We weren’t able to overcome those, down with their bitter rival Atlanta and these guys finished better than Falcons. Instead, the Saints were left us,” Saints head coach Kellen Moore scratching their heads, wondering said. how they let this one get away. There was plenty of blame to go They surprisingly dropped a golden around. The Saints defense crumbled, opportunity, much like the referees too. surprisingly dropped that yellow flag Brandon Staley’s unit that had been in the second quarter on a Danny Stutso rock solid collapsed, unable to hold sman roughing-the-passer call. The onto the 27-16 lead the Saints built Saints would have held the Raiders with 5:46 left in the third quarter. to a field goal on that possession, but the Raiders scored a touchdown on ä See WALKER, page 4C the next play to take a 13-6 lead. The

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Chase Young smiled and shook his head. The New Orleans Saints defensive end was in disbelief that his team was in the same situation as Week 1, only this time the call went the other way. But like before, it hurt the Saints all the same. Two weeks ago, Young’s strip-sack that led to a Saints fumble-recovery touchdown was wiped off the board because ofﬁcials determined Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff had started his throwing motion. In Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Saints quarterback Tyler Shough didn’t get the same luxury. On third down with 13:04 left, Shough was stripped for a fumble — despite the second-year quarterback appearing to start his throwing motion. And the Raiders recovered, setting up a pivotal touchdown in New Orleans’ 3527 loss. “I thought (Shough’s) intent was he threw it forward,” Young said sarcastically, referring to the explanation the Saints received in Detroit. “But never mind.” The controversial call brought out a range of emotions. At his post-game news conference, coach Kellen Moore

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looked as frustrated over the officiating inconsistency as he had since taking the job last year. Others in the locker room remained bafﬂed. Shough said he wasn’t sure about the rule, but noted he had to get the ball out before a judgment call could be made. But confused — or angry — as they might be, the Saints only have themselves to blame for Sunday’s letdown. The Saints, after all, had four fourthquarter turnovers. Those aren’t just excused away by one controversial call. What went wrong for the Saints in the ﬁnal 13 minutes did. After his fumble, Shough threw a crucial interception on the ensuing possession, leading to another Raiders touchdown. Down by eight points with 6:22 left, the quarterback couldn’t lead another stunning comeback. The Saints got two chances to move past the mistakes. First, Shough committed his third turnover of the game — another fumble, this time on fourthand-1. Then, tight end Juwan Johnson fumbled with 53 seconds left to seal the defeat. The Saints are now 1-2 on the season. And just like that, they missed an opportunity to capitalize on last week’s wild upset win over the Baltimore Ra-

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Wilson will not return as manager for Mariners

SEATTLE — Dan Wilson will not return as the Seattle Mariners’ manager next season, he and the team said Sunday. Wilson made the announcement shortly after the Mariners finished off a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels, the ending to a disappointing 76-86 season that began with World Series hopes after Seattle reached Game 7 of the American League Championship Series last year. Wilson, a Mariners Hall of Famer who played catcher for the team from 1994-2005, took over the job after Seattle fired Scott Servais on Aug. 22, 2024. Wilson finishes with a 187-171 record, at .522 the second-best winning percentage in club history behind Lou Piniella. Mariners chairman and CEO John Stanton thanked Wilson and said he could still remain in the organization.

Bulls acquire Hield in trade with Hornets for Dillingham

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LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt, center, fires the ball from the pocket against Texas A&M in the third quarter on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.

Leavitt embraced ‘point guard’ role Injured hamstring limited his mobility

BY JON BLAU Staff writer

The fourth game of the season hasn’t been kind to LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt. Last year, Leavitt’s foot busted in Arizona State’s Week 4 contest at Baylor, forcing him to labor through four more games before he shut everything down with a lisfranc injury. This year, the LSU transferportal prize scrambled down the sideline in the second quarter versus Texas A&M, stepping out of bounds 4 yards short of the first-down marker on a thirdand-12. He pulled up short Saturday because he’d just pulled a hamstring. Less than ideal, but as the Rolling Stones once sang, “You don’t always get what you want … you get what you need.” “It kind of, like, almost locks you in on a different level when you get a little hurt,” Leavitt said, “because you don’t have another option other than distributing the ball and playing pure point guard in a different way than I have all season.” Leavitt’s sparkling performance against the Aggies, completing 17 of 23 for 312 yards and two touchdowns, was an interesting twist. The concern coming into the season was whether Leavitt,

fresh off of foot surgery, could be enough of a dual-threat option in Lane Kiffin’s offense. That question was quickly answered with 113 rushing yards against Clemson in the opener and another 62 versus Ole Miss in Week 3. But there were inconsistencies in Leavitt’s passing through three contests, dipping below 60% in completion percentage in each of his Power Four games and throwing five interceptions to just three scores on the year. Particularly in last week’s loss in Oxford, Mississippi, Leavitt was rattled by the Rebels’ interior pressure early. Kiffin put some of the blame on the offensive line for not allowing his quarterback to settle in. Leavitt wasn’t going to let himself off that easy. “There’s gonna be so many situations where you’re gonna have dudes in your face and you gotta make plays and let the receivers go catch the ball and get open,” Leavitt said. “So coming into this game was just nothing but trust from me for them.” Leavitt had a very specific mindset he wanted to employ Saturday, down to the smallest detail of not paying attention to the football’s spin as he released it but focusing intently on exactly where he wanted to place each pass. “The focus for me was just staying in the pocket, letting it rip,” Leavitt said. He was intent on trusting his

arm and his receivers, which was easier said than done with star tight end Trey’Dez Green indefinitely sidelined after taking a helmet to the knee in the Ole Miss loss. Without his 6-foot7, 237-pound security blanket, Leavitt had to place his faith in the likes of wideouts Jackson Harris and Winston Watkins. And he had to really, really trust everyone when he felt his hamstring pull on that second-quarter scramble. “I told our running backs, you gotta get out (of the backfield), because when I scramble, I’m just gonna dump it down,” Leavitt said. “I had a couple where I dumped it down almost before they were even looking for it. “I told the whole line I might need a little bit more time back there, because I’m not gonna be able to run around and make any plays.” Kifﬁn said there was discussion about pulling Leavitt, but a stubborn competitor wasn’t having it. Leavitt, who played basketball in high school, was comfortable playing point guard. “I joked to him it was the best thing that happened because he had to stay in the pocket, throw on time, because he couldn’t run,” Kifﬁn said. “But really gutsy performance by him.” Leavitt locked in, throwing some of his prettiest passes in an LSU uniform. He connected with Harris, the Hawaii transfer, six times for 163 yards, including a

57-yard catch-and-run on a fake halfback draw on fourth-and-1. He also perfectly placed 35- and 36-yard passes to Watkins up the sideline. “It was just my pocket presence, being calm, ﬂat-footed, and then just delivering the ball and have nothing but faith when I let go of it,” Leavitt said. “That’s kind of the emphasis of the week going into every single play. And it showed up today, so that’s gonna be something I gotta keep pushing forward and getting better.” It remains to be seen how much Leavitt, fresh off of a pulled hamstring, plays Saturday against McNeese State, because that’s a load backup quarterback Landen Clark could handle. LSU needs Leavitt as healthy as possible for an Oct. 10 trip to Kentucky; the Wildcats just improved to 3-1 with a 45-21 win over South Alabama. Then the Tigers close out October against No. 24 Mississippi State and Auburn before a bye week. For whatever reason, Week 4 just happens to be the week these injuries pop up for Leavitt, but this malady doesn’t appear as serious as his foot injury in 2025. He was adamant after the game that he’ll be “just ﬁne.” “Not season-ending injuries, by any means,” Leavitt said, “but just a little something to keep me in the pocket.” Email Jon Blau at jon.blau@ theadvocate.com

Michigan’s luck runs out during Iowa’s rally BY LARRY LAGE AP sportswriter

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan’s luck ran out, and Iowa rubbed it in. Hank Brown connected with Reece Vander Zee on a 16-yard touchdown pass to give the Hawkeyes a 20-19 win over the Wolverines on Saturday. Iowa had two seconds on the clock for the ﬁnal snap of a 91yard, game-winning drive. The Hawkeyes took advantage of the time, three weeks after Michigan was given an extra second to attempt a second Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan in a controversial ﬁnish in the same stadium. As the Hawkeyes celebrated in a stunned Big House, they poked fun at college football’s winningest team. “NO EXTRA TIME NECESSARY,” the Iowa football program posted on social media. Iowa moved up three spots to No. 14 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, ahead of its home game against No. 5 Ohio State. Michigan, which fell from No. 18 to out of poll for the second time in the opening month of the season, will play its first road game at Minnesota on Saturday. The Wolverines made costly mistakes in all three phases against the Hawkeyes to lose for

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By PAUL SANCyA

Iowa wide receiver Reece Vander Zee celebrates his 16-yard touchdown reception against Michigan during a game in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday. the first time under coach Kyle Whittingham. After penalties were a problem in the first two games of the season, Michigan was flagged eight times for 75 yards. One penalty, in particular, was a killer for the maize and blue. On

the Hawkeyes’ last drive, Brown threw an incomplete pass on third-and-12 from his 40. Instead of facing a fourth down, they had a ﬁrst down at the Michigan 45 with 19 seconds left because ﬁfth-year defensive back Zeke Berry pushed receiver Tony

Diaz out of bounds and was called for unnecessary roughness. “I didn’t really say anything to him because he’s an old enough guy to understand that’s a stupid penalty,” sixth-year defensive back Rod Moore said. “But you got to be smarter.” The Michigan defense, which kept the Iowa offense scoreless for three quarters, had the last chance to make enough plays to hold on for the win. The offense and special teams, too, wasted opportunities earlier in the game for the Wolverines. While sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood had his best game, completing 17 of 28 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns, he threw an interception at the Iowa 2 in the third quarter. That was one of the missed opportunities for the offense, which went 2 of 4 in the red zone. After Underwood threw his ﬁrst of two touchdown passes to JJ Buchanan late in the ﬁrst quarter, the Wolverines did not touch Braeden Jackson on a 99-yard kickoff return. In the end, Michigan had one more shot to make a stop to seal the win and failed. Brown didn’t want to bite when asked if the victory was justice for Western Michigan. “I’m not going to speak on that,” he said after a chuckle.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls have acquired veteran guard Buddy Hield and cash from the Charlotte Hornets for guard Rob Dillingham. Hield, 33, is on the move for the second time in ﬁve days. He was traded from Atlanta to Charlotte on Tuesday. Hield played for Golden State and Atlanta last season, averaging 7.6 points in 51 games. He was traded from the Warriors to the Hawks in February. Chicago, which went 31-51 last season, is rebuilding under new leadership. Dillingham, who turns 22 in January, was the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft. He was traded from Minnesota to Chicago in the Ayo Dosunmu deal in February.

Noskova, Muchova secure Billie Jean Cup for Czechia

SHENZHEN, China — In July they played each other in the Wimbledon ﬁnal. Now, Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova have teamed together to win the Billie Jean King Cup for Czechia. The sixth-ranked Noskova and the eighth-ranked Muchova each won their singles matches Sunday as Czechia beat Ukraine 2-0 in the ﬁnal of the women’s tennis team event. Noskova sealed it by beating the seventh-ranked Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6 (5) after Muchova beat 47th-ranked Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-3. On Noskova’s third match point, she hit a big serve and a big forehand that Svitolina could barely get her racket on. Then Noskova dropped on her back as Czech captain Barbora Strycova ran out to celebrate with her.

USC suspends LB Stephens 1 game after dangerous hit

Southern California suspended linebacker Desman Stephens on Sunday for one game for his dangerous late hit on Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and his celebration afterward. Stephens apologized and expressed empathy for Moore and his family in a statement issued by the Trojans. Coach Lincoln Riley condemned Stephens’ actions while announcing the suspension for his starting linebacker, who won’t play when No. 18 USC (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) hosts Washington (31, 0-1) next weekend. Moore, whose hands went up after the hit in what appeared to be an involuntary body posture, eventually left the ﬁeld on a stretcher and in an ambulance with a neck brace.

Bears QB Bagent clears NFL concussion protocol

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent has cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol, putting him in the mix to play Monday night against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Bears announced on Sunday that Bagent has no injury designation for their Week 3 game. Bagent returned to practice on Saturday after he suffered a concussion in last weekend’s 9-3 loss to Minnesota. Bagent entered against the Vikings after Caleb Williams left with a right hamstring injury. Case Keenum or Bagent is expected to start against the Eagles. Neither player has started a regular-season game since 2023.

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For Hall, sloppy win against Southern Miss a mixed bag BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

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Texas quarterback Arch Manning, right, runs against Tennessee on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.

Longhorns still deserving of No. 1 ranking — barely There were six ranked matchups and a couple of big upsets this week, so let’s not waste any more keyboard strokes on this flimsy intro. Here’s my AP Top 25 poll after Week 4 of the college football season: 1. Texas, 2. Ohio State, 3. Miami, 4. Koki Georgia, 5. Riley Notre Dame, 6. Indiana, 7. Alabama, 8. Florida, 9. Ole Miss, 10. LSU, 11. BYU, 12. Tennessee, 13. Texas Tech, 14. Houston, 15. Oregon, 16. Mississippi State, 17. Utah, 18. Boise State, 19. Southern Cal, 20. Arizona, 21. Louisville, 22. Oklahoma State, 23. Iowa, 24. Wisconsin, 25. UCLA Just missed: Wake Forest, Duke, SMU and Penn State Newcomers: Oregon, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Wisconsin and UCLA Dropped from last week: Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, SMU, Penn State and Michigan Does Texas still deserve to be at No. 1? Yes, barely. The Longhorns offense was putrid at times on Saturday against Tennessee, and it also struggled the week before against UTSA. Texas couldn’t run the ball again this week, and there’s just something about coach Steve Sarkisian’s offensive system that I just can’t quite shake. But Texas’ overall resume is still too good to ignore. It’s the best in the country, with a win over Ohio State and a road victory this week over the Volunteers, another top 15-caliber team. And unlike Ole Miss (we’ll get to that in a second), the Longhorns haven’t been beaten soundly, either. The results alone were good enough for me to keep the Longhorns at No. 1 over a host of underwhelming candidates vying for the top spot. Ohio State lost to Texas, and its best win is (checks notes) Illinois at home? Miami hasn’t faced a ranked team, even if the Wake Forest win looks shinier now after what the Deacons did this week. Georgia’s schedule has been just as easy as Miami’s, considering what Oklahoma has turned into (a dumpster fire). Meanwhile, Notre Dame has been good but not great against middling Power Four competition, and Indiana struggled to beat its first Big Ten opponent this week, Northwestern.

Florida is here I felt like I was taking crazy pills this season with Florida. The Gators came into the year with a talented defense, one of the top offensive coordinators in the sport and a seemingly potent ground game. And yet, I was on an island when it came to having the Gators as a top-15 team in the country two weeks ago. Granted, I didn’t expect coach Jon Sumrall’s team to pull off a borderline blowout win over an impressive Ole Miss this week, but Florida’s strong start to the year shouldn’t shock anyone. This is a big, mean and physical team that has a realistic shot at making the SEC championship game

and the College Football Playoff. As for Ole Miss, this loss doesn’t mean it’s all over. The LSU win is mighty impressive; the Louisville victory still has some charm to it and, at the end of the day, the Rebels might have the best quarterback in America in Trinidad Chambliss.

Oregon’s leap Few teams have gotten off to a more confusing start than Oregon, which, after losing to Oklahoma State — the same program it beat by 66 points a year ago — and nearly falling to Boise State, took down USC on the road this week with its backup quarterback in for most of the game. Granted, there may not be a better backup quarterback in the country than Dylan Raiola. But Raiola was fabulous in a tough spot following a terrifying injury to Dante Moore, and the Ducks ﬁnally tapped into their immense talent against a Trojans team that has the best roster Oregon has faced this year. I admit that moving the Ducks from unranked to No. 15 seems aggressive on the surface. But Oklahoma State moved into my top 25 after beating West Virginia on the road, and Boise State continues to impress after easily taking down Western Michigan. So even with a loss, the Ducks’ schedule and resume have ended up being better/trickier than we thought entering the year.

Other notes Iowa’s big win over Michigan on the road and the Iowa State victory earned the Hawkeyes a spot in my top 25. I wasn’t convinced that quarterback Hank Brown and a defense with a lot of new pieces made Iowa a shoo-in for the rankings at the start of the year. But clearly, I was wrong. I suspect that placing the Hawkeyes at No. 23 is a lot lower than what my colleagues will do, but I just don’t think beating Michigan has the same ring to it as it usually does. The Wolverines barely beat Oklahoma at home and needed a magical second to be added to the clock to beat Western Michigan. Wisconsin snuck into my poll after taking down Penn State in one of the toughest environments in all of college football. The Badgers already have a blowout loss, but they were competitive for half of that game against Notre Dame. UCLA was the last team in my rankings because the Bruins have already earned three comfortable wins over Power 4 teams (two of which were on the road). My just-missed list of teams could’ve been much longer this week. There’s a whole host of programs that I could’ve made some sort of case for — hello undefeated Cincinnati, Nebraska and Virginia Tech. Wake Forest would’ve been ranked if it hadn’t needed double overtime to beat a not-so-good Purdue team in Week 2. Email Koki Riley at koki. riley@theadvocate.com. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate. com/lsunewsletter

Although Will Hall did not sugarcoat Tulane’s flaws after a mistake-filled performance against Southern Miss, he still found some sweetness in the nail-biting victory. First things first. He admitted the Golden Eagles probably deserved to win after getting blown out in both of their earlier games versus FBS competition with an almost totally new roster under new coach Blake Anderson. “Our execution right now and the way we’re playing is pitiful,” Hall said. “We can fix those things, and I’ve been saying that for several weeks, but dadgummit, we’re got to freaking fix it. We’ve got to play better and we’ve got to start playing better quickly.” Tulane (2-2), which gets an open date to work on its myriad weaknesses, will be in deep trouble if it does not raise its level from the first four games significantly for its American Conference opener at Army (2-1, 1-1) on Oct. 10 and its league home opener against Memphis (3-1, 0-0) on Oct. 16. The Green Wave needed fourthquarter comebacks at home to beat expected Sun Belt Conference alsorans South Alabama 28-24 and Southern Miss 24-21. The Wave struggled to keep up with Power 4 conference members Duke and Kansas State on the road. Regardless, Tulane’s record is exactly what it was expected to be at the end of September, and Hall still sees signs of an October renaissance. He cited running back Mo Turner’s tremendous night (200 yards on 12 carries), freshman quarterback Trace Johnson’s poise after entering with a 21-14 deficit in the fourth quarter for his first college action and nickelback TJ Smith’s sticky coverage on a third-down pass to the end zone, forcing Southern Miss to attempt a tying field goal that redshirt freshman defensive lineman Josh Lewis blocked

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Will Hall coaches Tulane as QB Trace Johnson, left, walks past him during a game against Southern Miss on Saturday at yulman Stadium.

with 1:45 left. “You look at TJ Smith, that was a great play design by Southern Miss to get our nickel out on one-on-one coverage with their best wideout (6-foot-3 Dalton Davis, who had three catches for 75 yards and a score) in motion,” Hall said. “TJ just makes a play when it had to be made. And Josh Lewis is one of the young guys I’ve been saying is the next Wave, really good players for us.” Smith was credited incorrectly with blocking the field goal as he rushed from the outside — he even wore the turnover beads Tulane doles out for such plays right after the block — but he explained afterward Lewis deflected the ball from the inside, and replays confirmed it. “I got there fast, but they kicked it so fast,” Smith said. “Josh got his hand up.” Hall blamed Tulane’s defensive issues on offensive inefficiency. The Wave forced four consecutive threeand-outs to start the game, limiting

the Golden Eagles to negative-2 yards in that span, but it failed to pick up a first down on four of its first five series, too. Given life, Southern Miss scored touchdowns on three of its next five drives, but the Golden Eagles were 3 of 14 on third-down conversions after the Wave’s first three opponents succeeded on 56 percent. “That was a huge step in the right direction, but we’ve got to get more continuity offensively,” Hall said. “We had 445 yards, but we’re just not playing up to our standard right now. It’s got to be better.” Southern Miss quarterback Landry Lyddy, making his second career start, completed four passes for more than 20 yards and found open receivers in the end zone for three touchdowns. “It’s just us,” Smith said. “Some plays we had a miscommunication, and that equals out to a bust. We are all playing hard. Once we communicate and are all on the same page, that’s going to equal out to winning.” Hall pointed to some positives. Redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Dominic Steward, who lost his starting job after the opening game, played well at left tackle when he replaced an ineffective, dinged-up Darion Reed in the second half. Punter William Hudlow, a former walk-on from Jesuit who was considered one of the Wave’s biggest liabilities entering the season, averaged 54.3 yards on seven attempts. Cooper Helmke, a St. Martin’s High product, remained perfect on kicks (one field goal, three extra points) after supplanting Jackson Courville. On the flip side, Tulane was penalized three times for illegal blocks or holds on punt returns, killing its field position. “Ridiculous,” Hall said. “We got two of them in trail technique. That’s a choice. You can choose not to block somebody when they’re in front of you. We teach that every day. We’ve obviously got to teach it better.”

LSU aims to survive barrage of injuries BY JON BLAU Staff writer

LSU’s No. 7 jersey is supposed to be an honor for the program’s top playmakers. But in back-to-back weeks, the number seemingly has been marked for a bite from the dreaded injury bug. Trey’Dez Green, the 6-foot-7 tight end, took a helmet to the knee during a loss at Ole Miss on Sept. 19. He was gimpy Saturday as he strolled the LSU sideline in white sweatpants and his No. 7 jersey, no pads underneath, during a 35-6 win over Texas A&M. In due time, the Tigers’ other No. 7, linebacker Whit Weeks, had a hitch in his step. He went into the locker room on crutches, a walking boot bracing his right leg, after he was rolled up on by a teammate on a third-quarter run play. LSU coach Lane Kiffin told reporters Sunday that Green is expected back this season, and he’ll know Monday morning whether Weeks will return or be out for the year. “Told the staff you gotta earn your paychecks now … because it ain’t like we’re in Week 11,” Kifﬁn said. “Seven more SEC games to go.” That reminded Kiffin of his frustration with the SEC moving to nine conference games, leaving fewer easy matchups. “Be careful what you

wish for, SEC,” he quipped. There’s a much-needed opportunity for a lighter lift coming this weekend with McNeese State visiting No. 11 LSU (3-1, 1-1 SEC). But can the Tigers’ College Football Playoff hopes survive the rest of October with the injuries piling up?

Deep at LB Weeks is a big loss. He’s a sideline-to-sideline tackler with 23 stops, second-most on the team. He’s also a good blitzer. The silver lining for defensive coordinator Blake Baker is he still has TJ Dottery, his leading tackler with 26. And Davhon Keys is no slouch. Keys, a junior, finished second in the SEC in tackles last season with 92. That’s quite a luxury item as a No. 3 linebacker, and he could be an option if Dottery can slide from middle linebacker to Weeks’ weak-side spot. The only question is who emerges as LSU’s top reserve. CJ Jimcoily has seen some snaps recently, though the 6-3, 220-pounder was filling in more at the hybrid “Star” role with Dashawn Spears out. Charles Ross, who was listed on the depth chart as Weeks’ top backup, suffered an ACL tear on special teams Saturday. Tylen Singleton is next up after him. “I could just say ‘next man up’ every time, but it

matters,” Kifﬁn said. The linebacker room isn’t like cornerback or defensive end where depth is questionable. Kiffin and Baker should be able to ﬁgure something out.

Leaning more on WRs

defense: Kentucky (104th), Mississippi State (114th) and Auburn (109th).

Finding a new ‘Star’ It’s not easy to replace a hybrid safety/linebacker like Spears, but the Tigers were lucky there, too. Ty Benefield, a 6-3, 215-pound safety, just slid into Spears’ spot and collected a season-high seven tackles. He had just four stops coming into the game. The Tigers also took redshirt freshman Jhase Thomas, who was battling Tamarcus Cooley for firststring snaps early in preseason camp, and inserted him at a traditional safety spot. Thomas had three tackles and a pass breakup Saturday. LSU’s back end might be slightly downgraded with Benefield playing closer to the line of scrimmage, but his size and speed as a tackler could weigh in the Tigers’ favor. “Me and Dashawn are very similar, body-wise and play style,” Benefield said. “We’re out there playing fast. So I think (LSU’s coaches) just saw that in me.” The puzzle pieces, even as they’re swapped out, seem to fit for LSU. “It’s really, really challenging,” Kiffin said, “and a lot of people have to step up.”

Heading into the Texas A&M game, LSU and NFL alum Jarvis Landry visited the Tigers. “He was just like, this season and this offense and this team is going to come down to us making plays,” LSU wideout Jackson Harris said. “There’s a standard here. It’s on the wall in the receiver room — Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, all of them. I think we took that to heart.” Without a security blanket in Green, and without a healthy hamstring to scramble on, LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt somehow found a way to have his best passing day yet. Harris, the Hawaii transfer, broke out with six catches for 163 yards and two scores, while Winston Watkins, the Ole Miss transfer, hauled in five receptions for 105 yards. If Harris, Watkins and Eugene Wilson (15 receptions, 153 yards) continue to get open, and Leavitt continues to hang in the pocket to find them, there might be enough there to buy time for Green. LSU’s next three SEC opponents all rank out- Email Jon Blau at jon. side of the top 100 in pass blau@theadvocate.com

Florida leaps in poll after win over Ole Miss BY ERIC OLSON Associated Press

Florida made a massive jump in The Associated Press Top 25 ä AP on Sunday Top 25 and landed in rankings, the top 10 for the first time PAGE 8C in five years while four new teams joined the rankings in a major shuffle. The Gators’ 24-point win over then-No. 4 Ole Miss under first-year coach Jon

Sumrall on Saturday earned them a 13-rung promotion to No. 8, their highest ranking since 2020 and ﬁrst top10 appearance since 2021. Texas, Georgia and Notre Dame continued to hold the top three spots; Miami was a season-high No. 4; and Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 5. Indiana, Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss and BYU completed the top 10. The Longhorns received 62 first-place votes from the media voting panel, four more than last week, after

they held off Tennessee 2017 in their first road game. Georgia, coming off a convincing win over Oklahoma and outscoring opponents by an average of 41.5 points per game, got six first-place votes, double its number last week. Miami and Indiana each received one first-place vote. Mississippi State moved up eight spots to No. 16, its highest ranking in four years, for beating Missouri at home. Oregon was up five spots to No. 15 after

winning on the road against Southern California. Houston also moved up ﬁve spots to No. 20 after winning at Georgia Southern. Iowa earned its highest ranking since 2021, at No. 14, for knocking off Michigan on the road on the ﬁnal play of the game. Seven ranked teams lost in Week 4, and four dropped out of the poll. Penn State took the biggest fall, going from No. 13 to unranked after losing to Wisconsin at home.

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RAIDERS 35, SAINTS 27

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Las Vegas 35, New Orleans 27 Las Vegas 3 13 6 13 — 35 New Orleans 6 7 14 0 — 27 First Quarter Las—FG Gay 41, 7:35. Drive: 12 plays, 53 yards, 6:32. Key Plays: Cousins 16 pass to Nailor on 3rd-and-3; Cousins 18 pass to Bowers; Cousins 11 pass to Bowers on 3rd-and-3. Las Vegas 3, New Orleans 0. NO—J.Johnson 2 pass from Shough (kick blocked), :50. Drive: 14 plays, 79 yards, 6:45. Key Plays: Price kick return to New Orleans 21; Etienne 2 run on 3rd-and-1; Shough 36 run; Shough 11 pass to Vele on 3rd-and-6; Shough 12 pass to Olave on 3rd-and-11. New Orleans 6, Las Vegas 3. Second Quarter Las—FG Gay 37, 11:27. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards, 4:23. Key Plays: Washington 7 run on 3rd-and-2; Cousins 18 pass to Mayer. Las Vegas 6, New Orleans 6. Las—Mayer 3 pass from Cousins (Gay kick), 5:49. Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 3:45. Key Plays: Cousins 11 pass to Mayer; Cousins 19 pass to Bowers. Las Vegas 13, New Orleans 6. NO—Fant 3 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), 1:54. Drive: 11 plays, 72 yards, 3:52. Key Plays: Price kick return to New Orleans 28; Etienne 4 run on 3rd-and-1; Shough 13 pass to Olave; Shough 16 pass to Olave; Shough 14 pass to J.Johnson. Las Vegas 13, New Orleans 13. Las—FG Gay 25, :00. Drive: 12 plays, 58 yards, 1:54. Key Plays: Cousins 11 pass to Bowers on 3rd-and-8; Cousins 11 pass to Tucker; Cousins 11 pass to Jeanty; Cousins 15 pass to Bowers on 3rd-and-14. Las Vegas 16, New Orleans 13. Third Quarter NO—J.Johnson 1 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), 6:40. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 6:50. Key Plays: Shough 11 pass to Vele; Shough 12 pass to J.Johnson; Shough 17 pass to Vele. New Orleans 20, Las Vegas 16. NO—Fant 16 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), 5:46. Drive: 2 plays, 32 yards, 00:47. Key Play: Etienne 16 run. New Orleans 27, Las Vegas 16. Las—Washington 36 run (pass failed), 3:20. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:26. Key Plays: D.Young kick return to Las Vegas 29; Cousins 20 pass to Bowers on 3rd-and-4. New Orleans 27, Las Vegas 22. Fourth Quarter Las—C.White 4 pass from Cousins (pass failed), 9:21. Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards, 3:34. Key Plays: Cousins 22 pass to Jeanty; Cousins 15 pass to Tucker. Las Vegas 28, New Orleans 27. Las—Bowers 4 pass from Cousins (Gay kick), 6:27. Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, 1:26. Key Play: Masses 35 interception return to New Orleans 4. Las Vegas 35, New Orleans 27.

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Las NO FIRST DOWNS 24 27 Rushing 4 8 Passing 16 18 Penalty 4 1 THIRD DOWN EFF 7-12 9-15 FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 340 381 Total Plays 63 72 Avg Gain 5.4 5.3 NET YARDS RUSHING 113 148 Rushes 27 28 Avg per rush 4.185 5.286 NET YARDS PASSING 227 233 Sacked-Yds lost 3-21 2-22 Gross-Yds passing 248 255 Completed-Att. 22-33 29-42 Had Intercepted 0 1 Yards-Pass Play 6.306 5.295 KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 7-0-0 5-1-1 PUNTS-Avg. 3-49.0 3-44.0 Punts blocked 0 0 FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-1 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 131 134 Punt Returns 1-13 1-11 Kickoff Returns 3-83 6-123 Interceptions 1-35 0-0 PENALTIES-Yds 5-19 8-36 FUMBLES-Lost 3-1 4-3 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:32 32:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Las Vegas, Jeanty 19-56, Washington 5-54, Cousins 3-3. New Orleans, Etienne 13-57, Shough 1-36, Kamara 9-36, K.Miller 4-14, Donaldson 1-5. PASSING—Las Vegas, Cousins 22-33-0-248. New Orleans, Shough 29-42-1-255. RECEIVING—Las Vegas, Bowers 10-116, Tucker 4-43, Jeanty 3-37, Mayer 3-32, Nailor 1-16, White 1-4. New Orleans, Olave 9-107, Johnson 8-53, Fant 4-33, Vele 3-39, Etienne 2-13, K.Miller 2-5, Kamara 1-5. PUNT RETURNS—Las Vegas, Benson 1-13. New Orleans, Price 1-11. KICKOFF RETURNS—Las Vegas, Young 2-55, Laube 1-28. New Orleans, Price 4-83, Moreno-Cropper 1-22, K.Miller 1-18. TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—Las Vegas, Dean 11-1-0, Chinn 7-1-1, T.Johnson 7-1-0, Pola-Mao 5-1-0, Masses 4-2-0, Koonce 3-0-1, Walker 2-6-0, Hemingway 1-2-0, Crosby 1-1-0, Stokes 1-1-0, Butler 0-3-0, Paye 0-3-0. New Orleans, Elliss 4-5-0, Stutsman 4-3-0, Sanker 3-4-0, McKinstry 3-2-0, J.Reid 3-1-0, Godchaux 2-3-0, Boyd 2-1-1, Blackmon 2-1-0, Werner 2-1-0, Young 2-0-2, Granderson 1-3-0, Jennings 1-1-0, Riley 1-1-0, Wooden 1-1-0, Shepherd 0-3-0, Broughton 0-1-0. INTERCEPTIONS—Las Vegas, Masses 1-35. New Orleans, None. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. OFFICIALS—Referee Adrian Hill, Ump Roy Ellison, HL Danny Short, LJ Julian Mapp, FJ Tra Boger, SJ Glen Fucik, BJ Greg Steed, Replay Bob Hubbell.

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Continued from page 1C The late turnovers, though, were the most glaring problem. That included the Shough fumble that looked oh-so similar to the fumble by Detroit’s Jared Goff in the season opener. On that play two weeks ago, the refs ruled that Goff’s arm was moving forward and thus the play was an incompletion, nullifying Chase Young’s sack and a Saints touchdown on a scoop-and-score by Jonas Sanker. On Sunday’s play, the refs determined that Shough lost the ball before his arm was moving forward, making it a fumble. The inconsistency on plays that looked so similar obviously annoyed Saints fans, who let their frustration be heard. But the Saints players were quick to dismiss any notion that the refs cost them this game. They put the blame on themselves. “I’m not blaming the ofﬁciating,” defensive tackle Davon Godchaux said. “I’m not blaming Tyler Shough for the fumble. I’m blaming the defense. We are up 27-16. Finish

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New Orleans Saints running back Travis Etienne runs up the middle against the Las Vegas Raiders during the first half on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome. Etienne left the game with a hamstring injury.

Saints lose three key players vs. Raiders BY LUKE JOHNSON AND ROD WALKER Staff writers

Sanker while making a tackle on an 8-yard pass to Tre Tucker down the middle of the field. Werner stayed in the game after that play and finished the drive, but he was clearly in discomfort and flexing his shoulder. Second-year linebacker Danny Stutsman filled in for Werner after the injury. He was involved in one of the more consequential plays of the first half when he was penalized for roughing the passer after drilling Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins to force an errant pass on third-and-4 near the goal line. Referees determined Stutsman drove Cousins into the turf, giving the Raiders a new set of downs. Cousins found tight end — for a 3-yard touchdown on the next play. It isn’t clear when Granderson suffered his injury. The defensive end finished with four tackles.

But, after holding the Raiders to a field goal, the Saints took the ball back and went on a 13-play, 79-yard touchdown drive. They converted all four of their third downs on that drive, including a third-and-goal from the 2-yard line, where quarterback Tyler Shough found tight end Juwan Johnson for a touchdown. New Orleans missed the extra point but took a 6-3 lead. That lead held when the first quarter came to a close, and with it, a particularly ignominious stretch came to a close. It marked the first time in 23 games that the Saints held a lead after the opening quarter. Sunday was Kellen Moore‘s 20th game as head coach and therefore the first time his team held a lead after one quarter. Prior to Sunday’s game, Moore’s Saints teams had been outscored 136-29 in the first quarter.

The New Orleans Saints lost three starters to injuries against the Raiders on Sunday, as running back Travis Etienne (hamstring), linebacker Pete Werner (stinger) and defensive end Carl Granderson (ankle) all exited the game early and did not return in the Saints’ 35-27 loss. Etienne’s injury occurred at the end of his best run of the day, a 16-yard scamper down the right sideline in the third quarter. As Etienne was finishing the run, he reached down and grabbed at his hamstring. He had been battling a hamstring injury throughout the week. It was a disappointing finish to what had been Etienne’s best game in a Saints uniform. He had 70 total yards on 15 touches as the Saints featured him more often Shough scramble than they had the first two weeks, Streak snapped with 57 of those yards coming on New Orleans looked like it was The Saints’ longest run of the the ground. headed for another one of its typi- day came from their quarterback. Werner suffered an injury when cal slow starts when it went threeMidway through the first quarhe collided with teammate Jonas and-out on its opening drive. ter, Shough dropped back to pass

and watched the Raiders vacate a huge swath of grass to his right. Shough took off into the void and gained 36 yards, setting up the Saints’ ﬁrst touchdown of the game. It wasn’t only the Saints’ longest rush, but it was a new career long for Shough. It eclipsed the 34-yard touchdown run he had as a rookie last season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Shough now has the seventh and eighth longest runs by a quarterback in Saints history. The top six longest runs all belong to Taysom Hill.

Odds and ends Chris Olave led the ﬁrst pregame Who Dat chant for the home opener. … Former Saints tight end Ben Watson was honored as the team’s “Legend of the Game.” … With rookie return specialist Barion Brown out for the game with a hamstring injury, Jayden Price and Kendre Miller handled kick return duties for the Saints. … Starting safety Justin Reid handled the kicking duties for the opening kick of the second half.

“A call is a call. You’ve got to live with it. You win some, you lose some. We’ve got another opportunity.” This was just the third game in a 17-game season. So, yes, Young is correct. There are plenty more opportunities to come. But this will be a game the Saints look back on and ask: “How did we let this one slip away?” And it slipped away in the most uncharacteristic way. “As painful as this loss is, as frustrating as this loss is, we can’t let it linger too long,” Moore said. “We were in a position to finish that game, and we didn’t finish it.” The team that was so good at rallying ended up being the team that got rallied on. And just like that, all the momentum the Saints had built leading vanished as quickly as that STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE 11-point lead. The final stats will say New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough, left, throws the ball as Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Kwity Paye defends the Saints had three fumon Sunday at the Caesars Superdome. bles. But that should be four if “It’s frustrating,” Young you include this opportuthe game. I don’t care who ing black and white. Credit first season as head coach said. “We beat ourselves. in Vegas, is undefeated. to the guys in black and fumbles or who didn’t get nity that slipped right out We’ve got to be better. We His Raiders came into the silver, who are actually a holding call. We blew of their hands. will be. I’m not worried.” Dome and took this win, much better than anyone the game. Point blank. Young’s thoughts on thought they’d be. Former much like the Saints did Simple.” Email Rod Walker at some of the calls? Saints offensive coordina- seven days earlier in BalHe’s right. This loss rwalker@theadvocate. “I don’t know,” he said. timore. tor Klint Kubiak, in his wasn’t on the guys wearcom.

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THREE AND OUT: JEFF DUNCAN’S TOP TAKEAWAyS FROM SAINTS’ DISAPPOINTING HOME OPENER

FOURTH-QUARTER DISASTER The Saints owned the fourth quarter in their first two games, but everything fell apart for them in the final quarter Sunday against the Raiders, who took advantage of four turnovers to score the game’s final 19 points. The Raiders’ first score came after a controversial strip-sack by Malcolm Koonce on a play that was eerily similar to the one Chase young made against the Lions in the season opener. The Saints had gone nine quarters and an overtime without a giveaway before Sunday’s fourth quarter.

SHOUGH HUMMING EARLY The final quarter overshadowed what could have been a career day for second-year quarterback Tyler Shough. He threw a career-high four touchdown passes and finished 29 of 42 for 255 yards. During one stretch from the end of the second quarter to early in the fourth quarter, Shough completed 10 consecutive passes for 84 yards and three touchdowns. He also had a 36-yard run, which was the Saints’ longest offensive play of the game. The officiating was confusing again, but Shough played well for three quarters.

TOO MUCH BOWERS Playing in his first game of the season, Raiders tight end Brock Bowers caught 10 passes for 116 yards and a TD. The Saints had no one who could cover him, even lockdown cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry. Bowers proved to be too good. Bowers wasn’t the only tight end involved. Raiders coach Klint Kubiak’s game plan focused on feeding the ball to Bowers and Michael Mayer. The duo carried the offense in the first half, combining to catch 10 passes for 119 yards and a touchdown in the first 30 minutes.

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Continued from page 1C vens. “It’s a long season,” Shough said. “There’s a lot of good stuff to watch on ﬁlm. A lot of stuff that we can learn from. Finishing strong in that game is really one of those things, and that starts with myself protecting the ball. It starts with all of us.” Shough is right about the length of the season. But beating the Raiders (3-0) would have further added to the excitement that had been building around the Saints. Sunday’s atmosphere, too, fed into that idea. When Chris Olave did the Who Dat chant before kickoff, the crowd’s echo reverberated throughout the Superdome. The last time the Saints went into a game with as much hype as Sunday was 2024, when the 2-0 Saints put up back-to-back 40-point performances when Klint Kubiak, now coaching the Raiders, served as the New Orleans play-caller. But what was surprising about Sunday was how the Saints unraveled in the ﬁnal minutes.

Sept. 13

31-30

Sept. 20

24-17

Sept. 27

35-27

Oct. 5

BY LUKE JOHNSON Humility came for a New Orleans Saints team that spent the first two weeks of the season showing its mettle in the fourth quarter. New Orleans found itself on the wrong side of that wave in its 35-27 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday in the Caesars Superdome. With a raucous crowd at their back, the Saints wilted in the biggest moments as they fell to 1-2 on the season. Quarterback Tyler Shough has dazzled throughout his short career in these lategame situations, but Sunday he found himself in a position he has not had to be in for much of his pro career — protecting a lead late in the game. When Shough fired his fourth touchdown pass of the game with 5:46 remaining in the third quarter, New Orleans led 27-16. By the time Juwan Johnson fumbled near his own sideline late in the fourth quarter, the Saints had seen four consecutive possessions end in turnovers, a disastrous finish that allowed the Raiders to end the game with 19 unanswered points. There was plenty of blame to go around — including some for the game officials — but the only direction for the finger to point after the game is at the four turnovers. “We’ve just got to be better towards the end,” Shough said. “We had opportunities all the way towards the end. We feel very comfortable in those moments, and we’re just a couple plays away.” Shough had put the Saints in position to win comfortably with a brilliant third quarter. He put the Saints in front with a 1-yard touchdown pass on third-and-goal, and then the Saints immediately took the ball away on the ensuing kickoff, which led to a 16-yard touchdown pass to Noah Fant. Shough completed 11 of 15 third-quarter passes for 103 yards and the two scores.

RESULTS

Falcons 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 11 Vikings Noon

Oct. 18 at Giants Noon

Oct. 25 Steelers 8:30 a.m.

Nov. 8 Browns Noon

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Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, left, recovers a fumble against the Saints on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome. He appeared to be doing it again in the fourth quarter when the game flipped on a controversial play. Backup left tackle Asim Richards was quickly beaten by Raiders edge rusher Malcolm Koonce, who arrived just as Shough was cocking his arm back to throw on a third-and-4 from the Raiders 29. Shough lost control of the ball, and a replay review deemed he lost control before his arm moved forward — a point the replay official said made it different than the infamous “intent to throw” play from Week 1 that cost the Saints a defensive touchdown. Las Vegas took over and took the lead on a Kirk Cousins’ touchdown pass.

“I thought I threw it,” Shough said. “Me personally, I thought my arm was going forward. I got to get it out sooner, regardless.” Three plays into the next Saints drive on another third down, Richards was driven back into Shough as he was stepping into his pass. The contact caused the pass to ﬂoat well off target, and Raiders defensive back Hezekiah Masses picked it off and returned it deep into Saints’ territory. On that play, Shough took the blame. “I’ve got to just eat it there — take the sack or run,” Shough said. “... It just kind of sucks. It happens that way where the ball gets ﬂoated in the air like that. So I’ve got to be better

there as far as just protecting it in those situations, especially on that side of the ﬁeld.” Again, the Raiders quickly scored to put the Saints down by eight. They still had two more cracks at it but could make neither one count. New Orleans pushed the ball deep into Las Vegas territory again, advancing to the 20-yard line. But when Alvin Kamara was stuffed on a thirdand-1 play, New Orleans kept the offense on the ﬁeld. Shough saw the Raiders lined up in a Cover 0 look and audibled to one of their plays designed to beat that coverage. Las Vegas was ready, though, bracketing Chris Olave on his short comeback route. Nobody else was open, and Shough lost

control of the ball as he was attempting to spin out of a sack. Chase Young gifted the offense one more shot with a third-down sack of Cousins, giving New Orleans the ball back with a little less than two minutes left. But Johnson had the ball punched out of his hands on a short completion, and the comeback never materialized. “They made plays,” coach Kellen Moore said. “Obviously a lot of them came in critical downs, critical situations. We weren’t able to get those downs done. You know, credit those guys who made plays, and we weren’t able to.” Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

Nov. 15 Panthers Noon

Nov. 22 at Bears Noon

Nov. 29 at Bengals Noon

Dec. 6 Packers Noon

Moore and several play- owed how the Saints had apers, including Shough, said peared to take control of the the fumble call didn’t affect contest. New Orleans surged them for the rest of the game. to a 27-16 lead in the third And to be fair, Shough and the quarter and found success offense moved the ball in the in several areas. The Saints’ final minutes. But unlike be- offense had been humming, fore, when Shough so often fueled by Shough’s connecthrived in the fourth quarter, tion to his tight ends. Johnthey committed a series of son and Noah Fant each had two touchdowns, uncharacteristic mis- “You can’t really do that with Fant’s 16yard strike givtakes. and expect to win the ing them the Shough game.” double-digit said he CHRIS OLAVE, Saints wide lead. should have The Saints just taken a receiver on the four late even looked like sack on his turnovers they had fixed intercepsome of their tion. But instead, he short-armed a throw flaws. New Orleans not only as he was hit, which allowed got the run game going — 148 Hezekiah Masses to pick off yards on 28 attempts — but the quarterback for a 35-yard the black and gold finally held a first-quarter lead. return. That snapped a 23-game The next two fumbles weren’t smooth plays, either. streak, and the Saints scored Shough’s second fumble was their first first-quarter touchseemingly out of desperation down since Week 14 of last after he was already stuffed season. But progress is not linear on fourth-and-1, while Johnson coughed up the football in the NFL. And new issues when he was tackled in open emerged, despite the corrections. space after a 2-yard catch. Glaringly, the Saints al“You can’t really do that and expect to win the game,” lowed the Raiders to score on Olave said of the four turn- seven of their first 10 drives. New Orleans was routinely overs. The mistakes overshad- diced by quarterback Kirk

Cousins (248 yards, three touchdowns) and tight end Brock Bowers (10 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown). Rookie running back Mike Washington ripped off a 35yard touchdown in the third quarter, cracking the door open for Las Vegas’ comeback. The Saints defense didn’t help itself as penalties plagued the unit. On Las Vegas’ first touchdown drive, the Saints seemed to force two third-down stops — only for Jonas Sanker (pass interference) and Danny Stutsman (unnecessary roughness) to get ﬂagged, giving Las Vegas new life. Moore, in particular, appeared to very much disagree with the call on Stutsman, who hit Cousins clean but likely drew the flag for driving the quarterback into the ground. Asked about the penalty, Moore’s frustration crept through. “I don’t know,” the coach said. “I mean, there’s just no ﬂow to that game.” The lack of flow included Shough’s controversial fumble. Moore said he didn’t get a full explanation of the play. Speaking to a pool reporter after the game, NFL vice

president of instant replay Mark Butterworth said replay showed Shough’s arm was not moving forward before the fumble so the initial call on the field was confirmed. Did the league see a difference between that play and Goff’s incompletion? “All we are looking for is the hand coming forward with control to make it an incomplete pass,” Butterworth said. “In the play that happened today, the hand was not coming forward with control of the ball.” Butterworth’s explanation marks the third straight game in which the league office has had to chime in on a Saints game. Last week went in New Orleans’ favor. This week did not. But the Saints can’t afford to dwell on any what-ifs. The NFL doesn’t work like that. “Me personally, I thought my arm was going forward,” Shough said. “I’m not exactly sure on the rule. It doesn’t really matter to me. I’ve got to get it out sooner, regardless.” Email Matthew Paras at matt.paras@theadvocate. com

Dec. 13 at Panthers TBD

Dec. 20 at Buccaneers 7:15 p.m.

Dec. 27 Arizona Noon

Jan. 3 Falcons TBD

TBD Buccaneers TBD

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NFL ROUNDUP

GAME OF THE WEEK

Steelers, QB Rodgers edge out Bengals, QB Burrow BY WILL GRAVES AP sportswriter

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Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota, left, is tackled by Seattle Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones during a game on Sunday in Landover, Md.

Commanders snap Seattle’s winning streak The Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. — Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes, and Kain Medrano returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown to help the Washington Commanders hand Seattle its first loss since November, 33-31 on Sunday. The Seahawks (2-1) had won 12 straight, including their postseason run to last season’s Super Bowl title, but Mariota was solid in place of the injured Jayden Daniels, and three crucial turnovers enabled Washington (1-2) to win its home opener. Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 10 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns for the Seahawks, and he even completed a short throw on a trick play in the final quarter, but Sam Darnold was intercepted twice in his return from his Week 1 glute injury. After Washington had taken a 27-24 lead, Medrano picked off Darnold’s pass over the middle and ran it back all the way to put the Commanders two scores ahead with 3:57 to play. However, a penalty during the celebration moved the extra point back 15 yards, and Drew Stevens missed it. Darnold immediately found Smith-Njigba for three straight completions, and his 7-yard scoring pass to Cooper Kupp cut the lead to two with 2:51 to go. Washington, which was 1 for 11 on third down to that point, converted two on the final drive to run out the clock. Rachaad White caught the Seahawks off guard on a third-and-9 run, going 19 yards around right end. Then Mariota ran for 9 yards on thirdand-7 to seal the win. Seattle’s Jadarian Price fumbled early in the game, giving Washington the ball at the Seattle 21, and then the rookie running back didn’t touch the ball again until the second half. The Commanders took advantage of the short field, opening the scoring on Mariota’s 6-yard touchdown pass to White. Washington nearly took a 14-0 lead, but Jacory Croskey-Merritt’s long TD run was called back for an illegal formation penalty. Seattle tied it at 7 in the second quarter on Darnold’s 1-yard scoring pass to Smith-Njigba. COLTS 19, TEXANS 17: In Indiannapolis, Spencer Shrader fought through a groin injury to make four field goals, including a 43-yarder with 16 seconds to go, and the Indianapolis Colts’ beleaguered defense barely held up long enough to close out a victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday. The Colts (1-2) snapped a ninegame losing streak, the longest active skid in the NFL, and won its first game since Nov. 2 at Berlin. It was the Colts’ first victory

on American soil since Oct. 26. BILLS 24, CHARGERS 16: In Orchard Park, New York, Josh Allen scored two touchdowns rushing and the Buffalo Bills overcame a five-turnover outing to pull out a victory over the winless Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Allen’s second score, a 1-yard plunge with 7:35 left, gave Buffalo its first lead. The Bills then sealed the win on James Cook’s 3-yard run four minutes later, and after Buffalo’s defense forced Justin Herbert’s incompletion on fourth down at the Chargers 45. Buffalo improved to 3-0 despite Allen’s two interceptions and lost fumble. BROWNS 21, PANTHERS 18: In Cleveland, Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes to Harold Fannin, including a 14-yard strike with 1:48 remaining, and the Cleveland Browns rallied for a victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Panthers went in front 18-13 with 4:25 remaining when John Metchie hauled in an 8-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Young. But the Browns (2-1) went 65 yards in eight plays for their second straight comeback win. LIONS 31, JETS 24: In Detroit, Jahmyr Gibbs and the Detroit Lions held on to beat the New York Jets on Sunday. The Lions (2-1) leaned on their dynamic running back a lot — on the ground and through the air — and he delivered another fantastic performance. The Jets (1-2) overcame a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter with Geno Smith’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Ruckert, a 23-yard TD throw to Garrett Wilson and a 2-point conversion pass to Sterling Shepard to make it 24-all. CHIEFS 24, DOLPHINS 10: In Miami Gardens, Florida, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs beat the Miami Dolphins. Kenneth Walker had a touchdown catch and rushed for a score, and Mahomes threw for 246 yards and two TDs to help the Chiefs. The Chiefs entered averaging more than 450 yards and 32 points but struggled to pull away from the winless Dolphins, who were missing arguably their best player for much of the game after Pro Bowler De’Von Achane left with a knee injury on the opening drive. JAGUARS 35, PATRIOTS 6: In Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes, including one on which Parker Washington made a fingertip catch in the end zone, and the Jaguars bounced back from their worst offensive performance in nearly a year to dominate New England on Sunday. The Jaguars (2-1) won their

sixth consecutive regular-season home game and raised more questions about Drake Maye’s regression with the Patriots. Maye fumbled twice, losing one, and threw two more interceptions before getting pulled in the fourth quarter. He threw 31 touchdowns and eight picks last season for the AFC champion Patriots (1-2). GIANTS 12, TITANS 7: In East Rutherford, New Jersey, playing their first game without quarterback Jaxson Dart, the New York Giants (2-1) got just enough from replacement Jameis Winston on offense and another big play from safety Jevon Holland to win an ugly football game against the Titans on Sunday. The Titans (0-3) narrowly avoided becoming the first NFL team in eight years to not pick up a first down before halftime. The offense run by former Giants coach Brian Daboll was held off the scoreboard until Cam Ward connected with Wan’Dale Robinson for the game’s only touchdown with 5:35 left. 49ERS 36, CARDINALS 30: In Santa Clara, California, Brock Purdy threw four touchdown passes, with the first coming on a trick play, and the injury-depleted San Francisco 49ers held on for a victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The game began well for the Niners before the injuries started mounting and they found themselves in a tight game against the Cardinals (1-2), who have lost 22 of their last 26 games in the division. VIKINGS 23, BUCCANEERS 16: In Tampa, Florida, Myles Price returned a punt 86 yards for a score, Kyler Murray threw a 41yard TD pass to Jordan Addison and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. The Vikings are 3-0 for the second time in three years. The Buccaneers are 0-3 for the first time since 2014, when they finished 2-14 and got the No. 1 overall draft pick, taking Jameis Winston. RAVENS 34, COWBOYS 31: In Rio de Janeiro, Lamar Jackson completed a 27-yard pass to Zay Flowers and alertly called a timeout with 1 second left, setting up Tyler Loop’s 56-yard field goal to cap a stunning 7-second drive that gave the Baltimore Ravens a victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in Brazil. Ravens (2-1) cornerback Nate Wiggins was called for pass interference with 23 seconds left when his arms locked with CeeDee Lamb, giving the Cowboys (1-2) the ball at the Ravens 2. After an incomplete pass, the Cowboys were called for a false start, which backed them up to the 7. Dallas settled for Brandon Aubrey’s 23-yard field goal to tie it at 31 with 7 seconds left.

PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have been around each other a long time. So much so that when the Pittsburgh Steelers coach told Rodgers and the rest of the offense it was time to “cut it loose” before Sunday’s early-season litmus test against Cincinnati, it didn’t really register with the quarterback he’s known for 20 years. “I feel like he says that every week,” Rodgers said, then added with a laugh, “It’s not like, ‘Hey, this week ...’ ” The message was not new. The results were another matter. Rodgers bounced back from a nightmarish performance in a dismal loss to New England by throwing for 292 yards and three touchdowns to outduel Joe Burrow as the Steelers pulled out a 30-27 thriller. “I think resilience is critical to any, any type of success, whether it’s playing one division game (or) overcoming a loss last week,” McCarthy said. Pittsburgh (2-1) did both by showcasing the kind of explosiveness Rodgers has said was possible if everyone just settled down and did their jobs. Rodgers completed 19 of 34 passes, including a 47-yard catchand-run to massive tight end Darnell Washington that helped set up Chris Boswell’s go-ahead, 33-yard ﬁeld goal with 2:18 remaining. The Steelers (2-1) rolled up 411 yards on a revamped Cincinnati defense that had fueled the Bengals’ promising start. Jaylen War-

ren, dealing with a shoulder injury that limited him in practice, had 176 total yards (127 rushing, 49 receiving), numbers that could have been a little bit higher if he hadn’t tripped over his own feet while running free inside the Cincinnati 10 in the late going. Cincinnati made its way into Steelers territory in the ﬁnal minute and was on the fringe of kicker Evan McPherson’s range when Steelers defensive lineman Derrick Harmon crashed into Burrow. The ball squirted free, and Pittsburgh’s Sebastian Joseph-Day fell on it to spoil the Bengals’ chances at the franchise’s first 3-0 start since 2015. “Trying to take a shot at the end zone, trying not to take the sack, trying to get the ball out, (and I) fumbled it,” Burrow said. Cincinnati backed up Pittsburgh deep in its territory late in the fourth, but the Steelers responded even after a run of 80-plus yards by Warren was wiped out by a holding penalty on Metcalf. Rodgers, playing behind a newlook offensive line that included rookie first-round pick Max Iheanachor at right tackle, guided the Steelers 77 yards anyway. Boswell’s winner helped Pittsburgh improve to 10-2 in its last 12 games following a loss of 15 points or more. The 42-year-old four-time MVP insisted it was not time to panic. Iheanachor’s promotion added a dose of physicality on the line, and Pittsburgh was dynamic. Rodgers hit nine receivers and Warren cut loose for field-flipping runs that were hard to come by during the opening two weeks.

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, left, throws as he is tackled by Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, right, during a game in Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Eagles look to add to perfect start by stopping the Bears BY JAY COHEN AP sportswriter

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears made a memorable trip to Philadelphia in November, rushing for 281 yards in an impressive 24-15 victory over the Eagles. Philadelphia is hoping to return the favor on Monday night, when it visits Chicago in search of a second straight road win. It would be difficult to play it any worse than they did in their matchup last season. D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai both went over 100 yards rushing as Chicago possessed the ball for almost 40 minutes in its fifth consecutive victory — a streak that helped propel the Bears to the NFC North title. Philadelphia gained just 87 yards on the ground in the loss. Swift and Monangai led the way again as Chicago rushed for 291 yards in this year’s season opener at Carolina on Sept. 13. But the Bears’ ground game was held in check during Sunday’s 9-3 loss to Minnesota, finishing with 134 yards on 31 attempts. Chicago has an uncertain situation at quarterback with Caleb Williams dealing with a right hamstring injury and Tyson Bagent in the concussion protocol. But Fangio doesn’t think it will have much of an effect on the Bears’ rushing scheme. “They’re an under-center offense a good bit, so it’s not like it’s a lot of gun zone-read, QB-generated runs,” Fangio said. “They’re under center, handing it off. They do a great job of blocking.” Philadelphia is coming off a dramatic 24-20 victory at Tennessee. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to

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Darius Cooper with 9 seconds left. If Williams and Bagent are unable to play, Case Keenum is expected to start for Chicago. The 38-year-old Keenum has made 66 starts in 80 career games, but he hasn’t thrown a pass in a regular-season game since Dec. 24, 2023, for Houston against Cleveland.

Matchup to watch Eagles DT Jordan Davis vs. Bears C Garrett Bradbury. Listed at 6-foot6 and 336 pounds, the 26-year-old Davis presents a sizeable challenge for Bradbury and the rest of Chicago’s interior offensive line. The Eagles also have Jalen Carter and Moro Ojomo up front on defense. Bradbury was acquired in an offseason trade with New England. He was ﬂagged four times in the loss to the Vikings, two for holding and two for false starts.

Stats and stuff Philadelphia is 2-0 for the fourth time under coach Nick Sirianni. The Eagles won their first eight games in 2022 and their first five in 2023. They got off to a 4-0 start last season. The Eagles lead the NFL with a .705 (31-13) road winning percentage since the 2021 season. Bears wide receiver Kalif Raymond leads the team with 13 catches through two games. He has six third-down receptions that have gone for first downs. Bears tight end Colston Loveland has one catch for 3 yards so far this year. He had a team-high 58 receptions for 713 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie last season.

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Americans rally to retain Presidents Cup BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

MEDINAH, Ill. — The deficit was larger than anything the Americans had ever experienced at home in the Presidents Cup. The celebration Sunday afternoon? That was all too familiar, even the part where President Donald Trump stuck around for the trophy presentation. The U.S. players — from world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to 21-year-old rookie Jackson Koivun — passed the gold cup down the line, which was only fitting. Everyone had a hand in the latest comeback at Medinah, where the Americans delivered the most lopsided singles session in Presidents Cup history. They won nine of the 12 matches and halved the other for a 17-13 victory, their 11th in a row against the hard-luck Internationals. U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker went from blaming himself for the three-point deficit to choking back emotions as his team set the tone early and rode momentum and a raucous Chicago gallery late that left them believing again they can succeed in team golf. The real proof comes a year from now in Ireland for the Ryder Cup. For now, the Americans redeemed themselves in a competition they have lost only once since these matches began in 1994. “Is it a record in singles? That doesn’t happen unless you have a special group of guys, and we do,” Snedeker said. “I’m really proud of how they came together.” It was a crushing blow to Geoff Ogilvy and his International team, which outplayed the Americans in team matches over three days, taking the lead for only the fourth time in the Presidents Cup, and the first time on American soil. Five matches were on the course

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President Donald Trump hands the Presidents Cup trophy to captain Brandt Snedeker after the final round against the International team at Medinah Country Club on Sunday in Medinah, Ill. — the U.S. were 1-up in three, the other two were halved — and the Internationals need to find three points to win the cup. The Americans simply didn’t budge. “It just felt like it was sort of right on a knife edge for a massive part of the day,” Ogilvy said. “If you hole a couple of putts at the right time and get a bit more yellow on the board at the right time, the momentum, and the crowd sort of stays out of it a little bit. “Just sort of started drifting away for us in the last few hours.” The Americans, outplayed down the stretch all week on the No. 3 course at Medinah and Ogilvy’s architecture company redesign,

flipped two key matches on the back nine. Collin Morikawa beat Hideki Matsuyama, and Koivun went from 2 down after 10 holes to a 2-up victory over Si Woo Kim. Trump, the honorary chairman of the Presidents Cup, was on the first tee for the start of the 12 singles matches and was there for the trophy presentation, as he was at Liberty National in 2017 during his first term. That was an American blowout. This one was tight, and yet it still felt inevitable, nothing like the Ryder Cup at Medinah in 2012 when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit to win on the road. The Americans rallied behind

endless and boisterous cheers, some of which went a little too far. Someone yelled in the backswing of Nico Echavarria, causing him to drop the driver as his ball sailed to the right. Scheffler barked at the fan, and after missing a birdie putt, he conceded a 30-foot par to the Colombian in a show of sportsmanship. Scheffler went on to win. So did Cameron Young and Justin Thomas and Chris Gotterup in the early part of the lineup as the deficit shrunk and soon turned into another comfortable victory. “I told the guys last night that funny stuff happens here. Medinah has a history of funny things hap-

pening,” said Snedeker, who was on that losing Ryder Cup team in 2012. “Sure enough, they went out and played their (tails) off today. I’m so damn proud of those guys.” That group included Koivun, who just over a year ago was on the winning Walker Cup team for amateurs. Just four months ago, he helped Auburn to an NCAA golf title. And there he was Sunday, turning a loss into a point and hitting clutch shots at the end. Koivun was 2 down through 10 holes to the Kim when he won three straight holes to flip the color to American red on the board. The kid drilled his tee shot on the 18th, and twirled his iron when he knew the approach was pure. He wound up with a 2-up victory, and then it was a matter of time. “The kid is special. He’s different,” Snedeker said. “You saw that for a 21-year-old kid to stand up there and hit those last two balls like he did. Not many people like that.” The clinching point came from Jacob Bridgeman, another Presidents Cup rookie. Patrick Cantlay had another moment, as he always seem to do in these events, holing a birdie putt from just inside 60 feet on the par-3 16th against Adam Scott, who now has played 12 times in this competition without ever being on the winning side. “Look, it’s a very difﬁcult thing to beat the U.S. in singles in the U.S.,” Ogilvy said. “They’re great players, and the crowd came out for them. They get a bit of red on the board, and the noise gets loud. They started the day with a lot to do and they all played great.” All the Internationals can do is regroup and try again at Kingston Heath in Australia is two years. Their only victory was at Royal Melbourne in 1998, and there was a tie in South Africa in 2003.

Larson passes Briscoe Howard, Reese help Dream rally with 7 laps left to win from 11-point deﬁcit, beat Mystics at Kansas Speedway WNBA PLAYOFF ROUNDUP

The Associated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Rhyne Howard had 26 points and five steals, Angel Reese added 13 points and 12 rebounds in her first career playoff game, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Washington Mystics 92-77 Sunday night in Game 1 of their first-round series. Game 2 of the series is Wednesday in Washington. The No. 5 seed Mystics committed 22 turnovers which Atlanta converted into 27 points. The Dream set the franchise’s playoff record with 16 steals, two shy on the WNBA mark of 18 held by Indiana from 2009. Allisha Gray scored 22 points and Jordin Canada had 10 points and 11 assists for the fourth-seeded Dream. Howard was 7-of-18 shooting but hit 10 of 10 from the freethrow line and Reese made just 4 of 15 from the field. Sonia Citron led the Mystics with 25 points. Kiki Iriafen had 15 points and 14 rebounds — nine on the offensive end — and Shakira Austin added 12 points and 16 rebounds. Canada made a layup that trimmed Atlanta’s deficit to 4136 at halftime and Gray capped a 7-0 spurt to open the third with a 3-pointer that gave the Dream their first lead since the opening minute. DeWanna Bonner scored 11 of her 13 points in 18-5 run that made it 61-48 with 2:29 left until the fourth and the Mystics trailed by at least seven the rest of the way. Howard made a 3-pointer that opened the scoring 22 seconds into the game but Iriafen scored four points and Georgia Amoore hit from behind the arc as Washington answered with an 8-0 run. The Mystics are making their first playoff appearance since they won the 2019 WNBA championship. LIBERTY 91, LYNX 75: In Minneapolis, Breanna Stewart produced yet another clutch performance in the WNBA playoffs with 34 points and 12 rebounds for the New York Liberty in a victory over the topseeded Minnesota Lynx to open their best-of-three first-round series on Sunday. Stewart, the two-time league MVP, added six assists, two steals and two blocks. She shot 11 for 18 from the floor with her friend and former college teammate Napheesa Collier, the 2024 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, guarding her most of the afternoon.

BY DAVE SKRETTTA AP sportswriter

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By COLIN HUBBARD

Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese, left, gets blocked by Washington Mystics center Lauren Betts, right, during the first half in Game 1 of a first-round playoff series on Sunday in Atlanta. Stewart, who recently helped the U.S. national team win a fifth consecutive World Cup, has the second-highest postseason scoring average by any player in league history. She was two short of the franchise record for points in a playoff game, as the Liberty went 13 for 25 from 3-point range. With center Jonquel Jones (eight points) playing through an ankle injury, the Liberty were more than happy to fire away from the outside. Leonie Fiebich went 4 for 5 from deep and had 16 points. Nia Brodie led the Lynx with 16 points in 19 minutes off the bench and Kayla McBride had 14 points after missing her first five 3-point attempts. Collier and All-Star center Natasha Howard each fouled out, and star rookie Olivia Miles had a quiet postseason debut with 11 points on 3-for-12 shooting and just one assist. The Liberty were as tough of an opponent as a team with the league’s best regular season record could face, finishing 26-18 and just two years removed from their first WNBA championship that came at the expense of the Lynx in a dramatic final that went the full five games. ACES 102, FEVER 85: In Las Vegas, A’ja Wilson played like someone who has multiple MVP awards, and the Las Vegas Aces looked like a team that has won three of the past four WNBA championships. Wilson had 38 points, 16 re-

bounds and four blocked shots Sunday, and the Aces rolled to a Game 1 victory over the Indiana Fever in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. Wilson was named the Associated Press WNBA Player of the Year earlier in the day for an unprecedented third year in a row, and the third-seeded Aces looked every bit like the team that has won three of the past four championships. Wilson’s scoring total matched a personal career postseason high, and she was 15 of 19. Caitlin Clark and Indiana, which is seeded sixth, will get a chance to even the series on its court when the teams meet Tuesday night and force a Game 3 in Las Vegas. A loss ends the Fever’s season and sends the defending champion Aces on to the semiﬁnals. It wasn’t all Wilson for the Aces, who also received strong contributions from Jackie Young (21 points, 10 assists), Gray (14 points, eight assists) and Jewell Loyd (10 points). Gray now has 397 career playoff assists to pass Courtney Vandersloot (390) for second place in playoff history. Aliyah Boston ﬁnished with 18 points and eight rebounds for the Fever, despite being hampered by a lower leg injury. Clark had 15 points and 10 assists, and Kelsey Mitchell, who put together a record 27-game streak with at least 20 points, scored 12 points on 4-of16 shooting.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson has always found it easier to be the hunter than the hunted. He won’t have much choice in the matter now. The defending NASCAR Cup Series champion capped a dominant performance at Kansas Speedway on Sunday by passing Chase Briscoe with seven laps left and leading the rest of the way, leaving Larson to wheel his No. 5 Chevrolet into victory lane for a record-tying fourth time at the mile-and-a-half oval and with a padded lead in the Chase for the championship standings. Larson won each of the first two stages and broke his own record by leading 235 laps, allowing him to turn the slimmest of leads — a single point over Denny Hamlin at the start of the day — into a 26-point advantage heading to Las Vegas next weekend. “Such a good day,” Larson said. “I was going to be happy with second how the race went, but to get the lead, that’s a big deal.” Briscoe chased down Larson throughout the final stage, finally getting around him with 30 laps to go. But after briefly pulling away, the No. 19 Toyota began to get loose, and Briscoe brushed the wall. Larson closed in on the lead again, made a move on the low side and powered away, taking the checkered flag for the second time in three races. He also won at St. Louis, a victory that had ended a maddening 51-race winless drought. “I think it’s easier to be the hunter than the hunted,” Larson said. “With me out front, I’m just defending, trying to guess on what the fast lines are, and when he got in front of me he started getting really loose.” So loose that Briscoe drifted all the way back to fourth. Austin Cindric wound up second and Hamlin finished third. Cindric spent much of the day stalking Larson but was never able to get his No. 2 Ford around him. He might have been the fastest car on the track at the end, too, but Cindric was too far back to mount a challenge for the victory. “I wish I would have had at least a shot at it. I thought we could join the fun at least,” Cindric said, “but proud of the effort.” It was a similar story — and a bittersweet day — for Hamlin, whose strong third-place run nevertheless cost him in the points race. The revamped Chase format offers a big reward for wins, and Larson was the

one doing a celebratory burnout at the end. “Just didn’t quite have it today,” Hamlin said. “We could be really good in the long run. In the short run, the 5 was really good. The 2 was good. And we just couldn’t quite hold those guys off, or keep them close enough in the short run.” Persistent rain earlier in the weekend washed out practice and qualifying, leaving the starting lineup to be set by a combination of last week’s results at Bristol and owner points. That left Larson in the enviable spot of starting alongside Joey Logano on the front row, and the fortunate position of having had so much success at Kansas that missing out on practice really didn’t matter. Larson’s fourth win tied Hamlin’s record for the track, and he’s been ﬁrst or second in seven of the past 11 races there. “I feel like if we can just click it, we’re the most comfortable on these (mile-and-a-half tracks),” Larson said. “Man, what a day. I thought we’d have a good shot. I didn’t think we’d have a max points-type day, so I’m just thrilled.”

Hocevar in middle of another yellow One week after Carson Hocevar’s bump sent Ryan Blaney into the wall at Bristol, leading to a pitroad fracas, the driver of the No. 77 Chevrolet was involved in another caution. This time, after running near the front through the opening stage, Hocevar appeared to get bumped from behind on a restart, sending him into Bubba Wallace in a spin that collected several other cars. Hocevar wound up finishing 33rd. Blaney started 25th due to the qualifying rainout and finished fifth.

Legacy Motor Club locks up Jones The team co-owned by Jimmie Johnson announced the signing of Erik Jones to a multiyear extension to continue driving the No. 43 Toyota. The move provides some stability to Legacy Motor Club, which is replacing John Hunter Nemechek with Josh Berry in the No. 42 next season, and will have Riley Herbst driving the No. 84 that Johnson had driven in select races.

Up next The NASCAR Cup Series continues its stretch of three straight races on 1.5-mile ovals with Las Vegas next Sunday. Hamlin won the race there in March, when he overcame a pit-road speeding penalty to pick up his ﬁrst win of the season.

8C ✦ Monday, September 28, 2026 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune

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SCOREBOARD Odds Sports Betting Line NFL Monday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Philadelphia 1½ 3½ (41½) at CHICAGO

College Football Thursday

FAVORITE at NMSU at TULSA

Friday

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 1½ 1½ (52½) W. Kent 3½ 2½ (57½) North Texas

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Liberty 6½ 7 (49½) at DEL at VA TECH 5½ 4½ (52½) Pittsburgh Penn State 7 3 (47½) at NWSTRN

Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Notre Dame 23½ 21½ (48½) at UNC Syracuse 7½ 5½ (52½) at UCONN at AIR FORCE 1½ 2½ (47½) Navy at SMU 20½ 20½ (56½) B. College Alabama 3 6 (59½) at MISS ST at HOUSTON 11½ 11½ (51½) UCF at IOWA ST 1½ 1½ (52½) W. Virginia at KANSAS 21½ 19½ (51½) M. Ten at W. FOREST11½ 12½ (54½) Stanford Michigan 8½ 6½ (44½) at MIN at WISC 9½ 10 (44½) Michigan St at GEORGIA 23½ 24½ (53½) Vanderbilt W. Michigan 16½ 15½ (48½) at BUFFALO Toledo 13½ 18½ (51½) at BALL ST Virginia 1½ 2½ (51½) at FSU at NDSU 21 20½ (45½) Wyoming Ohio State 14 13½ (45½) at IOWA Old Dominion 1½ 1½ (51½) at GA ST Louisville 7½ 5½ (60½) at NC STATE Ohio 3½ 5½ (50½) at KENT ST at TEN 7½ 7½ (54½) Auburn at UMASS 2½ 5½ (48½) E. Michigan at UNLV 1½ 2½ (53½) Cal Memphis 22½ 21½ (54½) at CHAR at MIA (OH) 15½ 14½ (47½) B. Green Florida 2½ 4 (56½) at MISSOU at C. MICH 5½ 5½ (47½) Akron at J. MAD 14½ 16½ (54½) Marshall at NEBRAS 11½ 13½ (52½) Maryland at NEW MEX 21½ 22½ (49½) UTEP at ILLINOIS 9½ 10½ (59½) Purdue at S. CAR 7 3½ (53½) Kentucky Oregon State 5½ 4 (59½) at CSU Gea Southern 1½ 1½ (53½) at C. CAR at TEX A&M 15½ 14½ (51½) Arkansas at S. BAMA 15½ 14½ (55½) UL Monroe BYU 5½ 6½ (50½) at TCU UTSA 10½ 10½ (54½) at RICE Texas Tech 15½ 14½ (49½) at COL Miami (FL) 7 17½ (49½) at CLEMSN at USC 10 9½ (55½) Wash Army 3½ 3½ (46½) at LA TECH at BOISE ST 20½ 20½ (49½) Utah State at S. FLORIDA 6½ 6 (51½) Temple Indiana 23½ 23½ (55½) at RUTGERS at UL 5½ 6½ (49½) Arkansas St Fresno State 1½ 1½ (45½) at WASH ST at ASU 4½ 3½ (50½) Baylor Texas State 3½ 3½ (59½) at SDSU at ARIZONA 8½ 7½ (54½) Cincinnati

Pro basketball WNBA Playoff Glance (x-if necessary) First Round (Best-of-3)

New York 1, Minnesota 0

Sunday, September 27: New York 91, Minnesota 75 Tuesday, September 29: Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, October 1: New York at Minnesota, TBA

No. 2 Golden State vs. No. 7 Dallas

Sunday, September 27: Dallas at Golden State, n Wednesday, September 30: Golden State at Dallas, 8 p.m. x-Friday, October 2: Dallas at Golden State, TBA

No. 3 Las Vegas vs. No. 6 Indiana

Sunday, September 27: Las Vegas 102, Indiana 85 Tuesday, September 29: Las Vegas at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. x-Thursday, October 1: Indiana at Las Vegas, TBA

No. 4 Atlanta vs. No. 5 Washington

Sunday, September 27: Atlanta 92, Washington 77 Wednesday, September 30: Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m. x-Friday, October 2: Washington at Atlanta, TBA

Pro football NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Buffalo N.Y. Jets New England Miami

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PA 78 61 51 86

Jacksonville Indianapolis Tennessee Houston

W 2 1 0 0

South

North

Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati

West

L 1 2 3 3

W 2 2 2 2

L 1 1 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .000 .000

PF 82 72 37 54

PA 36 91 59 75

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .667 .667

PF 53 92 54 80

PA 60 78 71 63

W 3 3 1 0

L 0 0 1 3

T Pct PF 0 1.000 88 0 1.000 88 0 .500 30 0 .000 44

PA 50 54 44 76

Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas Washington

W 2 2 1 1

L 0 1 2 2

T Pct PF 0 1.000 48 0 .667 46 0 .333 88 0 .333 75

PA 42 55 82 92

Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 1 1 1 0

L 2 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

PF 89 81 51 62

PA 83 83 68 79

L T Pct PF 0 0 1.000 71 1 0 .667 93 1 0 .500 62 2 0 .333 56

PA 41 95 46 91

W L T Pct PF 3 0 0 1.000 98 2 1 0 .667 75 1 1 0 .500 35 1 2 0 .333 63

PA 50 50 33 8

Kansas City Las Vegas Denver L.A. Chargers

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

South

North

Minnesota Detroit Chicago Green Bay West San Francisco Seattle L.A. Rams Arizona

W 3 2 1 1

Pct .333 .333 .333 .000

Thursday’s Games

Atlanta 35, Green Bay 14

Sunday’s Games

Buffalo 24, L.A. Chargers 16 Cleveland 21, Carolina 18 Detroit 31, N.Y. Jets 24 Indianapolis 19, Houston 17 Jacksonville 35, New England 6 Kansas City 24, Miami 10 N.Y. Giants 12, Tennessee 7 Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 27 Washington 33, Seattle 31 San Francisco 36, Arizona 30 Minnesota 23, Tampa Bay 16 Baltimore 34, Dallas 31 Las Vegas 35, New Orleans 27 L.A. Rams at Denver, n

Monday’s Games

Philadelphia at Chicago, 7:15 p.m.

College football Saturday’s games EAST

Buffalo 31, Robert Morris 28 Colgate 28, Villanova 21 Columbia 20, Georgetown 17, OT Cornell 38, Yale 25 Delaware St. 33, Towson 28 Duquesne 53, Rio Grande Redstorm 0 Holy Cross 38, Lafayette 30 Lehigh 20, Penn 7 Marist 42, Presbyterian 7 Marshall 36, Gardner-Webb 35 Merrimack 17, New Haven 10 Monmouth (NJ) 31, Dartmouth 28

Oklahoma St. 41, West Virginia 24 Pittsburgh 59, Bucknell 0 Princeton 22, Albany (NY) 0 Sacred Heart 20, New Hampshire 13 Stony Brook 31, Fordham 16 UCLA 54, Maryland 3 Virginia Tech 21, Boston College 14 Wisconsin 24, Penn St. 20

SOUTH

Alabama 49, South Carolina 18 Alabama A&M 40, Florida A&M 21 Alabama St. 41, MVSU 15 Alcorn St. 43, Texas Southern 40, OT Auburn 21, Vanderbilt 15 Austin Peay 35, UT Martin 12 Campbell 44, Hampton 20 Chattanooga 27, The Citadel 8 Drake 51, Davidson 32 Duke 62, William & Mary 7 ETSU 58, W. Carolina 31 East Carolina 42, NC Central 9 Elon 43, Maine 17 FAU 45, Louisiana-Monroe 17 FIU 20, LIU Brooklyn 3 Florida 52, Mississippi 28 Florida St. 34, Cent. Arkansas 7 Georgia 41, Oklahoma 13 Georgia St. 35, N. Illinois 14 Houston 42, Georgia Southern 28 Jackson St. 35, Southern U. 17 Jacksonville St. 23, Middle Tennessee 13 James Madison 46, Old Dominion 20 Kentucky 45, South Alabama 21 LSU 35, Texas A&M 6 Lamar 49, Nicholls 18 Louisiana-Lafayette 34, Charlotte 7 McNeese St. 27, East Texas A&M 24 Miami 52, Cent. Michigan 3 Mississippi St. 31, Missouri 24 NC A&T 22, Rhode Island 18 NC State 41, Appalachian St. 31 North Alabama 23, W. Illinois 20 Richmond 13, Furman 9 S. Illinois 46, Murray St. 6 SC State 31, Bethune-Cookman 21 SE Louisiana 52, Northwestern St. 21 Samford 45, VMI 7 Tennessee Tech 42, Wofford 38 Texas 20, Tennessee 17 Tulane 24, Southern Miss. 21 UCF 21, TCU 13 Virginia 42, Delaware 3 W. Kentucky 52, Mercyhurst 7 Wake Forest 30, Louisville 27 West Georgia 49, Fort Valley St. 7

MIDWEST

Boise St. 32, W. Michigan 7 Butler 33, Valparaiso 28 Cincinnati 31, Kansas St. 26 E. Michigan 29, Lindenwood (Mo.) 3 Iowa 20, Michigan 19 Kent St. 26, Ball St. 13 Miami (Ohio) 24, UConn 21 N. Iowa 28, Illinois St. 21 Nebraska 31, Michigan St. 13 North Dakota 42, Indiana St. 35 Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10 Ohio 35, Stonehill 7 Ohio St. 42, Illinois 19 S. Dakota St. 42, E. Illinois 7 South Florida 14, Bowling Green 6 St. Thomas (Minn.) 50, San Diego 17 Toledo 41, San Diego St. 16 UNLV 38, Akron 10 Utah 31, Iowa St. 17 West Florida 20, SE Missouri 17 Youngstown St. 47, South Dakota 28 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6 Arkansas St. 17, Kennesaw St. 14 Baylor 23, Colorado 13 Mercer 34, Abilene Christian 17 North Texas 63, Houston Christian 14 Oregon St. 33, UTEP 7 Prairie View 21, Grambling St. 14 SMU 34, Missouri St. 24 Stephen F. Austin 63, Northeastern St. 14 Texas State 63, Incarnate Word 10 Texas Tech 49, Sam Houston St. 14 UTSA 59, Colorado St. 45

FAR WEST

Air Force 36, Nevada 33, OT Arizona 34, Washington St. 24 Cal Poly 31, E. Washington 27 Fresno St. 38, Rice 24 Idaho St. 28, S. Utah 24 Minnesota 27, Washington 24 Montana 62, UC Davis 22 Montana St. 28, N. Arizona 14 N. Colorado 37, Utah Tech 13 New Mexico 42, New Mexico St. 18 Norfolk St. 43, Chicago State 20 Oregon 41, Southern Cal 27 Portland St. 44, Weber St. 41 Stanford 34, Georgia Tech 27 UMass 35, Sacramento St. 6 Utah St. 21, Troy 10 Wyoming 27, Hawaii 10

The AP Top 25 Poll

Record Pts Prv 1. Texas (62) 4-0 1737 1 2. Georgia (6) 4-0 1646 2 3. Notre Dame 4-0 1581 3 4. Miami (FL) (1) 4-0 1501 6 5. Ohio State 3-1 1465 7 6. Indiana (1) 4-0 1408 5 7. Alabama 4-0 1305 8 8. Florida 4-0 1272 21 9. Ole Miss 3-1 1089 4 10. BYU 3-0 1078 9 11. LSU 3-1 1073 10 12. Texas Tech 4-0 1053 11 13. Utah 4-0 903 15 14. Iowa 4-0 856 17 15. Oregon 3-1 725 20 16. Mississippi State 4-0 715 24 17. Tennessee 3-1 663 14 18. USC 4-1 410 12 19. Oklahoma State 3-1 345 NR 20. Houston 3-1 278 25 21. SMU 3-1 246 22 22. Boise State 3-1 221 NR 23. UCLA 4-0 218 NR 24. Kentucky 3-1 150 NR 25. Missouri 3-1 118 19 Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 102, Duke 101, Penn State 98, Wake Forest 88, Virginia Tech 86, Michigan 54, Pittsburgh 52, Nebraska 36, Louisville 25, Cincinnati 20, James Madison 10, Arizona 8, Minnesota 7, North Dakota State 6, Northwestern 1

Auto racing NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 Results Sunday

At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267 laps, 75 points. 2. (11) Austin Cindric, Ford, 267, 52. 3. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 51. 4. (23) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 267, 40. 5. (25) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 37. 6. (3) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 267, 43. 7. (8) William Byron, Chevrolet, 267, 39. 8. (18) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 267, 32. 9. (7) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 267, 28. 10. (9) Ryan Preece, Ford, 267, 27. 11. (15) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 267, 26. 12. (16) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 26. 13. (26) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 267, 24. 14. (14) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 267, 23. 15. (13) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 267, 22. 16. (30) Erik Jones, Toyota, 267, 21. 17. (5) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 267, 24. 18. (33) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 267, 19. 19. (20) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 267, 18. 20. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 25. 21. (19) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 266, 16. 22. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 266, 15. 23. (12) Chris Buescher, Ford, 266, 14. 24. (17) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 266, 13. 25. (34) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 266, 12. 26. (32) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 266, 0. 27. (22) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 266, 10. 28. (36) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 266, 9. 29. (27) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 266, 8. 30. (29) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 266, 7. 31. (28) Zane Smith, Ford, 266, 6. 32. (31) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 266, 5. 33. (4) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 264, 11. 34. (35) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 262, 3. 35. (10) Josh Berry, Ford, 257, 2. 36. (21) Noah Gragson, Ford, engine, 112, 1. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 139.16 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 52 minutes, 41 seconds. Margin of Victory: .565 seconds. Caution Flags: 5 for 26 laps. Lead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers. Lap Leaders: J.Logano 0; K.Larson 1-36; R.Chastain 37; K.Larson 38-39; D.Hamlin 40;

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division

K.Larson 41-168; C.Zilisch 169; K.Larson 170215; A.Cindric 216; D.Hamlin 217; R.Blaney 218-221; K.Larson 222-237; C.Briscoe 238-260; K.Larson 261-267 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Larson, 6 times for 235 laps; C.Briscoe, 1 time for 23 laps; R.Blaney, 1 time for 4 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 2 laps; A.Cindric, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Chastain, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Zilisch, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Logano, 1 time for 0 laps. Wins: T.Reddick, 5; D.Hamlin, 4; J.Logano, 3; R.Blaney, 3; T.Gibbs, 2; C.Elliott, 2; S.Van Gisbergen, 2; K.Larson, 1; C.Bell, 1; C.Hocevar, 1; C.Briscoe, 1; R.Preece, 1; D.Suárez, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Larson, 2206; 2. D.Hamlin, 2205; 3. J.Logano, 2190; 4. C.Bell, 2189; 5. T.Gibbs, 2164; 6. R.Blaney, 2154; 7. T.Reddick, 2145; 8. C.Hocevar, 2121; 9. C.Briscoe, 2119; 10. B.Wallace, 2114; 11. A.Cindric, 2090; 12. C.Elliott, 2089; 13. W.Byron, 2085; 14. R.Preece, 2082; 15. C.Buescher, 2082; 16. D.Suárez, 2072. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Golf Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G Sunday

At Pinnacle Country Club Rogers, Ark. Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,438; Par: 71 Final Round Yuna Nishimura, $450,000 63-63-66—192 In Gee Chun, $212,764 67-65-65—197 Aki Iwai, $212,764 66-69-62—197 C. Wannasaen, $212,764 65-68-64—197 Jenny Bae, $105,198 66-68-64—198 J. Ewart Shadoff, $105,198 66-66-66—198 Auston Kim, $105,198 67-64-67—198 Jin Hee Im, $65,717 65-67-67—199 Mary Liu, $65,717 67-64-68—199 J. Lopez Ramirez, $65,717 69-64-66—199 Miyu Yamashita, $65,717 70-63-66—199 Lauren Coughlin, $50,229 73-61-66—200 Sophia Schubert, $50,229 65-67-68—200 Michelle Zhang, $50,229 67-64-69—200 P. Anannarukarn, $38,469 66-67-68—201 A Lim Kim, $38,469 66-66-69—201 Yealimi Noh, $38,469 70-67-64—201 Lizette Salas, $38,469 65-68-68—201 Mirabel Ting, $38,469 66-68-67—201 Amy Yang, $38,469 65-68-68—201 Yuri Yoshida, $38,469 67-65-69—201 Charley Hull, $31,483 65-67-70—202 You Min Hwang, $31,483 68-67-67—202 Frida Kinhult, $31,483 65-70-67—202 Laney Frye, $26,541 69-68-66—203 Erika Hara, $26,541 69-69-65—203 Gurleen Kaur, $26,541 69-65-69—203 Yu Liu, $26,541 64-68-71—203 Gaby Lopez, $26,541 66-69-68—203 C. Tamburlini, $26,541 67-69-67—203 Celine Boutier, $22,160 65-69-70—204 Ashleigh Buhai, $22,160 66-71-67—204 Nasa Hataoka, $22,160 67-70-67—204 Ana Belac, $16,714 68-67-70—205 Carlota Ciganda, $16,714 68-70-67—205 Manon De Roey, $16,714 66-67-72—205 G. Dryburgh, $16,714 68-67-70—205 Chizzy Iwai, $16,714 70-65-70—205 Gina Kim, $16,714 70-68-67—205 Andrea Lee, $16,714 67-67-71—205 Somi Lee, $16,714 71-67-67—205 Mao Saigo, $16,714 69-67-69—205 Yuka Saso, $16,714 68-70-67—205 Dewi Weber, $16,714 68-66-71—205 Nataliya Guseva, $11,844 69-68-69—206 Juniper Jang, $11,844 65-69-72—206 Jiwon Jeon, $11,844 67-70-69—206 Caley McGinty, $11,844 66-72-68—206 M. Metraux, $11,844 71-65-70—206 Rio Takeda, $11,844 66-70-70—206 Briana Chacon, $9,781 69-65-73—207 Robyn Choi, $9,781 67-71-69—207 Daniela Darquea, $9,781 69-69-69—207 Linn Grant, $9,781 69-69-69—207 Paula Reto, $9,781 69-69-69—207 Jennifer Chang, $7,909 68-69-71—208 Brianna Do, $7,909 68-70-70—208 M.-Aimee Leblanc, $7,909 66-68-74—208 Mi Hyang Lee, $7,909 68-68-72—208 Brooke Matthews, $7,909 69-66-73—208 Lauren Tenuta, $7,909 67-70-71—208 Lauren Walsh, $7,909 70-68-70—208 Reagan Zibiliski, $7,909 67-69-72—208 Soo Bin Joo, $6,877 68-67-74—209 Polly Mack, $6,877 68-68-73—209 Cassie Porter, $6,877 67-71-71—209 Hinako Shibuno, $6,573 66-70-74—210 Linnea Strom, $6,418 68-69-74—211 Celine Borge, $6,266 69-69-75—213 Lottie Woad 66-66-WD

National League

x-Tampa Bay y-New York y-Boston Baltimore Toronto

W 98 93 87 79 79

L 64 68 74 82 83

Pct GB .605 — .578 4½ .540 10½ .491 18½ .488 19

x-Cleveland y-Chicago Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 85 84 77 76 69

L 77 78 85 86 93

Pct .525 .519 .475 .469 .426

GB — 1 8 9 16

W 80 80 75 64 62

L 81 82 86 97 99

Pct .497 .494 .466 .398 .385

GB — ½ 5 16 18

Central Division

West Division Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

Saturday’s Games

Tennis ATP Hangzhou Open Results Sunday

At Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Tennis Centre Hangzhou, China Purse: $1,039,090 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor HANGZHOU, CHINA (AP) _ Results Sunday from Hangzhou Open at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Tennis Centre (seedings in parentheses):

x-Atlanta y-Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 94 88 80 77 74

L 68 74 82 85 88

Pct .580 .543 .494 .475 .457

GB — 6 14 17 20

x-Milwaukee y-Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati

W 103 89 82 77 75

L 59 73 80 85 87

Pct .636 .549 .506 .475 .463

GB — 14 21 26 28

W x-Los Angeles 100 y-San Diego 90 Arizona 86 San Francisco 65 Colorado 58 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

L 62 71 75 97 104

Pct GB .617 — .559 9½ .534 13½ .401 35 .358 42

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 5, Toronto 1 Texas 6, Minnesota 2 Cleveland 11, Kansas City 5 Colorado 9, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 12, Philadelphia 1 Houston 13, Athletics 2 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 4

Sunday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1 Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 5, Toronto 1 Atlanta 8, Miami 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3 Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2 Colorado 9, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 12, Philadelphia 1 San Diego 10, Arizona 7

Monday’s Games

Boston 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 1st game Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 7, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Colorado 2 Miami 5, Atlanta 3 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2 Toronto 5, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Boston 2, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 1, 10 innings San Diego 9, Arizona 4

Boston 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 1st game Kansas City 3, Cleveland 2 Philadelphia 7, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Colorado 2 Minnesota 6, Texas 4 Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2 Toronto 5, Cincinnati 1 Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, canc. Chicago Cubs 6, Boston 2, 2nd game Seattle 7, L.A. Angels 3 Houston 9, Athletics 0

Sunday’s Games

Monday’s Games

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East Division

No games scheduled

PLAYOFF GLANCE WILD CARD SERIES

American League Houston vs. Chicago White Sox

Tuesday, Sept. 29: Chicago at Houston, 5 p.m. (Peacock/NBCSN) Wednesday, Sept. 30: Chicago at Houston, 5 p.m. (Peacock/NBCSN) x-Thursday, Oct. 1: Chicago at Houston, 5 p.m. (Peacock/NBCSN)

New York vs. Boston

Tuesday, Sept. 29: Boston at New York (Cam Schlittler 14-6), 8 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Wednesday, Sept. 30: Boston at New York, 8 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) x-Thursday, Oct. 1: Boston at New York, 8 p.m. (NBC)

National League Atlanta vs. Philadelphia

Tuesday, Sept. 29: Philadelphia at Atlanta (Chris Sale 14-9), 2 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Wednesday, Sept. 30: Philadelphia at Atlanta, 2 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) x-Thursday, Oct. 1: Philadelphia at Atlanta, 2 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

San Diego vs. Chicago Cubs

Tuesday, Sept. 29: Chicago at San Diego (Michael King 12-10), 10 p.m. (Peacock) Wednesday, Sept. 30: Chicago at San Diego, 10 p.m. (Peacock/NBCSN) x-Thursday, Oct. 1: Chicago at San Diego, 10 p.m. (Peacock/NBCSN)

BOX SCORES Houston 9, Athletics 0 Houston

Athletics

Minnesota 6, Texas 4 Texas

Minnesota

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Philadelphia 7, Tampa Bay 3

San Diego 9, Arizona 4

Tampa Bay

Arizona

Men’s Singles

Quarterﬁnals Kyrian Jacquet, France, def. Fabian Marozsan (6), Hungary, 7-6 (12), 6-4. Andrey Rublev (2), Russia, def. Hugo Gaston, France, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-1. Roman Saﬁullin, Russia, def. Yunchaokete Bu, China, 6-3, 6-3. Daniil Medvedev (1), Russia, def. Coleman Wong, Hong Kong, China, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.

Men’s Doubles

Quarterﬁnals David Pel and Sander Arends, Netherlands, def. Petr Nouza, Czechia, and Neil Oberleitner (2), Austria, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6. Francisco Cabral, Portugal, and James Tracy (3), United States, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Hendrik Jebens, Germany, 6-4, 6-4. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Theodore Winegar, United States, def. Lucas Miedler, Austria, and Quentin Halys (1), France, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated RHP Tanner Houck from the 60-day IL. Recalled LF Nate Eaton and RHP Wyatt Olds from Worcester (IL). Optioned RHP Jedixson Paez to Worcester. Placed DH Mickey Gasper on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sept. 26, and RHP Tyron Guerrero on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Sept. 24. Transferred CF Eli White from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Recalled RHP Austin Peterson from Columbus (IL). Optioned RHP Craig Yoho to Columbus. DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated RHP Jack Flaherty from the 15-day IL. Optioned LHP Brant Hurter to FCL Tigers. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled 2B Raynel Delgado from Sugar Land (PCL). Optioned RHP Ronel Blanco to Sugar Land. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated RHP James McArthur from the 60-day IL. Placed RHP Tony Gonsolin on the 15-day IL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Jesse Scholtens from Durham (IL). Optioned RHP Ty Johnson to Durham. TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled CF Cam Cauley from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned DH Logan O’Hoppe to ACL Rangers. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled LHP Braxton Garrett from Iowa (IL). Optioned RHP Gavin Hollowell to ACL Cubs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP Bobby Miller from Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed RHP Blake Treinen on the 15-day IL. NEW YORK METS — Recalled LHP Jefry Yan from FCL Mets. Placed RHP Jonathan Pintaro on the 15-day IL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Reinstated LHP Jesús Luzardo from the 15-day IL. Designated RHP José Urquidy for assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP Noah Murdock from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned LHP Evan Sisk to FCL Pirates.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Acquired G Buddy Hield from Charlotte in exchange for G Rob Dillingham.

Philadelphia

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San Diego

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THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Sept. 28

1919 — In the shortest nine-inning game in major league history, 51 minutes, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1. 1920 — A grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of ﬁxing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox Scandal.” 1938 — Gabby Hartnett hit his famous “Homer in the Gloamin’ ” in the ninth inning against Mace Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their ninth straight, at Wrigley Field. It was a key triumph en route to the Cubs’ NL pennant. 1941 — Ted Williams went 6-for-8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A’s to ﬁnish the season with a .406 aver-

age. No player has batted .400 since. 1951 — Allie Reynolds pitched his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinched the AL pennant with an 11-3 victory in the nightcap. 1960 — Ted Williams homered in his ﬁnal major league plate appearance, against Baltimore’s Jack Fisher. Williams did not take a curtain call, but he trotted out to left ﬁeld in the ninth and was replaced immediately by Carroll Hardy and retired to a standing ovation. It was Williams’ 521st career home run. The Red Sox rallied for two runs in the ninth for a 5-4 victory.

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Texas on your mind How Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ became the longest-running No. 1 hit of all time

BY MARIA SHERMAN AP music writer

STAFF PHOTO By ROBIN MILLER

Gene Callahan’s elaborate dining room set design for the 1968 musical, ‘Funny Girl.’ Though Barbra Streisand won the Best Actress Oscar for the lead role, Callahan wasn’t nominated. The Baton Rouge native did, however, win two Oscars for ‘The Hustler’ in 1961 and ‘America America’ in 1963. He donated his collection of ‘Funny Girl’ designs to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in 1969.

Funny you’d mention it

Gene Callahan won two Oscars and worked on 100 ﬁlms, but a La. city was always his home BY ROBIN MILLER

‘It really can work everywhere’

Staff writer

painting caught Phyllis Hall’s attention as she was exiting Baton Rouge’s Manship Theatre, though she mistook it for a print. The art piece hung on a wall in the Shaw Center for the Arts, home to the theater where the Catahoula resident had attended a local music performance. “The print was credited to Gene Callahan, and the label next to it said it was his concept for a scene in the movie, ‘Funny Girl,’” Hall said. “It said Callahan was from Baton Rouge, which made me interested in learning more about him.” Hall is correct. Callahan’s native home is Baton Rouge, where he was born Eugene Fenton Callahan on Nov. 7, 1923, graduated from Catholic High School and attended LSU between 1941 and 1948. Though he didn’t graduate from the university, he began learning set design there by working with the university’s opera department, and in 1982, LSU awarded Callahan an honorary doctorate degree in ﬁne arts.

A piece of ‘Funny Girl’ in BR In 1969, he donated his set designs for “Funny Girl” to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum after attending a gala, museum

PROVIDED PHOTO FROM THE LOUISIANA ART & SCIENCE MUSEUM

Gene Callahan, center, stands between Baton Rouge philanthropists Sue Turner, left, and her husband, Bert Turner, at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum’s 1969 ‘Heyday of Hollywood’ event in the late 1960s. curator Tracey Barhorst said. The three scenes that hung in the Shaw Center are paintings among the museum’s collection of Callahan’s 18 original set blueprints and 28 production paintings for “Funny Girl.” “They are actually mixed media paintings,” Barhorst said. “They’re mostly watercolor with some gouache, according to the description that he gave when he donated them to us. It doesn’t really say all the medias he used, but you can kind of see some acrylic, too.” The museum loaned three of the paintings to the Manship Theatre,

which hung them on the wall opposite its entrance in the Shaw Center in commemoration of its Aug. 16 screening of the 58-yearold film. “Funny Girl” is a semi-biographical musical that follows the life of comedienne and theatrical and film star Fanny Brice. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1964 starring Barbra Streisand, who reprised the lead role in the film. Callahan, in a museum record, recalled of working with Streisand: “Well, I enjoyed her

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6-year-old girl sets women’s Rubik’s Cube record central Chinese city of Wuhan and improved to 4.27 seconds BEIJING — A 6-year-old Chinese at another race in the southern girl has set a new women’s city of Guangzhou, state broadworld record by solving Ru- caster CCTV reported Monday. bik’s cubes at an average pace She became the only female of just over four seconds per speedcuber to achieve an avercube. age below 4.5 seconds, it said. Lian Yunzhi first broke the The association listed Lian record earlier this month with on its website as the record an average time of 4.52 seconds holder for the fastest women’s at a World Cube Associationä See CUBE, page 2D certified competition in the

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” a simmering, midtempo, country-and-thensome heartbreak song released last October, is indisputably 2026’s biggest hit. “Choosin’ Texas” is also the longest-running No. 1 hit in the U.S., having spent 23 weeks at the top spot on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, it was announced Tuesday. That means the track has surpassed various records set by Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Langley Love You” and most impressively, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Her holiday classic held the previous record, with 22 weeks at No. 1. The song’s laid-back sound, cross-genre appeal and heartache narrative are a few reasons why. But its dominance still comes as a surprise.

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Luminate, the industry data and analytics company, found that “Choosin’ Texas” brought in 911 million on-demand streams in the U.S. and 1.26 billion globally as of mid-August. Considering that Langley started 2023, around the time she made her Grand Ole Opry debut, with under 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify — and now boasts of over 32 million — her rise has been meteoric. Historically, country listenership has centered on radio play. That has changed somewhat as the genre grows in popularity, solidifying around what Luminate’s Jaime Marconette describes as a “younger, streaming-forward listener.” He says it is a “multiyear narrative accelerated” by hits like “Choosin’ Texas.” Claire Heinichen, a senior editor at Spotify, says the song’s growth has been both explosive and consistent. “Choosin’ Texas” “started big,” she says, moving from the platform’s leading country playlist, ‘Hot Country,’ to its larger, generic offerings because it works across audiences. “It made its way into ‘Today’s Top Hits,’ which is our biggest global flagship playlist, but it’s also showing up in ‘Mood’ and ‘Moments’ playlists because it fits so well in ‘driving’ or ‘chill’ or ‘cookout,’ ” Heinichen says. “It really can work everywhere.” It’s not just country music fans who are connecting with “Choosin’ Texas.” “The song’s success on a playlist like ‘Today’s Top Hits’ is an indication that this is working for audiences who are not seeking out one specific genre,” Heinichen says. “It’s definitely growing in every direction.”

Sounds like staying power Go straight to Langley’s voice for another explanation for the song’s success. It’s “like syrup,” says Nate Sloan, a musicologist, assistant professor at the University of Southern California and co-host of the podcast “Switched On Pop.”

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Continued from page 1D thoroughly. Mostly professional at that time. Now she’s very professional, but she was a woman who knew exactly where she wanted to go, number one, which I love. And knew what was best for her and worked very hard to achieve the conditions that made it best for her. I liked her very, very much. She’s one of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with.” The ﬁlm would score a Best Actress win for Streisand at the 1969 Oscars, and though Callahan’s “Funny Girl” set designs are probably his most glamorous, he wouldn’t receive a nomination.

STAFF PHOTO By ROBIN MILLER

This untitled set design painting for the film ‘Funny Girl’ was designed by Baton Rouge native Gene Callahan, who worked on more than 100 films and won two Oscars. Callahan donated his ‘Funny Girl’ set designs to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in 1969.

ing “Grease 2” in 1982, “Places in the Heart” in 1984, “Children of a Lesser God” in 1986, “Butterfield Two-time Oscar winner 8” in 1960, “Splendor in the Grass” in 1961, “The StepThat’s not saying his work never won Oscars. The ford Wives” in 1975, “Julia” golden statue came to him in 1977 and “Steel MagnoPROVIDED PHOTO By MARy lias” in his home state in in 1961 for the Paul NewAGNES HAMMETT/FIND A GRAVE 1989. His final film, “The man pool shark classic, Man in the Moon,” released “The Hustler,” and again Baton Rouge native Gene in 1991, was also filmed in in 1963 for director Elia Callahan is buried in specifically in Kazan’s epic, “America Roselawn Memorial Gardens Louisiana, Kisatchie National Forest in America.” He also received in Baton Rouge. His grave is Natchitoches Parish. nominations for “The CarBut Callahan didn’t dinal” in 1963 and “The Last marked with his name, birth always stay in the backTycoon” in 1976. date and date of death. Back in the museum’s colground. There were times lection room, Barhorst pulls continues. “When the small he played cameo roles without other framed examples company closed, Callahan in the sets he designed. moved to New York City of Callahan’s designs, in“Gene’s physical build and spent several years and appearance (a distinccluding a gauzy “Ziegfield Follies” stage set and back- working on back-to-back tive beard) often had him shows but not moving up in cast by his director in a stage scenes. But the most the business.” cameo role,” the museum’s breathtaking is that of an He was hired by CBS tele- record states. “Like Alfred elegant dining room. Hitchcock, if Gene liked the Callahan planned this vision as a set decorator, producer and director, he scene to the last detail, then moved into the posiincluding the placement tion as art director in televi- would agree to perform in the film in a small cameo, of chandeliers, balconies, sion production. columns, dining tables and “As a production designer, otherwise, he would decline the proposal.” even a small orchestra to I am responsible for the Callahan and producer entertain diners. His atten- ‘look’ of the show — from loRay Stark, who also was tion to detail became the cations, or exterior scenes, signature of his work. and how they are to be shot, Brice’s son-in-law, were always on the set during the “We’re talking about to the design (of the) sets having an exhibit of these themselves, their construc- “Funny Girl” filming. “Ray made Gene agree to works,” Barhorst said. “But tions, their painting, and first, we’d have to get them then the set decoration,” he perform the tugboat capre-framed. They’re all still told The Associated Press in tain (in ‘Funny Girl’) while in the original frames from 1990. “Sometimes I design the scene was filmed at sea when Gene Callahan dothe titles too.” to keep Gene, available, on set,” the museum record nated them.” TV shows, movies galore continues. According to museum Callahan returned to records, Callahan grew up The museum record Louisiana to spend his final on Wisteria Street in Baton noted that Callahan earned years in his hometown, Rouge’s Garden District. a reputation for hard work where he died on Dec. 26, “A visit to a friend who and attention to detail 1990. He is buried in Rosewas designing theater sets “while working on over in the Catskill Mountains 1,000 television shows and lawn Memorial Park. would prove to be the jump- specials.” In the movie industry, Email Robin Miller at ing off point for Callahan romiller@theadvocate. when he was hired on as de- Callahan worked on more com. signer,” the museum record than 100 films, includ-

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Continued from page 1D She sings in long phrases that lull the listener into the song’s rhythm, from its opening guitar line to its coda. “It’s almost like a trance,” Sloan says. It also pulls from other genres; a cross-pollination found in much modern country. Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” features shimmery disco grooves, not unlike Kacey Musgraves. “It’s a little more rock or even kind of soul-inﬂected,” Sloan says. “Part of the reason songs like ‘Choosin’ Texas’ are able to resonate with such a wide audience is because, musically, they’re bringing in a lot of diverse inﬂuences.” Charles L. Hughes, a Rhodes College professor and author of “Country Soul,” says the song sounds like many different eras of country music and, simultaneously, contemporary. To his ears, “Choosin’ Texas” pulls from a late 1970s, early ’80s era of country musicians who pulled R&B and pop into their sound — think Ronnie Milsap, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie Rich — but it isn’t stuck in that period. Those sounds are filtered through a post-Musgraves, post-Miranda Lambert songwriting style, with Langley’s idiosyncratic charms. (Lambert and Langley are two of the song’s four co-writers.) “The best country music has one foot in the past and one foot into the present, if not the future,” Hughes says. “And that’s what she’s doing.” Even for its light, bright musicality, “Choosin’ Texas” is an unusual hit, because it doesn’t possess the features that historically make up a No. 1 smash. It’s super specific — with its detailed descriptions of characters and geog-

raphy in the lyrics — which is “antithetical to what you usually expect from a big, hit pop song that’s supposed to appeal to everyone,” says Sloan. It’s also “chill,” Sloan says. “It’s not bombastic or anthemic.” “It has no big moments,” says Hughes. But it has both a subtle dance pulse and steel guitar, so “it sounds country, but it doesn’t automatically turn off people who are allergic to certain kinds of country sounds.” There’s a sparkle that transgresses genre lines, but it does so while sounding mellow — the kind of track that inspires repeat listens.

Lyrical sharpness “Choosin’ Texas” continues a great tradition of “songs that country women do about what men do in bars,” says Hughes. It’s straightforward: She’s losing her lover to someone else. She’s not going to ﬁght for him — it’s a song of resignation that ends with her drinking alone as he chooses Texas (another woman) over her (and Tennessee). It’s a universal heartbreak theme with potential for cross-generational resonance: It works for both the insecurity of a ﬁrst breakup and a long-term relationship ending over another woman, or a move. “It’s got these great turns of phrase that give you a little bit of ironic distance as a narrator and as a listener,” says Sloan. “It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see,” Langley acquiesces in the chorus, “A cowboy always finds a way to leave.” The lyrics are also clever, standing out in contemporary country, says Hughes. (Compare it to Luke Bryan’s “Fish Hunt Golf Drink.”) And it’s detailed: Langley’s paramour loves George Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning,” a pantheon Texas track; she’s drinking Ten-

nessee whiskey as a result. “There is the phenomenon of what some critics have called ‘the sad banger’ within the world of pop music,” says Sloan. In country, it’s even more common to take something sad and transform it into something funny or deadpan. “And that’s what she’s really good at, at this song.”

Dear Doctors: Blood pressure machines at doctors’ offices often cause me extreme pain. During a recent surgery, the repeated readings left me with bruises and caused burst capillaries. Often, my arm isn’t even supported. What can I ask them to do differently? Dear reader: A blood pressure reading is meant to be a diagnostic tool, not a test of endurance. Many people do find the pressure in the cuff to be momentarily uncomfortable. However, it should not be painful. The fact that you experience not only discomfort but actual pain, as well as tissue damage, strongly suggests that the technique being used is not appropriate for you. A blood pressure reading measures how hard blood is pressing against the walls of the arteries. In order to measure that force, the blood pressure cuff is wrapped around the upper arm. As the cuff expands, it briefly stops the flow of blood through the brachial artery. Then, as the pressure gradually releases, two different measurements are taken. The first is systolic pressure, which is the upper blood pressure number. It reflects the force of blood during a heartbeat. The second is diastolic pressure, the lower number. It measures blood pressure between

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heartbeats. Several factors can make a blood pressure reading painful. These include improper placement of the cuff, excessive inflation and a cuff that is too small. While the blood pressure cuff is meant to be wrapped firmly, it must not be too tight. It should be possible to slip two fingertips beneath the edge. Proper inflation is also important. In order to stop the flow of blood for a moment, the cuff must inflate higher than the person’s systolic pressure. Equipment malfunction, calibration issues, arm movement, high blood pressure or a weak pulse can lead to excessive inflation. Just as important, these problems can lead to inaccurate readings. Any of these problems could be compounded during a surgical procedure, when blood pressure is measured repeatedly. The fact that you developed bruising and damaged blood vessels suggests the cuff placed excessive stress on your arm. It is

Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet. ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

Host wants assigned seating and pragmatic beneﬁts, Dear Miss Manners: For work, I often attend meals why isn’t assigned seating far more common? with assigned seating — Gentle reader: Pernot just assigned tables, but individhaps because not all guests are as coual chairs. I really enjoy these events, operative as yours. since they are opMany hosts report resistance, in the portunities to talk forms of surreptiwith seatmates I Judith may not know well, tious card-shufﬂing Martin and outright comor at all. MISS So I returned plaints. MANNERS to using assigned Mostly this is seating at dinner because their obparties in my home, hopject is to sit next to people they already know — even ing to replicate the opportunity for my guests to people to whom they are married. Yet the purpose get to know people better. of such meals is for people Not only did it achieve to mix, and it is a guest’s this objective, but it also duty to make the effort. made it so much easier to It bewilders Miss Mangracefully meet dietary or beverage restrictions, ners that those who are so such as alcoholic vs. nonopen to meeting strangers alcoholic or red vs. white online will shy away from wine. Given these social meeting, in person, people

Sign of the times? The fact that regular charttoppers like Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and Bad Bunny haven’t released new albums this year could’ve cleared a path for the dominance of “Choosin’ Texas,” but Sloan sees its rise as indicative of something else. “We’re in this environment where you can measure a song’s success in a numerical way,” he says. “But then in terms of its actual cultural impact, that might be more fragmented than you think.” Essentially: “Choosin’ Texas” is on top. But how many people know Langley’s name, the way they knew Houston’s and Carey’s when those hits were released? “It doesn’t feel like a centerpiece of a monoculture, but it is absolutely a key part of like radio culture, streaming playlists, TikTok,” Hughes adds. “But it’s hitting these various audiences in a way that combines to create something huge.” But what does it forecast for Langley? She’s no one-hit wonder: Her award-winning 2024 collaboration with Riley Green, “You Look Like You Love Me” is evidence of that. “It’s always hard to prognosticate with artists when they have an unexpected smash,” says Sloan. “Her ability to write songs with a lot of integrity that both reach back into country tradition and incorporate sounds of the 21st century? That’s a pretty good formula to have a successful and long career in the music world.”

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also important to consider individual factors that can make a person more susceptible to pain and bruising. These include older age, thin or fragile skin, low body weight and medications that affect blood clotting. To make sure that future blood pressure readings are both physically tolerable and also accurate, become your own advocate. We know it can feel daunting, but do discuss the problems you are having with your healthcare provider. Ask that they check that the cuff is the right size for you, and that it is properly positioned. You are correct that your arm should be supported at heart level during the reading. If a future blood pressure reading becomes painful, ask that it be stopped and the cuff and technique be reassessed. You also have the option of asking that your blood pressure be measured manually. And with your history of bruising and blood vessel damage, it would be wise to discuss this with your doctor.

who have been vetted by their real-life friends. Typically, unattached singles want to scare up an escort when attending weddings, complaining that they won’t know anyone there. Yet weddings, at least those where the bride’s friends and relatives have met those of the bridegroom, used to be the starting point for future weddings. (Note that it is legitimate to seat families together on such occasions, because these also serve as reunions.) Fortunately, you have more sophisticated guests. The opportunity to meet new people is a rare pleasure nowadays. Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Today is Monday, Arafat signed an accord Sept. 28, the 271st day of at the White House calling 2026. There are 94 days for an end to Israel’s milileft in the year. Today in history: tary occupation of West On Sept. 28, 1928, Scottish Bank cities and expanding medical researcher Alexthe responsibilities of the Palestinian Authority. ander Fleming discovered In 2016, Hurricane Matpenicillin, the first broadly effective antibiotic. thew formed near the Also on this date: Windward Islands and In 1781, American forces went on to kill over 1,000 in the Revolutionary War, people in Haiti, elsewhere backed by a French fleet, in the Caribbean and the began their successful southeastern U.S. siege of Yorktown, Virginia. In 2000, capping a 12-year In 1924, three U.S. Army political battle, the U.S. planes landed in Seattle, government approved use completing the first round- of the abortion pill RU-486. the-world trip by air in 175 In 2020, the worldwide days. death toll from the coroIn 1962, a federal appeals navirus pandemic reached court found Mississippi 1 million, according to a Gov. Ross Barnett in civil count by Johns Hopkins contempt for blocking the University. admission of James MereIn 2022, Category 4 Hurdith, a Black student, to the ricane Ian barreled ashore University of Mississippi. in southwestern Florida

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and then bisected the center of the state, causing more than 100 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage. Today’s Birthdays: Filmmaker John Sayles is 76. Football Hall of Famer Steve Largent is 72. Zydeco musician C.J. Chenier is 69. Hockey Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr is 64. Actor-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 62. Actor Maria CanalsBarrera is 60. Actor Mira Sorvino is 59. Actor Naomi Watts is 58. Olympic gold medal swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg is 51. Rapper Jeezy is 49. Golf Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak is 49. Poprock musician St. Vincent is 44. Actor Hilary Duff is 39. Retired boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford is 39. Tennis player Marin Cilic is 38. Actor Keir Gilchrist is 34. Singer Sienna Spiro is 21. Actor Momona Tamada is 20.

challenges, it said. “She was an introverted kid. Now, she is very conﬁdent wherever she goes,” her mother Lin Yangxi was quoted as saying. CCTV said Lian has mastered more than 1,300 solving formulas and recently spent roughly two to three hours daily on training. Her parents also brought her to Shanghai to learn from top coaches, it added.

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Don't back away from applying yourself and your skills where they are needed most. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Practice and discipline will help you excel. Be a friendly observer. Be sympathetic to what others are going through. You'll make better progress if you refuse to let frustration set in. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Move things around. Make changes instead of just thinking about how you'd like things to be. Take the initiative, and use your ingenuity and skills to make your dreams come true. CANCER (June 21-July 22) It's what you do for others that will make you feel good about who you are and what you can do. Don't let the little things get to you or throw you off course. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Protect yourself from injury and illness, but don't shy away from doing what's right and best for you and all those you encounter today. Use your experience, and follow through with discipline as you finish what you start. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Kindness and generosity will carry you forward. Look for words and ways to make others feel good about themselves. An opportunity will offer benefits, but may not give you the feeling of satisfaction you desire. The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Bridge BY PHILLIP ALDER In “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Oscar Wilde wrote, “Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained 35 for years.” In bridge, you have a free choice of which card to play, with the restriction that you must follow suit. In this deal, declarer has two choices for trying to collect nine tricks. West leads the heart queen against three no-trump and East signals encouragingly with his seven. What should declarer do? North’s two-diamond rebid was a reverse, which promised a maximum opening bid: a good 17 to 20 high-card points. His three-heart continuation, a variation of fourth-suit forcing, asked South to bid three no-trump with a heart stopper. South has seven top tricks: two spades, one heart, one diamond and three clubs. There are two chances for the extra winners: The clubs might break 3-2 or the diamond finesse could work. Ideally, declarer would cash dummy’s top clubs. Then, if they do not split favorably, he would take the diamond finesse. However, with the heart ace dislodged, South has no hand entry left. What are the probabilities? A finesse is 50-50 and a 3-2 division is 67.8 per-

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For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

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Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Ofﬁce of Purchasing Bureau Advertising Dates: September 28 and October 5, 2026 NOCP 9339 202215-sept 28-oct 5-2t $76.24

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO QUOTE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Department of Property Management TITLE: Public Works Trades: Electrical Services Zones 1 - 4 SOURCING EVENT NUMBERS: Electrical Services: 4789, 4790, 4791 & 4792

Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd. Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026707, Pin‐ tle Hitch Trailer – LDWF, 10/14/26 RFx No. 3000026721, Heavy Haul Truck Tractor – DOTD, 10/14/26 RFx No. 3000026722, Truck Tractors – DOTD, 10/14/26 RFx No. 3000026726, Hydro Jetter Trailer – DOTD, 10/21/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and speciﬁca‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour speciﬁed. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities. Amy Vincent Director of State Procurement FAX (225) 342-8688 202144 Sept. 28, 1t $14.05

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SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERIVICES (EMS) TITLE: MEDICAL SUPPLIES SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4812 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: NO RELEASED ON: September 28, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 12, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: October 1, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 257-26

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DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/27977842249 1979?p=jK4JTdF9MfAZpt1 j2Z The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): Electrical Services: 914-38 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Bureau of Purchasing Advertising Dates: September 21, 28 and October 5, 2026 NOCP 9318 201295-sept 21-28-oct 53t $106.29

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (hereinafter referred to as “SWBNO”) desires to contract a vendor to fur‐ nish and coordinate the necessary skilled and un‐ skilled labor as re‐ quested to perform es‐ sential maintenance work of a critical nature, when required, through‐ out the various water, drainage, and sewerage systems. RFP will be available on September 21, 2026, for download at the follow‐ ing websites: SWBNO: https://www2. swbno.org/business_bid specifications.asp LAPAC: https:// wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/OSP/LaPAC/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=181 A mandatory pre-pro‐ posal conference for this RFP will be held on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026, at 11:00 pm CST at the SWBNO Execu‐ tive Boardroom, 625 St Joseph St., New Orleans, LA 70130 or if you are un‐ able to attend this inperson meeting, you can also join via teleconfer‐ ence call: Microsoft Teams Join: https://teams. microsoft.com/meet/262 323533478680?p=01HjPBt gBcOFytM13a Meeting ID: 262 323 533 478 680 Passcode: ci6n3du7 Dial in by phone +1 504-2248698,,854255880# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 854 255 880# At this meeting, staff will discuss the scope of work, proposal require‐ ments and respond to questions from the at‐ tendees. Attendees are required to be on time and stay throughout the meeting. Only vendors who attend this meeting will be al‐ lowed to submit a pro‐ posal. Any submission from any firm not repre‐ sented at this meeting will be rejected. Inquiries and/or Re‐ quests for Clarification i d

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Department of Property Management TITLE: HVAC Chemicals & Treatment Services SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4793 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: September 21, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 24, 2026 at 10:30 AM Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/24092490053 3013?p=h3f3kaBZMYo Cn6S5oD If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 031-55; 914-50; 941-55 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ l h

“Open

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Bureau of Purchasing Advertising Dates: September 21, 28 and October 5, 2026 NOCP 9317 201924-sept 21-26-oct 53t $122.46

LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 201336-SEP 21-28-2T $98.54

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TOTAL REVENUE $1,471,457,968 The 2027 Proposed Rev‐ enue Budget includes $250,000,000 in Intergov‐ ernmental non-recurring revenue. This is in antici‐ pation of potential addi‐ tional appropriations of federal, state, and local grants; special funds; and/or fund balance. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES 2027 PERSONAL SERVICES $546,258,535 OTHER OPERATING $656,973,960

PUBLIC NOTICE --Burns & McDonnell on behalf of Cloud Connec‐ tor, LLC is requesting au‐ thorization to construct a natural gas pipeline be‐ tween an interconnect station near Melville, Louisiana in St. Landry Parish, and Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC and Plaquemines Ex‐ pansion, LLC Terminals in Plaquemines Parish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engi‐ neers (CEMVN) will be accepting public com‐ ments on the project until October 8, 2026. To further review and/or provide comments, addi‐ tional information and plans related to the pro‐ posal may be obtained at the following website: www.mvn.usace.army. mil/missions/regulatory/ public-notices (see Ref#: MVN-2026-00308-BV). If you have any questions or would like additional information, please con‐ tact Courtland Vice with CEMVN, Regulatory Divi‐ sion at (504) 862-1349 or at courtland.l.vice@ usace.army.mil. A certiﬁ‐ cation that the proposed activity will not violate applicable water quality standards will be re‐ quired from the LDEQ be‐ fore a Department of the Army permit could be is‐ sued. 201950-SEP 28-OCT 8-11T $1,405.06

PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF NEW ORLEANS In conformity with sec‐ tions 3-115, 4-206(1), 6101, and 6-102(3) of the City Charter and LSA-R.S. 39:1306, the Council ac‐ knowledges receipt from the Mayor of the Pro‐ posed Budgets of Rev‐ enues and Expenditures for the year 2027: Cal. No. 35,579 and Cal. No. 35,580. A summary of these Bud‐ gets is listed below. Public hearings, which the charter states shall not begin sooner than the fifth business day after the first publication of this notice, will be held in the Council Chamber of City Hall be‐ ginning on Tuesday, Sep‐ tember 29, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. Copies of the Pro‐ posed Budget ordinances shall be available from the Office of the Clerk of Council. The Budget will be available on the City’s website at www.nola. gov/next/mayors-office/ topics/budget/. ESTIMATED REVENUES 2027 TAXES $498,198,844 LICENSES & PERMITS $83,977,485 INTERGOVERNMENTAL $723,969,786 SERVICE CHARGES $119,339,866 FINES & FORFEITS $11,978,241 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES $18,993,746

DEBT SERVICE $18,225,473 GRANTS, CONTRIB., AND FUND TRANSFERS $250,000,000 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $1,471,457,968 The Revenue Estimating Conference, by a unani‐ mous vote of the mem‐ bers on September 10, 2026, adopted the Esti‐ mated Revenues detailed above as the Official Forecast of Revenues for the year 2027. Publication Dates: September 22, 28 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9319 201543-sept 22-28-oct 13t $140.38 PUBLIC NOTICE --IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF RAYFORD REEVES AND A CERTAIN 2013 KEY WEST 230 BAY REEF BOAT, FOR EXONER‐ ATION FROM OR LIMITA‐ TION OF LIABILITY CIVIL ACTION NO. 26-1927 SECTION M (2) NOTICE is hereby given that limitation petitioner, Rayford Reeves ("Peti‐ tioner"), as owner of a certain 2013 Key West 230 Bay Reef Boat, bear‐ ing Hull ID # KWEE‐ B109A313 and Registra‐ tion number KWEE‐ B109A3 (the "Vessel"), her engines, equipment, gear, tackle, appurte‐ nances, etc., has filed a Complaint pursuant to 46 U.S.C. §§ 181 et seq., as amended by 46 U.S.C. §§ 30501 et seq., and under Rule F of the Supplemen‐ tal Rules for Certain Ad‐ miralty and Maritime Claims & Asset Forfeiture Actions, claiming the right to exoneration from or limitation of liability of all claims for any dam‐ age claims, demands, liens, loss, death, dam‐ age, injury, or destruc‐ tion, arising out of an in‐ cident involving the Ves‐ sel on or about July 18, 2026, as is more fully set forth in the Complaint. All persons asserting claims with respect to which the Complaint seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability are advised and admon‐ ished, to file their re‐ spective claims, under oath, as provided in Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admi‐ ralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, with the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Room C151, 500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, and must serve a copy thereof on counsel for Petitioner on or before the 18th day of October, 2026 or be defaulted. Any claimant desiring to contest either the right to exoneration from and/or the right to limita‐ tion of liability shall file and serve an answer, all as required by Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and i i l i

OTHER FINANCING SOURCES $15,000,000 TOTAL REVENUE

PUBLIC NOTICE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE

A-12594-22

Apple computer SN: W80…ATN

Found

Joseph P. Lopinto, III in his capacity as Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, hereby notifies his intent to donate, auction, retain or destroy unclaimed property in accordance with JP Ordinance 31-8 unless otherwise claimed by the owner within 30 days of publication of this notice.

H-11804-21

Kate Spade purse with personal items

Found

L-10113-21

Hp laptop with charger

Found

A-11499-22

Cell phone

Cyris Martin

Property may be claimed by contacting the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Property and Evidence Division, located at 1801 West Bank Expressway, Harvey, LA 700548, or by calling 504-376-2384. All claimants must provide proof of ownership before any property may be released.

A-05525-22

Personal items

Derrick Cummings

A-12248-22

Black apple cell phone

Found

A-12248-22

Key chain with keys, leather XXX,

Found

A-12248-22

Ford Key fob on ring with keys

Found

Item

# Description

A-12248-22

Found

D-16358-26

Huffy model E5895 electric bike

Found

Key ring with super soft, flash light and keys

F-06679-26

Shimano black bike

Found

A-12248-22

Air pods

Found

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H-10946-26

Shimano blue mike model SLRS367

Found

A-12248-22

Wired apple headphone

Found

A-12248-22

Passport ID

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C-21021-26

Huffy Rockcreek bike SN: HBT210156

Found

A-11028-22

Black purse

Found

A-11028-22

Pink purse

Found

C-21021-26

Huffy Gray Bike SN: unk

Found

A-11028-22

Black purse

Found

C-21021-26

Schwinn Mike Ridge silver SN 1DC…144

Found

K-20143-21

Wallet cont personal items

Elvin Diaz-Agvilera

Kent teal, pink and silver bike SN: G20…9SJ

Found

L-01410-21

Air soft pistol

James Ormond

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Black I phone

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Maddgear green and blk bike SN: WMG…718

Found

A-18083-22

D-06475-26

Lectric Xpedition blue SN: FSD…935

Found

A-18083-22

Gry pink leopard print backpack

Found

A-18083-22

Molex vest

Found

F-00261-26

Huffy blk bike SN: HTC…582

Found

F-00516-21

Samsung cell

Found

C-09314-26

Granite peak roadmaster blu/pur SN: FSD…423

Found

F-00516-21

LG cell

Found

I-20656-21

Pink wallet cont personal items

Haley Jinger

F-00516-21

White Samsung cell

Found

L-16605-21

Iphone, Samsung phone

Found

F-00516-21

Black Samsung cell

Found

I-11448-21

HP laptop SN: 0014…010

Found

L-10063-21

Pink book sack with books and wallet

Found

I-11448-21

Compac laptop SN: SCB…2NF

Found

F-00516-21

Gray Nuu Moble

Found

I-11448-21

Amazon tablet

Found

B-06627-22

LG phone

Found

J-17999-21

Think pad

Found

C-13622-22

Samsung cell

Found

I-17999-21

HP laptop

Found

C-16756-22

2 tablets personal computer

Billy Harsdorff

I-17999-21

Black and decker sander

Found

C-12985-22

Knife

William Pallaris

J-09658-21

Matabo nail gun

Found

B-05360-22

Assorted bag of contents

Autrele Felix

L-01108-21

Black purse with gold lettering

Found

L-10063-21

Black purse

Irielle Clavo

B-01467-22

Cream and white purse with items

Found

D-00075-22

I phone

Found

H-08510-21

Watches and scissors

Darren Williams

B-06627-22

Blue bag

Lee Darnell

B-04299-22

LG cell phone

Found

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8D ✦ Monday, September 28, 2026 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune Legal Notices

y Maritime Claims con‐ tained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or be barred from bring‐ ing such action. Dated: New Orleans, Louisiana, this 3rd day of September, 2026 Clerk of Court /s/ Carol L. Michel Clerk of Court /s/ L. Guillot Deputy Clerk 201029 Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 2026 4t $1,067.96 PUBLIC NOTICE --MEETING MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMIS‐ SIONERS ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY A Meeting of Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhi‐ bition Hall Authority was held on Wednesday, Au‐ gust 26, 2026. Vice-President Stephen Caputo called the meet‐ ing to order at 2:32 p.m. and asked for a roll call. The results were as fol‐ lows: Russell Allen Absent Geri Broussard Present James Capella Present Stephen Caputo Present Edgar Chase, IV Present Elizabeth Ellison-Frost Present Ralph Mahana Present Octavio Mantilla Present Jerry Reyes Present Jack Rizzuto Absent Desi Vega Absent Camille Whitworth Pre‐ sent Eric Wright Present

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Commissioner Mahana moved approval; Com‐ missioner Reyes sec‐ onded. Motion approved. B. Resolution 2026.14: Au‐ thorizing a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Rel‐ ative to Certain Tax In‐ centives for Headquar‐ ters Hotel Project. Com‐ missioner Mantilla moved approval; Com‐ missioner Mahana sec‐ onded. Motion approved. C. Resolution 2026.15: Au‐ thorization Relative to Ri‐ vana Housing Project. Chip Leyens with Baker Donelson was available for questions. Commis‐ sioner Mahana moved approval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion approved. D. Resolution 2026.16: Au‐ thority Relative to Sec‐ ond Amendment to Co‐ operative Endeavor Agreement with Louisiana Restaurant As‐ sociation and Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association. Commissioner Mantilla moved approval; Com‐ missioner Reyes sec‐ onded. Motion approved. Alita Caparotta pre‐ sented the Ratiﬁcation of Extension of Owner Con‐ trolled Insurance Pro‐ gram for Interior Renova‐ tion Project. Commis‐ sioner Capella moved ap‐ proval; Commissioner Chase seconded. Motion approved.

Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District (the "Board"), acting as the governing authority of the New Or‐ leans Exhibition Hall Au‐ thority Economic Growth and Development District (the "District"), pursuant to the authority of Sub‐ part B-48 of Part IV of Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, proposes to consider creating a sub‐ district within the Dis‐ trict to be known as the "Parcel 3A Subdistrict of the New Orleans Exhibi‐ tion Hall Authority Eco‐ nomic Growth and Devel‐ opment District" (the "Subdistrict"). NOTICE IS HEREBY FUR‐ THER GIVEN that the Board proposes to levy a two percent (2%) sales tax (the "Tax") within the Subdistrict pursuant to the provisions of Part II of Chapter 27 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. NOTICE IS HEREBY FUR‐ THER GIVEN that the Board will meet in open and public session on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Board Room, 900 Con‐ vention Center Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, and will at that time hear any and all ob‐ jections to the proposed creation of the Subdis‐ trict and the levy of the Tax therein.

Alita Caparotta pre‐ sented the June 2026 Fi‐ nancial Report. Commis‐ sioner Broussard moved approval; Commissioner Mantilla seconded. Mo‐ tion approved.

202262-SEP 28-OCT 5-2T $64.54

Jim Cook gave the Con‐ vention Center Chief Ex‐ ecutive Ofﬁcer’s Report.

The total number present at roll call was ten (10).

Vice-President Caputo asked for a motion to ad‐ journ. Commissioner Whitworth moved ad‐ journment; Commis‐ sioner Broussard sec‐ onded. Motion approved and the meeting ad‐ journed at 3:22 p.m.

Vice-President Caputo requested a motion to approve the NOEHA Board Meeting Minutes of July 22, 2026.

Attest: _____________________ Jack Rizzuto, Secretary

Commissioner Mahana moved approval; Com‐ missioner Whitworth seconded. Motion ap‐ proved.

:mp 202244-SEP 28-1T $45.21

Gerald Duhon with New Orleans Culinary & Hos‐ pitality Institute (NOCHI) presented their annual report. Jim Cook presented the following resolutions: A. Resolution 2026.13: Final Approval of a Sec‐ ond Amendment to Hotel Development Agreement. Tiger Hammond made public comment in sup‐ port of the Headquarters Hotel.

g price, beginning with the highest bid per bed, until all available beds have been awarded, subject to the minimum bid and terms of sale.

g Camille Whitworth Pre‐ sent Eric Wright Present

All property shall be sold AS IS, WHERE IS, without warranty. Successful bid‐ ders are responsible for removal and transporta‐ tion of purchased prop‐ erty and all cost associ‐ ated therewith. Full pay‐ ment is required prior to release.

Director Caputo asked for public comments of agenda items. There were none.

BID DEADLINE: Sealed bids must be received no later than October 13, 2026 at 4:00 pm (CST) Bids shall be marked “SURPLUS PROPERTY BID – LINET MULTICARE BEDS” and submitted to: Parish Hospital Service District for the Parish of Orleans – District A Attn: Legal Department 5620 Read Blvd. New Orleans, Louisiana 70127 The District reserves the right to reject any bid that does not meet the minimum bid or terms of sale and, to the extent permitted by law, to withdraw any item prior to award. For additional informa‐ tion or to arrange an in‐ spection, contact the Legal Department at 504592-6565. 202265-SEP 28-1T $255.11

The total number present at roll call was ten (10).

Caputo re‐ Director quested a motion to ap‐ prove the NOPFMI Board Meeting Minutes of July 22, 2026. Director Mahana moved approval; Director Whitworth seconded. Motion approved. Elaine Williams pre‐ sented the Sales, Events and Communications Re‐ port. Alita Caparotta pre‐ sented consent agenda item: Contracts: 1. Scooter Rental Services – Scootaround Mobility Services. Director Man‐ tilla moved approval; Di‐ rector Chase seconded. Motion approved. There was no Other Busi‐ ness to come before the board. Director Caputo asked for a motion to adjourn. Director Broussard moved adjournment; Di‐ rector Mahana seconded. Motion approved and the meeting adjourned at 2:32 p.m. Attest: _____________________ Jack Rizzuto, Secretary :mp

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NOTICE OF SALE OF SURPLUS MOVABLE PROPERTY

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Com‐ missioners of Parish Hos‐ pital Service District for the Parish of Orleans – District A (the “District”), pursuant to Resolution No. 2026:06:138, adopted June 2, 2026, and Resolu‐ tion No. 2026:09:139, adopted September 8, 2026, declared the follow‐ ing movable property surplus and authorized its private sale pursuant to La. R.S. 33:4712(F):

MEETING MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIREC‐ TORS ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC FACIL‐ ITY MANAGEMENT, INC.

Twelve (12) LINET Multi‐ care Beds, Electrical Ver‐ tical Tilting

PUBLIC NOTICE --NEW ORLEANS EXHIBI‐ TION HALL AUTHORITY ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Minimum Bid: $1,800.00 per bed Bidders may bid on one or more beds and must state the price offered per bed and number of beds requested. Beds will be awarded in de‐ scending order of bid i b i i i h h

NOTICE OF INTENTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the New

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PUBLIC NOTICE ---

There was no Other Busi‐ ness to come before the board.

Vice-President Caputo asked for public com‐ ments of agenda items. There was one public comment deferred to after the presentation of Resolution 2026.13.

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A Meeting of Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Pub‐ lic Facility Management, Inc. was held on Wednes‐ day, August 26, 2026. Director Caputo called the meeting to order at 2:16 p.m. and asked for a roll call. The results were as follows: Russell Allen Absent Geri Broussard Present James Capella Present Stephen Caputo Present Edgar Chase, IV Present Elizabeth Ellison-Frost Present Ralph Mahana Present Octavio Mantilla Present Jerry Reyes Present Jack Rizzuto Absent Desi Vega Absent ill hi h

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