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USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU baseball erupts for 16 runs to beat WVU in Game 1 of super regional
LSU baseball erupts for 16 runs to beat WVU in Game 1 of super regional After surviving the Baton Rouge Regional, LSU baseball welcomed West Virginia for the Baton Rouge Super Regional. Needing two wins to punch a ticket to Omaha, LSU scored 16 runs to take down the Mountaineers in game one 16-9. Kade Anderson got the start for LSU in Game 1. After both teams worked a scoreless first inning, West Virginia got on the board in the top of the second after a single caromed off Anderson's arm on the mound. Kade would stay in the game and finish the inning as we headed to the bottom of the second with LSU trailing 1-0. Both pitchers got in a rhythm, and the bats went quiet until the bottom of the fourth inning. After Luis Hernandez and Daniel Dickinson were hit by a pitch, Derek Curiel hit a three-run homer to give the Tigers their first lead of the ballgame at 3-1. In the bottom of the fifth inning, LSU broke the game wide open as the Tigers scored seven runs. Stephen Milam hit a grand slam, Curiel hit an RBI single, and Chris Stanfield hit a two-RBI single to increase the Tigers' lead to 10-1! When you give a pitcher like Anderson a 10-1 lead entering the sixth inning, you feel pretty good about your odds. If you have not been keeping up with this West Virginia team, you would not know that they went 3-0 in the Clemson Regional, but they had to come from behind to win all of those games. In the top of the sixth inning, West Virginia cut into the LSU lead as they plated four runs against Anderson to cut the lead to 10-5. Just like that, the Mountaineers were right back in the game. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Jared Jones led off the inning with a double, Milam walked, Hernandez reached on a fielder's choice, and Dickinson got hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. Curiel and Ashton Larson would walk to score two more runs to increase the lead to 12-5. Josh Pearson stepped into the batter's box and he would hit ANOTHER grand slam to make it 16-5 Tigers! In the top of the seventh inning, West Virginia hit a two-run homer with two outs to cut the lead to 16-7. Anderson's day was finished after seven innings of work. He gave up seven runs on nine hits, seven strikeouts, and two walks. The seven runs he gave up today were the most runs he has given up in a single game all season. DJ Primeaux entered to pitch for the Tigers. After getting one out, Primeaux was pulled from the game, and William Schmidt entered. Schmidt gave up a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to cut the lead to 16-9. Mavrick Rizy then entered to pitch. Rizy got the final three outs, and LSU won game one! With the win, LSU is now one win away from advancing to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Game Two will be played Sunday at 6 PM.
USA Today
20-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Two LSU baseball stars make SEC all-freshman team
Two LSU baseball stars make SEC all-freshman team A pair of LSU baseball freshmen earned recognition from the SEC following their first regular season with the Tigers. Derek Curiel and Casan Evans were named to the conference's All-Freshman team among a group of 12 newcomers. In addition, the conference named Curiel to the second team among its best outfielders and hitters. Multiple outlets listed Curiel as the top prospect in his class and he lived up to the hype during his rookie year in Baton Rouge as the everyday left fielder. His approach at the plate gets him on base at an impressive clip, ranking among the conference's best hitters. Evans, a right-handed pitcher, carved out a critical role as a reliever. With a sub-two ERA, the freshman hurler pitched so well out of the bullpen that he was tabbed the Sunday starter late into SEC play for three-straight contests. Evans pitched three or more innings six times against conference opponents. Derek Curiel Curiel's .465 on-base percentage ranks tenth in the conference while his 72 hits and 41 walks are both tied for seventh. He finishes the regular season tied for the team lead with a .344 batting average and a team-best 15 doubles along with 53 runs and 45 RBI. In a lineup filled with reliable hitters, Curiel relies on patience and base running to make an impact at the dish. His place among the best hitters in the conference solidifies him as a piece to build the program around for the future. Casan Evans Evans, alongside first-team All-SEC selection Zac Cowan, earned high leverage appearances as a reliever in his inaugural season with LSU. His 1.96 ERA ranks eighth in the conference but it was among the top five before he got innings as a starter. The right-hander allowed just nine earned runs through 41.1 innings pitched. He has 53 strikeouts and eclipsed five or more five times this season. Evans' efforts as a reliever gave him a chance as the Sunday starter.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Opinion - Trump's legal strategy: If you can't win in court, threaten the judge
President Trump's savaging of the judiciary goes back far and deep. This despicable approach starts with his mentor in legal evil, Roy Cohn. When an associate reported to Cohn that the law was against their client, Cohn famously retorted, 'F— the law, who's the judge? Cohn saw judges not as prelates of a logical system of ethical ideals, nor as keepers of our sacred right to justice, but as politicians in robes — vulnerable to coercion, denunciation and threats. Trump was well-schooled in how to do it at the feet of the master. Remember Judge Gonzalo Curiel? He was the Obama-appointed federal judge in California who oversaw the Trump University fraud case, which Trump settled for $25 million in 2016 just 10 days after his election. Trump launched a $1 million counterclaim for defamation (a favorite Cohn gambit) to pressure the plaintiff class representative to go away. Under a state law that aims to protect individuals from lawsuits intended to silence or intimidate them for exercising their rights to free speech, Curiel dismissed the counterclaim and awarded the plaintiff $1 million for her trouble. Curiel went on to certify the class, which had alleged that Trump University was a fraudulent endeavor, then denied Trump summary judgment and ordered the case to trial. Trump retaliated with a series of racist attacks on Curiel. He told Fox News that Curiel was personally biased against him because he wanted to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Indiana-born Curiel could not preside because of his 'Mexican heritage.' He said he had a judge who was a 'hater of Donald Trump, a hater' and referred to Curiel— a graduate of the same law school as Mike Pence — as a 'Mexican.' He further suggested taking some action against the judge. Vintage Roy Cohn! Trump's despicable attacks on the judiciary have persisted during the first 100 days of Trump 2.0. He has oozed the bile of pure hatred towards judges who have ruled against him, calling for their impeachment. House Republicans are following his lead, seeking to impeach at least six judges who have ruled against parts of Trump's agenda. Trump's statements earned him a shocking rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts. Without mentioning him by name, Roberts thundered in March that 'for more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.' The rare statement from the Chief Justice came just hours after a social media post from Trump, who described District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected 'troublemaker and agitator,' and a 'radical left lunatic' after Boasberg had blocked deportation flights that Trump claimed were authorized in wartime by the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act. Top Trump advisor Stephen Miller has also railed against a cabal of 'Communist' judges who are determined to keep 'terrorists' in the country, while Elon Musk in a post on X said judges who defy the president should be impeached. The threats have also been delivered through physical means. Several judges have faced a slew of 'intimidation tactics' sending the message that their home addresses are publicly known. A New Jersey judge, for example, received a pizza addressed to her murdered son. Earlier this month, a Wisconsin County Court judge was arrested by the FBI in her own courthouse and led away in manacles after allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. Other judges who defied the administration have faced bomb threats and threats of physical violence. One Supreme Court justice is now speaking out more forcefully. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received a standing ovation at a conference of judges in Puerto Rico last week after denouncing the administration's 'relentless attacks' on federal judges, seeing in them a threat to the rule of law (but again without mentioning Trump by name). Jackson said, 'Across the nation, judges are facing increased threats of not only physical violence, but also professional retaliation just for doing our jobs … And the attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity.' 'The attacks are also not isolated incidents,' Jackson told the assembled judges. 'That is, they impact more than just individual judges who are being targeted. Rather, the threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government and they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.' 'A society in which judges are routinely made to fear for their own safety or their own livelihood due to their decisions is one that has substantially departed from the norms of behavior that govern a democratic system,' she stated. 'Attacks on judicial independence is how countries that are not free, not fair and not rule-of-law oriented, operate.' 'Other judges have faced challenges like the ones we face today, and have prevailed,' she said, pointing to similar attacks on judges who issued controversial rulings during the Civil Rights Movement and the Watergate scandal. Her 18-minute denunciation is the strongest statement yet by any member of the Supreme Court during Trump's second term. It is hard to believe that her prepared remarks were not approved by the Chief Justice. Judges have few avenues to fight back ethically against unprincipled personal attacks. Lawyers are supposed to speak out on their behalf, but we now know that Big Law is afraid of reprisals from Trump that might affect their billion-dollar revenues. Judge Curiel mildly jabbed at Trump in court papers stating his derogatory comments about him had 'placed the integrity of these court proceedings at issue.' He was forbidden from further public comment because of ethical rules about commenting extrajudicially on pending cases. Roy Cohn knew this, and so does Trump. Bullies lash out at the defenseless. We are living in trying times. James D. Zirin, author and legal analyst, is a former federal prosecutor in New York's Southern District. He is also the host of the public television talk show and podcast Conversations with Jim Zirin. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Trump's legal strategy: If you can't win in court, threaten the judge
President Trump's savaging of the judiciary goes back far and deep. This despicable approach starts with his mentor in legal evil, Roy Cohn. When an associate reported to Cohn that the law was against their client, Cohn famously retorted, 'F— the law, who's the judge? Cohn saw judges not as prelates of a logical system of ethical ideals, nor as keepers of our sacred right to justice, but as politicians in robes — vulnerable to coercion, denunciation and threats. Trump was well-schooled in how to do it at the feet of the master. Remember Judge Gonzalo Curiel? He was the Obama-appointed federal judge in California who oversaw the Trump University fraud case, which Trump settled for $25 million in 2016 just 10 days after his election. Trump launched a $1 million counterclaim for defamation (a favorite Cohn gambit) to pressure the plaintiff class representative to go away. Under a state law that aims to protect individuals from lawsuits intended to silence or intimidate them for exercising their rights to free speech, Curiel dismissed the counterclaim and awarded the plaintiff $1 million for her trouble. Curiel went on to certify the class, which had alleged that Trump University was a fraudulent endeavor, then denied Trump summary judgment and ordered the case to trial. Trump retaliated with a series of racist attacks on Curiel. He told Fox News that Curiel was personally biased against him because he wanted to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Indiana-born Curiel could not preside because of his 'Mexican heritage.' He said he had a judge who was a 'hater of Donald Trump, a hater' and referred to Curiel— a graduate of the same law school as Mike Pence — as a 'Mexican.' He further suggested taking some action against the judge. Vintage Roy Cohn! Trump's despicable attacks on the judiciary have persisted during the first 100 days of Trump 2.0. He has oozed the bile of pure hatred towards judges who have ruled against him, calling for their impeachment. House Republicans are following his lead, seeking to impeach at least six judges who have ruled against parts of Trump's agenda. Trump's statements earned him a shocking rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts. Without mentioning him by name, Roberts thundered in March that 'for more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.' The rare statement from the Chief Justice came just hours after a social media post from Trump, who described District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected 'troublemaker and agitator,' and a 'radical left lunatic' after Boasberg had blocked deportation flights that Trump claimed were authorized in wartime by the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act. Top Trump advisor Stephen Miller has also railed against a cabal of 'Communist' judges who are determined to keep 'terrorists' in the country, while Elon Musk in a post on X said judges who defy the president should be impeached. The threats have also been delivered through physical means. Several judges have faced a slew of 'intimidation tactics' sending the message that their home addresses are publicly known. A New Jersey judge, for example, received a pizza addressed to her murdered son. Earlier this month, a Wisconsin County Court judge was arrested by the FBI in her own courthouse and led away in manacles after allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. Other judges who defied the administration have faced bomb threats and threats of physical violence. One Supreme Court justice is now speaking out more forcefully. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received a standing ovation at a conference of judges in Puerto Rico last week after denouncing the administration's 'relentless attacks' on federal judges, seeing in them a threat to the rule of law (but again without mentioning Trump by name). Jackson said, 'Across the nation, judges are facing increased threats of not only physical violence, but also professional retaliation just for doing our jobs … And the attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity.' 'The attacks are also not isolated incidents,' Jackson told the assembled judges. 'That is, they impact more than just individual judges who are being targeted. Rather, the threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government and they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.' 'A society in which judges are routinely made to fear for their own safety or their own livelihood due to their decisions is one that has substantially departed from the norms of behavior that govern a democratic system,' she stated. 'Attacks on judicial independence is how countries that are not free, not fair and not rule-of-law oriented, operate.' 'Other judges have faced challenges like the ones we face today, and have prevailed,' she said, pointing to similar attacks on judges who issued controversial rulings during the Civil Rights Movement and the Watergate scandal. Her 18-minute denunciation is the strongest statement yet by any member of the Supreme Court during Trump's second term. It is hard to believe that her prepared remarks were not approved by the Chief Justice. Judges have few avenues to fight back ethically against unprincipled personal attacks. Lawyers are supposed to speak out on their behalf, but we now know that Big Law is afraid of reprisals from Trump that might affect their billion-dollar revenues. Judge Curiel mildly jabbed at Trump in court papers stating his derogatory comments about him had 'placed the integrity of these court proceedings at issue.' He was forbidden from further public comment because of ethical rules about commenting extrajudicially on pending cases. Roy Cohn knew this, and so does Trump. Bullies lash out at the defenseless. We are living in trying times. James D. Zirin, author and legal analyst, is a former federal prosecutor in New York's Southern District. He is also the host of the public television talk show and podcast Conversations with Jim Zirin.
USA Today
11-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU baseball's Derek Curiel named SEC Midseason Freshman of the Year by Baseball America
LSU baseball's Derek Curiel named SEC Midseason Freshman of the Year by Baseball America LSU baseball's Derek Curiel earned SEC Midseason Freshman of the Year honors from Baseball America. The highly-touted newcomer established himself as one of the top threats at the plate and on the base paths. His 33 walks and .522 on-base percentage rank third and fourth, respectively, in the SEC while his 42 runs scored and 46 hits sit inside the top 10. Curiel has 12 doubles, three triples, and three home runs along with 28 RBI. He's a reliable force at the plate in his first year of collegiate baseball. Curiel remains a reliable fixture in one of college baseball's most potent lineups. Baseball America noted an impressive plate approach for an inexperienced collegiate player, swing Curiel's "plate discipline and polished approach are rare for any player, let alone a true freshman." If the Tigers are to make it back to the College World Series, they'll need Curiel and others to remain confident at the plate with quality at-bats. They have six weekend sets left in the SEC before the postseason starts, beginning with a weekend trip to Auburn beginning Friday.
