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Tulane football team in rare role as it looks to bounce back against Memphis

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
1 hr ago

The Green Wave is a 6-point underdog on Friday to the Tigers, marking the first time in three years it is not favored to win an American Conference game.

Jeff Duncan: New Orleans' Blake Butera became MLB's youngest manager, a new father on same day

BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
7 hrs ago

Thursday, Oct. 30, was a day Blake Butera will never forget.

Curtis Williams perfect from floor as hot-shooting Tulane handles Samford in hoops opener

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated 32 mins ago

In its first game since Gregg Glenn's drowning death over the summer, the Green Wave played with tremendous energy on both ends of the floor.

Photos: Tulane men roll past Samford 85-72 in season opener

BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
19 hrs ago

The Tulane Green Wave opened the 2025-26 season with a convincing 85-72 home win against the Samford Bulldogs on Monday night at Devlin Fieldhouse.

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Photos: Tulane women edge Campbell on last-second put-back in season opener

BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
19 hrs ago

Jordyn Weaver’s put-back with 2.0 seconds left lifted Tulane to a 74–72 season-opening win over Campbell on Monday at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The graduate transfer sc…

A last-second putback decided Tulane women's basketball's season opener

BY DARRELL WILLIAMS | Contributing writer
21 hrs ago

Campbell had its way rebounding against the Tulane women all day — until the game was on the line.

Tulane football team gets good news about a key defensive starter

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated 21 hrs ago

After a two-game absence, the Green Wave's spiritual leader practiced Monday and definitely will play Friday in a must-win matchup with Memphis on the road.

Tulane football team looking to regroup before massive game at Memphis next Friday

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 31, 2025

The lopsided loss to Texas-San Antonio on Thursday night stung, but coach Jon Sumrall said the American Conference championship game was still in reach.

Plenty of unknowns about Tulane men's hoops as it copes with tragic loss of Gregg Glenn

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 31, 2025

The one thing coach Ron Hunter is sure about is his guard play, which he labels the best in his seven-year Tulane tenure.

Riled up Texas-San Antonio coach felt disrespected by Tulane's Jon Sumrall, Jake Retzlaff

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 31, 2025

Jeff Traylor criticized Sumrall for saying the Roadrunners piped in crowd noise at times it was against the rules and Retzlaff for pre-game comments when he wsa mic'd up by ESPN.

Guerry Smith's three thoughts on Tulane's ugly loss at Texas-San Antonio

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 31, 2025

It was a total team breakdown led by a defense that could not stop anything from start to finish.

Brutal first half dooms Tulane in rough night at Texas-San Antonio

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 30, 2025

The Green Wave gave up 31 straight points in the first half after scoring a touchdown in the first half and had no answer for the Roadrunners passing game.

Start of Shough era, picks for Saints, Tulane; NFL Week 9, CFB Best Bets: Dattitude, Ep. 434

BY JIM DERRY | Dattitude Podcast Host
Oct 30, 2025

Saints rookie set to make his first NFL start at the Rams, and did Gov. Jeff Landry go too far with comments on LSU coaching search?

Tulane gets a promotion to the top of the competitive American Conference

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 30, 2025

Seven teams remain in the running for the league championship game, but are any of them good enough to be competitive in the college football playoff?

Late October date with UTSA the first step in what Tulane hopes will be November to remember

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 29, 2025

The Green Wave controls its own destiny in the American Conference and for a potential college football playoff berth, but Jake Retzlaff and company know they have to treat every game as a cha…

Guerry Smith predicts the outcome of Tulane's game at Texas-San Antonio

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 29, 2025

The Roadrunners have not lost a conference game at home since 2019, but they are vulnerable defensively and already dropped a contest in September to Texas State in the Alamadome.

Tulane men's basketball team cruises past Centenary in exhibition after shaky first half

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 28, 2025

The Green Wave trailed the Division III school by a point at the break before taking total control behind the scoring of Asher Woods, Rowan Brumbaugh and KJ Greene.

Jeff Duncan: If LSU doesn't hire Jon Sumrall, it will be playing against him soon enough

BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
Oct 28, 2025

Jon Sumrall is a former linebacker, so it was no surprise that he saw the blitz coming Tuesday.

Instant replay: Tulane's Jon Sumrall reiterates his hyper-focus on the job he has now

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 28, 2025

Asked Monday to comment on the coaching carousel and how it involved him, he doubled down Tuesday on his lack of distractions as the Green Wave prepped for Thursday's game at Texas-San Antonio.

Tulane coach Jon Sumrall faced questions on the LSU opening. Here's how he responded.

BY RASHAD MILLIGAN | Staff writer
Oct 28, 2025

Tulane football coach Jon Sumrall was asked by Times-Picayune columnist Jeff Duncan on Tuesday morning about his name being attached as a potential candidate to replace former LSU coach Brian Kelly.

Jon Sumrall: 'I've got one job offer right now, to be the head coach at Tulane'

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 27, 2025

Sumrall had zero interest in reflecting on the coaching carousel when asked about it Monday, saying his total focus was on Thursday's tough game at home-dominant Texas-San Antonio.

Is there an emerging football juggernaut in the American Conference?

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 24, 2025

October has played out in awfully similar fashion to 2023, with Tulane winning a serious of close games while a formerly underachieving league member crushes everyone.

Tulane football still looking for a complete game after close calls: 'The best is yet to come”

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 22, 2025

Offensive coordinator Joe Craddock and defensive coordinator Greg Gasparato expect improvement from units whose stats do not match the Green Wave's high standing in the American Conference.

Tulane's new uniform pays homage to New Orleans streets with cracks and Mardi Gras beads

BY WILL NICKEL | Staff writer
Oct 21, 2025

Tulane football's new City Edition uniforms pay homage to the streets of New Orleans. So, naturally, the helmets are covered in Mardi Gras beads and plenty of cracks.

Tulane men's hoops can benefit from American Conference nearly bereft of returning talent

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Oct 21, 2025

While Tulane returns five of its 10 leading scorers, the top three teams combine to return exactly one player, and the situation is not much different down the standings.

Tulane football team winning ugly but still in pretty position

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 19, 2025

Coach Jon Sumrall is trying to push the right buttons for a team he labeled his most talented but also his least mature.

Blazing hot receiver Shazz Preston would not let Tulane be left out in the cold again

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 18, 2025

The memories of Tulane's miserable experience at frigid West Point, New York last December spurred Preston on his crazy game-winning touchdown against Army.

Tulane survives against Army without injured star linebacker Sam Howard

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Oct 18, 2025

Howard sustained a leg injury in the fourth quarter against East Carolina that turned out to be more serious than first thought.