BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletic department, can be seen at 11 p.m. CT Wednesday and at 3 p.m. CT Thursday on Cox Sports Television.
The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus.
LSU Tiger Tracks begins with a report from correspondent Garrett Walvoord on the Academic Excellence Gala, which this week honored LSU’s top student-athletes for the 2014-15 academic year.
The show continues with a look at last weekend’s unveiling of the Bob Pettit statue, which stands on the north side of the Maravich Center. Pettit, an All-American from Baton Rouge, led LSU to the 1953 Final Four, and he was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history after an All-Star career with the St. Louis Hawks.
LSU Tiger Tracks also a features a profile of gymnastics assistant coaches Jay Clark and Bob Moore as the Tigers prepare for Friday night’s showdown with Alabama in the Maravich Center.
The show concludes with a report on how researchers at LSU are working to discover the patterns of transmission of the Zika virus in order to prevent further outbreaks.