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Shreveport's unlikeliest booster

Posted on 2/8/25 at 12:51 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102403 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 12:51 pm
Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul. When she moved there I wondered how it would work out but people have embraced her and vice versa.

Here she is promoting Centenary's new football team

Posted by lsubatman1
Member since Feb 2009
1341 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 12:53 pm to
National treasure!! We're proud to call her are own!
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7752 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 1:11 pm to
I’ve seen her in public several times and people really don’t bother her.
Posted by tiger1014
Member since Jan 2011
12613 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 1:18 pm to
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We're proud to call her are own!


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Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
37763 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 1:18 pm to
Why on Earth would an Olympic gold medalist move to Shreveport
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102403 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 1:19 pm to
I believe her husband's in the oil and gas business.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20091 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:04 pm to
I met some Ukrainian refugees who are in their 20s. I told them that their gold medal winning figure skater, Oksana Baiul, lives in Shreveport. They had no idea who she was. I was far more excited about it than them.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
131150 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:12 pm to
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Why on Earth would an Olympic gold medalist move to Shreveport
She's in WITSEC...
Posted by John Casey
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2016
2808 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:21 pm to
50 Cent is pretty wild, too.
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6140 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:38 pm to
Shreveport was well on its way to become the next Jackson but the decline seems to have slowed down recently. Hope it can come back some.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
25638 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:41 pm to
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Why on Earth would an Olympic gold medalist move to Shreveport


Pretty sure she was from small Soviet shithole, Shrevepitt looks like god damn Vegas.

50 Cents prolly hit it, he is investing in the area.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
23714 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:44 pm to
North La is TECH country
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
22650 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 2:58 pm to
Shreveport

Does she have a body guard or does she carry?
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
14739 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 3:16 pm to
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are own
Posted by duckblind56
South of Ellick
Member since Sep 2023
2869 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 4:06 pm to
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North La is TECH country


Just curious. Define NLA. Is it everything north of I-10. north of Bunkie, north of Ellick, or?????
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
51286 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 4:34 pm to
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Why on Earth would an Olympic gold medalist move to Shreveport


Easily the best city in Louisiana
Posted by shspanthers
Nashville, TN
Member since Sep 2007
836 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 4:45 pm to
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Easily the best city in Louisiana


Lord, that’s a low bar.
Posted by KennabraTiger
Kenner, LA
Member since Sep 2013
7245 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 4:51 pm to
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are own

Holy shitty grammar, Batman
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
5738 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 4:55 pm to
Didn't Valerie Bertinelli live in Shreveport?
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
75844 posts
Posted on 2/8/25 at 5:22 pm to
Valerie Bertinelli grew up in Shreveport. Her brother Pat was good friends with some guys that I went to high school with. A couple of them carried a drunken Eddie Van Halen from his car to her apartment one weekend and were considered legends the next week at school.
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