TP sports page sucks, and it has for a while when compared to the Advocate's in depth coverage of all the REGION'S college teams. TP sports coverage is so damn partial to just the NOLA area, it makes me sick. I grew up in NOLA, went to school in Hammond, and live in BR. I like to read both papers, but there's NO comparision with the sports coverage and DEPTH. I like Pete Finney, but that's about it. please do me a favor: Saturday morning, go pick up a TP and Advocate and compare.

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Posted by gorillaballin

uptown nola y'heard

Member since Dec 2007

550 posts

Posted on 9/15/10 at 3:11 pm to jptiger2009

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TP sports page sucks, and it has for a while when compared to the Advocate's in depth coverage of all the REGION'S college teams. TP sports coverage is so damn partial to just the NOLA area, it makes me sick. I grew up in NOLA, went to school in Hammond, and live in BR. I like to read both papers, but there's NO comparision with the sports coverage and DEPTH. I like Pete Finney, but that's about it. please do me a favor: Saturday morning, go pick up a TP and Advocate and compare.

+1 but I do think their LSU coverage has gotten considerably better over the past year or two. I've been reading both for several years.

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Posted by notiger1997

Metairie

Member since May 2009

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Posted on 9/15/10 at 3:27 pm to jptiger2009

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TP sports page sucks,

Only if you care just about reading about jr. high, high school, and LSU/Southern.

Like any real city paper, the T-P covers big events. They send one or two guys to cover nascar races, big golf tourney's, NCAA tourney basketball, etc.

You also get the feeling that a few of the T-P writers actually went to college and may have covered sports in other cities and states before.

Their writers also write pretty well and are given the ok to say something bad about the home team every now and then. Nobody is allowed to do that at the Advocate as a Manship may get them fired.