The All-American Bowl was an annual postseason college football bowl game played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 to 1990. The game was known as the Hall of Fame Classic from 1977 to 1985.
The Hula Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game held annually, usually in January. From inception through the 2021 playing, it was held in Hawaii; since the 2022 edition, it has been played in Orlando, Florida.
KROF is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. Licensed to Abbeville, Louisiana, United States, the station serves the Lafayette area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are located on Bertrand Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located north of Abbeville.
Nathan Abshire was an American Cajun accordion player. His time in the U.S. Army inspired Abshire to write the crooner song "Service Blues", which the newspaper Daily World reported as "one of his most memorable tearjerkers". After the war, he settled in Basile, Louisiana, where he played regularly at the Avalon Club. He released his best-known record, "Pine Grove Blues", in 1949. Abshire's music became more well known outside of Louisiana at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. Abshire was never able to write so he was unable to sign autographs, resulting in him having to politely decline the requests. Despite thoughts of Abshire being "arrogant or stuck-up" for not signing autographs, he was unable to read and write. However, Abshire was taught how to write his own signature by Barry Jean Ancelet. Despite receiving more income from music than the majority of Cajun musicians, Abshire was not able to entirely depend on that income to live on. Abshire had multiple jobs during his life and his final job was working as the custodian of the town's dump. Abshire's legacy continued after his death in the form of a museum, a book, and a magazine special issue.
Mark B. Robson is a Scottish-born American writer, playwright, theatre actor, theatre director, and former professor. He lives in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Eddie Robinson is an American football coach and former player.
The 1988 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as an I-AA independent during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Joe Raymond Peace, the team compiled an 4–7 record.
The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the Southwest Conference (SWC)'s most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1957–58 season and concluded after the 1995–96 season.
The Abbeville Athletics, also known as the Abbeville A's, were a minor league baseball team, based in Abbeville, Louisiana, that played in the Evangeline League from 1935–1939, 1946–1950, and 1952. The Athletics made it to the Evangeline League playoffs twice — in 1938 and 1946 — but never won the league pennant.
The Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team was an annual selection by Parade that nationally honored the top high school boys' basketball players in the United States. It was part of the Parade All-American series that originated with boys basketball before branching to other sports. Started by the Sunday magazine in 1957, it had been the longest ongoing selection of high school basketball All-Americans in the country at the time of its final selections in 2015. Many of the honorees went on to star as college and professional basketball players. As of March 2011, there were 162 Parade All-Americans that were playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In 1988, David Duke unsuccessfully ran for the presidency of the United States. Duke, a perennial Democratic candidate and Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan announced his intention to seek Democratic nomination for 1988 presidential election on June 8, 1987.
The 1984 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University as a member of the Gulf Star Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Sonny Jackson, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the Gulf State title with Northwestern State. Nicholls State played home games at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Walter Alexander Torrence was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He earned all-conference honors in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) as a junior, and was named an All-American as a senior in 1959. After college, Torrence joined the United States Army. He was one of five Army members on the US national basketball team which won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1963.
The 1984 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana University as part of the Southland Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth year under head coach Pat Collins, the team compiled a 7–4 record.
The 1988 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana University as part of the Southland Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth year under head coach Pat Collins, the team compiled a 5–6 record.
Sheryl Cormier is an American Cajun accordion musician. She began playing the accordion when she was 7 years old. She is "one of the few women to establish herself in Cajun music" and is the first professional Cajun accordion female musician.
The 1986 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Gulf Star Conference (GSC). In their fourth year under head coach John O'Hara, the team compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play.
The 1988 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Ron Randleman, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 0–6 in conference play, and finished seventh in the Southland.
Mike Wilson is an American former basketball player known for his college career at Southern Methodist University (SMU) between 1990 and 1993. He set numerous school records and culminated his career in 1992–93 as the Southwest Conference Player of the Year, the fifth SMU Mustang to be so honored in the award's history. He played the guard position.
