Bill Pearson grew up playing baseball every day, but none of it was organized.
While problems at the Ware Youth Center preceded two youth suicides in 2019, the facility took sufficient remedial action and “is presently a safe and secure environment suitable to house juveniles,” according to a Louisiana inspector general report.
Last spring, the LSU women’s basketball team dipped into the NCAA transfer portal and pulled out its two best players. This year, it settled on a different approach. The players it signed are tailored more to supporting roles — jobs of augmenting the talent already on the roster.