Ruston Leader

Cut me open, and I bleed black and gold. “Who dat!” is more of a lifestyle than a two-word sentence. I was born to love two things, the New Orleans Saints and football. Well, really I love every sport and have a favorite team in all the four major leagues, NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, college and soccer. But growing up in Louisiana, it pretty much goes in order. Love God first, family second and football third.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Alyssa Carson, 17, is your typical Southern girl. She loves crawfish, music, festivals, hanging with her friends and watching cooking shows on Netflix. The Baton Rouge teen will be a high school senior this fall, so she’s soaking up the summer fun while it lasts. Alyssa’s life seems pretty normal, right? In many ways, it is — but along the way, she’s also been planning the trip of a lifetime.

Don’t be too depressed today —April 15. You get it, “tax day.” There were some positive things that occurred on this date in history, but one must search. Here are a couple of examples. On this date one of the greatest athletes in the history of major league baseball entered the game in 1947, Jackie Robinson. In retrospect, many find it hard to believe that, singularly because of a person’s skin color, he was banned from professional sports.