The Shreveport Times

1 day ago | shreveporttimes.com | Dan Benton

The New York Giants will begin their quest back to playoff contention with a classic NFC East rivalry game to kick off the 2025 regular season. The NFL schedule is finalized and the Giants will visit Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders in Week 1 to start a brutal four-game gauntlet over the first month of the season, including a primetime date with Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

1 day ago | shreveporttimes.com | Ian Robinson

Louisiana HB 341 proposes reducing the state individual income tax from 3% to 2.75%. The bill also aims to eliminate the motion picture production tax credit program starting July 1, 2024. Current law offers various tax credits for film production, including incentives for filming outside the New Orleans metro area and using Louisiana screenplays. The proposed change would significantly impact the state's film industry by ending the program decades earlier than the current 2031 sunset date.

1 day ago | shreveporttimes.com | Dan Benton

The 2025 NFL regular season schedule will officially be released on Wednesday night around 8:00 p.m. ET for all 32 teams, but similar to past years, individual game leaks tend to emerge long before then. While many of these leaks wind up coming to fruition, nothing is certain until the official league announcement occurs. In addition to facing their NFC East rivals twice each, the New York Giants will play NFC North and AFC West this coming season.

1 day ago | shreveporttimes.com | Cory Diaz

Cory DiazLafayette Daily AdvertiserBATON ROUGE — The official kickoff to the 2025 college football season is more than three months away, but we now know when LSU football will kickoff its season opener at Clemson. LSU and Clemson will open the season Saturday, Aug. 30, in prime time on ABC with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. from Memorial Stadium.

3 days ago | shreveporttimes.com | Andrew Harbaugh

Most of the NFL rosters are built for the 2025 season, barring some exceptions. Some teams, like the Steelers and Saints, may make some last-minute changes at quarterback. Other teams may add veterans after training camp as they look to avoid the hottest days of the year being in pads and helmets, losing so much weight in sweat, hearing the same messages they have heard for years. Despite all that, PFF has picked one need for each team heading into those tough training camp days.