When Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles visited Louisiana State University (LSU), she anticipated reconnecting with friends and exploring the campus. However, an unexpected encount ...

LSU’s Mike VII—the school’s official mascot and seventh tiger ... who helped the school get a live tiger in the mid-1930s—does not attend football games. The new tiger belongs to a man ...

While the university's current live mascot, Mike VII — an 8-year-old, 345-pound tiger donated to the school from a sanctuary in 2017 — is not brought onto the field for games, visitors can ...

He was a 2x All-SEC selection and an All-American in 2005 for the Tigers. Following a historic career with LSU, he went on to play 13 seasons in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills.