Heavy equipment roared to life and work began today to prepare for the installation of a state-of-the-art artificial field turf at W.S. "Bud" Leonard Field in the Provost Umphrey Stadium at Lamar University. Hellas Construction of Austin began demoli… more »

Lamar head football coach Ray Woodard has announced that former Beaumont West Brook standout Billy Chavis has transferred to Lamar and will be a member of the school's football program beginning this fall. Chavis has spent the last two seasons at Tex… more »

No heavy equipment has yet descended upon Provost Umphrey Stadium. The projected start date for Lamar University to begin the massive renovation of its football complex in anticipation of its first football season since 1989 has come and gone. The pr… more »

The movement to have Lamar University's revived football team playing in a swanky, renovated stadium and housed in a plush, brand-spanking-new field house by September 2010 has been affected by the free fall that hit the national economy late last year.… more »

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column from the Best of West collection was originally published in the Port Arthur News on May 16, 1985 By now it’s become as predictable as Lamar university’s football team being the butt of jokes. The Cardinals, on the… more »

They came out of the stands and from across Texas to take a chance on a sun-splashed field that had not seen that kind of action in 20 years. Some of the 39 participants at Lamar University's open football tryouts on Monday looked as though they belo… more »

Sunday afternoon, as the sun and clouds took turns playing peek-a-boo outside, Cardinal Stadium sat empty. It was so silent, so lifeless and empty, it might as well have been a library. There were no hammers, no nails and certainly no footballs in si… more »

Who says the Golden Age of Southeast Texas football is in the past? Look at the AP Top 25. There you see the Texas Longhorns, sitting at the end of the preseason Top 10 with a secondary that leans heavy on Golden Triangle talent. Look at the th… more »

HOUSTON - For much of the afternoon Tuesday, Ray Woodard sat by himself at a table well away from the spotlight reading preseason media guides and talking on a cell phone. Woodard, the friendly, new Lamar University football coach, had more of a dist… more »

BEAUMONT, Texas - Lamar and McNeese State athletic department officials have reached an agreement to play a non-conference game during the 2010 football season against each other at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, La. The contest, scheduled for Sept… more »

BEAUMONT - Without any of those pesky games to get in the way, Lamar football coach Ray Woodard said he'll spend more time this season on recruiting players than anything else. Why? Because it has to be. The Cardinals are just seven months away fr… more »

BEAUMONT - Brian Mayper is about to buy a house in Jefferson County, and he already has a local cell phone number. So in case you're wondering, yes, Mayper kind of knew he was going to join Ray Woodard's staff at Lamar University. "Yes, I did," Ma… more »

Another assistant coach should join the newly formed football staff at Lamar University this week, head coach Ray Woodard said. Citing university policy, Woodard declined to name the new assistant until his name is officially on the payroll. The new… more »

BEAUMONT - Phillip Richard is the kind of youngster who used to leave home for a shot at playing college football. Maybe one day, he would have come back. Or maybe one day, he would have graduated, settled somewhere else and never returned to Southea… more »

In his first two months on the job, the Lamar Head Football Coach has helped raise money for stadium renovations and the new athletic complex. A progress report on a program that won't be graded until 2010 when the team takes the field. There's no… more »