Kirk Michelet
Digital Content Contributor
Baton Rouge, La.
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Kirk Michelet joined the WAFB production team in 1998 as a newscast Chyron operator.
He has 32-years of experience in broadcast television and his skill set changes as quickly as the TV business.
Kirk supervises the News Operations Department, designs daily news graphics, is a sports contributor for the digital content department and assists other Raycom Media news stations in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi with their Chyron system.
He is an avid football fan who also travels to New Orleans during the Saints preseason to run the graphics system for WAFB's sister station WVUE.
Kirk is a New Orleans native who has made Baton Rouge his home since 1968.
He met his wife Cheryl, BREC's Director of Communications, while working at WBRZ-TV in 1993. They have two children, Christian and Jessica.
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Southern University head football coach Dawson Odums previewed the homecoming matchup against Alabama A&M.
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Southern head coach Dawson Odums and some of the players previewed this weekend’s home SWAC showdown against Prairie View.
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Southern head coach Dawson Odums and some of his players met with sports journalists Tuesday afternoon to preview this weekend’s SWAC road matchup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
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Southern University will have its first home game of the season against Edward Waters College Saturday, September 14 at 6:00 P.M. in A.W. Mumford Stadium.
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Southern head coach Dawson Odums will preview this weekend's home opener against Edward Waters College on Tuesday.
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LSU travels to Nashville, Tenn. to face Vanderbilt on Saturday, Sept. 21, and it comes with a very early start time.
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LSU remains No. 6 in this week’s Associated Press and Amway Coaches Top 25 Polls after a 55-3 blowout victory against Georgia Southern.
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Southern University head coach Dawson Odums held his first weekly news conference of the year, previewing the Jags season opener against McNesse State.
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The Southern Jaguars will report to fall camp on Wednesday hoping to repeat as SWAC Western Division Champions.
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Kendall Milton has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Georgia.
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The LSU Tigers continue to gain national attention, including the CBS Sports 130 Top 10, released on Monday.
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University Lab’s Jaquelin Roy has verbally committed to LSU.
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The preseason recognition for LSU All-American safety Grant Delpit continued Friday with the most prestigious one yet.
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LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has been named to the preseason Paul Hornung Award watch list, announced on Thursday.
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LSU punter Zach Von Rosenberg is one of 26 players named to the preseason Ray Guy Award watch list, announced on Thursday.
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LSU head coach Will Wade will face his former boss when the Tigers play the Texas Longhorns, led by Shaka Smart.
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LSU safety Grant Delpit, defensive back Kristian Fulton, and linebacker Jacob Phillips have been named to the Nagurski Trophy Watch List.
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LSU will retire the jersey number worn by former basketball All-American Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
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LSU junior safety Grant Delpit has been named to the Sporting News Preseason All-American first-team released on Wednesday.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced the 2019 ESPN football lineup it includes three Jaguar matchups.
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Former LSU starting pitcher Alex Lange has been promoted to the Double-A Tennessee Smokies.
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LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and the Tigers are on quite a recruiting tear, landing the commitment of another talented defensive lineman on Wednesday.
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LSU head coach Ed Orgeron has added another commitment to the talented 2020 recruiting class.
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Former LSU and Catholic High star Austin Nola made his Major League Baseball debut with the Seattle Mariners Sunday against the Oakland A's.
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LSU will play host to Florida State in a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional starting Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.
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The Washington Nationals have picked Todd Peterson in the 7th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
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The Detroit Tigers have picked LSU pitcher Zack Hess in the 7th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.
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No. 1 seed LSU hosts No. 4 seed Stony Brook at Alex Box Stadium in the second game of the Baton Rouge Regional.
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The SEC will field ten teams and host six NCAA regionals this year.
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LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and the football Tigers will play their first three games of the 2019 season under the lights.
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The Arizona State Sun Devils, out of the Pac-12 Conference, are the No. 2 seed in the Baton Rouge Regional.
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The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, out of Conference USA, are the No. 3 seed in the Baton Rouge Regional.
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The Stony Brook Seawolves out of the America East Conference are the No. 4 seed in the Baton Rouge Regional.
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LSU and Alabama have met in primetime since 2011, but the streak looks to be jeopardy after the release of the 2019 CBS SEC schedule.
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LSU and Mississippi State will meet once again on the diamond and this time the loser goes home.
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No. 5 seed LSU lost an extra inning heartbreaker to No. 4 seed Mississippi State early Thursday morning and hours later will face Auburn in an elimination game.
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No. 5 seed LSU beat No. 12 seed South Carolina in the first round of the SEC Tournament and has advanced to play No. 4 seed Mississippi State Wednesday night.
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Former LSU defensive back Greedy Williams has officially signed with the Cleveland Browns.
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Outfielder Antoine Duplantis was named second-team All-SEC, pitcher Cole Henry was named to the freshman All-SEC team and outfielder Zach Watson earned SEC all-defensive team honors.
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No. 5 seed LSU will face No. 12 seed South Carolina in the first round of the SEC Baseball Tournament Tuesday night.
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Watford is the No. 4 ranked power forward and 17th overall prospect in the nation according to 247 Sports.
After a dominating performance on the mound against Auburn, LSU pitcher London Marceaux has been named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week.
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The Tigers (34-22, 17-13) will play South Carolina Tuesday night in the first round of the SEC Tournament.
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The sophomore from Scotlandville High School, finished his first season as a Tiger with with 12 tackles and one pass defended.
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Ricks is the No. 1 defensive back in the country and 10th overall high school prospect for the 2020 recruiting class.
Former LSU wide receiver Dwayne Bowe signed a one-day contract with Kansas City and retired a Chief.
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No. 20 LSU has a lot riding on this week’s SEC series against Auburn.
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Baseball America and D1 Baseball both project a Baton Rouge Regional for the Tigers.
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No. 20 LSU welcomes Auburn to Alex Box Stadium for the last SEC series of the year.
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The highly anticipated matchup between LSU and Texas will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. on ABC on Saturday, Sept. 7, in Austin.
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