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==Shreveport Sports==

==Shreveport Sports==

In the 1990s, Shreveport had a professional football team, the Shreveport Pirates, from the [[Canadian Football League]]. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, had folded by 1996. Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but they instead played at [[San Antonio]] and at LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Saints would play the Dallas Cowboys in Shrveport during the 2006 NFL preseason.

In the 1990s, Shreveport had a professional football team, the Shreveport Pirates, from the [[Canadian Football League]]. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, had folded by 1996. Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but they instead played at [[San Antonio]] and at LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Saints would play the Dallas Cowboys in Shreveport during the 2006 NFL preseason.

The city hosts a minor college bowl game in December of each year, featuring lower-ranked teams.

The city hosts a minor college bowl game in December of each year, featuring lower-ranked teams.

Shreveport is the home of the [[Louisiana State Exhibit Museum]].

Shreveport is the home of the [[Louisiana State Exhibit Museum]] and the [[R. W. Norton Art Gallery]].

==Notable people==

==Notable people==

*[[Dale Thorn]], journalist and academic; press secretary for Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]

*[[Dale Thorn]], journalist and academic; press secretary for Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]

*[[Ned Touchstone]], newspaper publisher associated with the "Radical Right" of the 1960s

*[[Ned Touchstone]], newspaper publisher associated with the "Radical Right" of the 1960s

*[[Robert Waddell|Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell, Sr.]], former state representative and current Caddo Parish district judge

*[[Robert Waddell|Robert Paul "Bobby" Waddell, Sr.]], former state representative and Caddo Parish district judge

*[[Dayton Waller]], businessman and former stat representative  

*[[Dayton Waller]], businessman and former state representative  

*[[Loy Weaver]], former Shreveport businessman and state representative for Claiborne and Union parishes, 1976-1984  

*[[Loy Weaver]], former Shreveport businessman and state representative for Claiborne and Union parishes, 1976-1984  

*[[Randall Webb]], former president of Northwestern State University

*[[Randall Webb]], former president of Northwestern State University