Kent Lowe
Episode 180
11 JULY 2022
The Senior Associate Sports Communications Director at Louisiana State University, serving as the primary media contact for the men’s basketball team and assisting in the overall Sports Communications office in other sports as needed. He is about to celebrate 34 years as a member of the LSU Sports Communications staff and has also written an award-winning bowling column for The (Baton Rouge) Advocate for more than 25 years. In 2018 he was inducted into the Louisiana State Bowling Association Hall of Fame for his service to the sport. Prior to working at LSU, he had served as the publicity director for Louisiana Downs racetrack. He is also a past president of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
Notable guest quotes:
“My parents, all Catholic… married in the Catholic church and, of course, certainly I was very involved with the Catholic church at what is now the cathedral… But, certainly involved with the Catholic church for… all my life, really.”
“I went to St. John Berchmans, which was the parish and the grade school there and then right next door was Jesuit High School. It’s now… Loyola High School, but it was a Jesuit high school when I attended.”
“I think of the most passionate LSU fans who go to my church… You’ll see ‘em every Sunday there with their purple and gold and that’s perfectly fine but I think you do have to realize that… these are just… young people playing a sport they love. And you need to root for ‘em all you can but you don’t need to criticize ‘em. You need to support them in every way you can.”
“It’s always great when you see, after football games, you always see… a group of players, usually from both teams, kneeling at midfield after the game and just saying a quick prayer.”
“There are little things here and there you see along the way that shows you that there is a spiritual presence here at times.”
“There are those moments you see that kinda make you realize that there’s more to it than just winning the game.”
“She’s very focused on not only athletics but her spiritual life. She always would point to the heavens at the end of a game, and that type of thing. And that team was very spiritual in many ways. They’d had Bible study and things like that.”
“The other thing that was also fascinating… was the racetrack chaplaincy program at Louisiana Downs at that time was outstanding.”
“The (race) track also made sure that on Saturdays there was a Catholic Mass before the races started, for those who wanted to attend.”
“I’m a lector… have been for years, love doing it. I feel it’s something I’m good at.”
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