| The fastest woman in the world is an LSU Tiger. Former LSU sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson completed her memorable comeback story with a memorable comeback win Monday in the women's 100-meter dash at the World Track and Field Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Richardson, who two years ago was left off the U.S. Olympic team for Tokyo because of a positive marijuana test and didn't make it to worlds last year because of an injury, stormed from the outside right lane to beat Jamaicans Shericka Jackson and five-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with a time of 10.65 seconds, a world championships record. The 23-year old Dallas native served notice that her brilliance may just be beginning. "I'm not back," she said. "I'm better." Save this date: Aug. 3, 2024. That's the date of the women's 100 final at the Paris Olympics. Richardson will of course have to get through the U.S. Olympic trials, but as of now she has to be considered a strong favorite. Our week-long series of stories on the changing landscape of SEC football continues with a look at the end of divisional play this season after 31 years. With the addition of Texas and Oklahoma in 2024, the SEC will have a single column of 16 teams, with the top two still reaching the SEC Championship Game. Speaking of that, here's a look back at the five best SEC title games since 1992. Baseball was also on the plate Monday (Baseball ... plate? I'll show myself out) as coach Jay Johnson introduced new members of his staff to the media at Alex Box Stadium. He also named the player who will be wearing the coveted No. 8 during the 2024 season as the Tigers make another run at a College World Series title. Finally, Monday marked 13 days until LSU's football opener against Florida State on Sept. 3 in Orlando. So our countdown from my "LSU By The Numbers" book continues with a look back at LSU's best No. 13 ... sorry, kids. You're just going to have to click on that one to find out as well. Finally, finally, something of a personal nature. Tuesday is the last day at Club Advocate/T-P for our Leah Vann, our football and main baseball writer. After many, many deadlines covering two baseball seasons and most of two football campaigns at LSU, Leah is heading home to Texas to work for a startup website covering Texas athletics. Fortunately, with the Longhorns joining the SEC next year, that means our paths will cross aplenty. But we will miss her passion and her great storytelling ability. Our loss is definitely Texas' gain. It's the circle of journalism life, I suppose, as we just added a fine young writer named Reed Darcey to be our women's basketball beat writer. We now have another opening to fill and rest assured we will. Until next time, Scott Rabalais | 