{
  "id": 8147198,
  "title": "LSU football news: Insider isn't buying Lane Kiffin's 'chicanery' with Sam Leavitt injury report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/lsu-football-news-insider-isnt-buying-lane-kiffins-chicanery-with-sam",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T01:50:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lsu-football-news-insider-isnt-015045701.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LSU football quarterback Sam Leavitt was marked as \"doubtful\" to play in the upcoming game against Ole Miss. However, LSU's prominent college football insider, Pete Thamel from ESPN, is skeptical of the update. Thamel pointed out that Lane Kiffin, Leavitt's new coach at LSU, has a history of manipulating injury reports. Thamel asserted that he believes this situation may be \"chicanery\" and that Leavitt will likely start the game.",
  "summary": "LSU football placed quarterback Sam Leavitt as “doubtful” ahead of the Ole Miss showdown. Yet the Rebels aren’t buying the update via Lane Kiffin. And neither is one prominent college football insider. Leavitt’s health rose as the second-biggest topic next to Kiffin’s return ahead of the SEC showdown in Oxford. But college football insider for ESPN […] The post LSU football news: Insider isn't…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Academy Award winner named ESPN’s College GameDay’s guest picker ahead of Ole Miss-LSU",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/academy-award-winner-named-espns-college-gamedays-guest-picker-ahead",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:53:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Ole Miss Has Strict Rule Ahead of Lane Kiffin's Return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ole-miss-has-strict-rule-ahead-of-lane-kiffins-return",
        "published": "2026-09-18T00:05:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}