| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
No football: The state’s high school athletic ruling body has told a New Orleans high school that cannot field a football team for the coming season and that its basketball team will be ineligible for the playoffs. Why? Sportswriter Christopher Dabe has the story. Big news from the WWII Museum: Today's 79th anniversary of D-Day seems a fitting backdrop for the National World War II Museum's announcement of the opening date for its $46.2 million Liberation Pavilion. Business writer Tony McAuley has all the details. A bright light: There seemed to be very few things that Belle Adelman-Cannon couldn’t do well. Now, family and a host of friends are mourning the death of the 17-year-old Ben Franklin High School student who was hit by a bus over the weekend, Missy Wilkinson reports. Shut out! For the second year in a row, New Orleans, one of the world’s great food cities, was shut out of the James Beard Awards. Huh? Ian McNulty explains. For even more food and drink coverage, please sign up for our Where NOLA Eats newsletter. Thanks for taking a break with us today. And please consider subscribing to The Times-Picayune with this great deal on digital access. Be sure to mention my name! Bob | 