Rookie minicamp begins today for the Saints. New Orleans has two-dozen rookies that will participate in five practices over a three-day period. In last year’s rookie minicamp, cornerback Delvin Breaux and wide receiver Willie Snead turned enough heads that they ended up playing significant roles on the 2015 team.

CBS-sports-dot-com says LSU running back Leonard Fournette and his family have paid for two ten-million dollar insurance policies in the event he suffers a career-ending injury during his junior season with the Tigers. The story goes on to say premiums for these polices cost about eight-thousand dollars for every one-million dollars of coverage.

At the state baseball tournament in Sulphur….West Ouachita and Teurlings Catholic advance to the Class Four-A state championship game. Fairview, Grace Christian, Claiborne Christian and Downsville were also winners. Today, it’s the Five-A semifinals…Acadiana faces Byrd and two-time defending champ Barbe takes on Catholic High.

The LSU baseball team begins a three-game series against Tennessee tonight. The Tigers are in fourth place in the SEC West with a 14-10 league record, while the Volunteers are in last place in the East, with a 7-and-17 mark. First pitch is at 5 PM.

UL Lafayette is at South Alabama in a battle of leaders in the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin Cajuns are three games back of the Jaguars. The two teams lead the league in pitching and UL Lafayette Coach Tony Robichaux says South Al is a pesky team at the plate….
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Louisiana Tech also has a big series this weekend. The Bulldogs are in Hattiesburg to take on 16th ranked Southern Miss.