LSU is mourning the loss of Billy Cannon, who passed away peacefully at the age of 80. Cannon is the only Heisman Trophy winner in LSU’s history and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. His magical 89-yard punt return for a touchdown on Halloween night versus Ole Miss is one of the greatest plays in school history. Cannon saw a fall from grace in the 1980s when he was sentenced to five years in prison for leading a counterfeiting scheme. He served two-and-half years and after his release served as the Director of Dentistry at the state prison in Angola.

The LSU baseball team leaves today for the SEC Tournament, where they’ll play Mississippi State tomorrow afternoon in a single elimination game in Hoover, Alabama. The Tigers lost two of three to Auburn this past weekend and they’ll face a Bulldog team that just swept number one ranked Florida.

Grambling State was thumped by Alabama State 18-3 yesterday in the SWAC Tournament Championship game.

The Ragin Cajuns are the number two seed in the Sun Belt Tournament and they’ll play Wednesday night at Russo Park in Lafayette. Louisiana Tech is the number two seed in the Conference USA Touranent and the Bulldogs will play Rice on Wednesday afternoon in Biloxi.

At the Southland Tournament on Wednday, Northwestern State will play McNeese, Southeastern will take on Nicholls.

The LSU softball team advances to the Super Regionals after beating UL Lafayette 3-1 in a winner take all regional championship game.

Ohio State graduate transfer quarterback Joe Burrow has announced he’s LSU bound. Burrow who visited the campus recently made his decision on Friday and he’ll compete with three other quarterbacks to be the starter this fall. Matt Mascona, the host of After Further Review on ESPN Baton Rouge Radio, says Burrow has a skill set the other Q-Bs on LSU’s roster do not have…
cut 16 (17) “…very raw”