Former New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper is scheduled for arraignment today in federal court and tomorrow in state court. The 39-year-old is accused of drugging and raping women in four states and struck a “global” plea deal to resolve all of the charges where he’s been indicted. Legal analyst Chick Foret says the end results of both hearings this week will be guilty pleas…:

cut 10 (12) “serve his time”

It’s been reported that Sharper will get 20 years in Louisiana, but will serve just nine under the multi state deal.

In the NBA, Oklahoma City fell to the Houston Rockets last night 115-12. The Thunder have lost four of their last five, while the Pelicans have won four of their last five. The Pels are now just a half game behind the Thunder for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Pelicans host Golden State tomorrow night.

The third-ranked LSU Tigers completed a wild weekend sweep of Alabama over the weekend as two of the three games went into extra innings. It’s LSU’s first road sweep of the Crimson Tide since 2001. The Tigers improve to 27-5 and will host UNO tomorrow night.

Speaking of the Privateers, they will be coming to The Box after dropping three straight to McNeese State. The Cowboys hit the road to take on ULM Tuesday night.

Elsewhere in the Southland, Nicholls sweeps Incarnate Word and Southeastern took two of three against Northwestern State. Southeastern remains atop the Southland Conference standings. The Colonels will next face Tulane on Tuesday while Southeastern hosts South Alabama. Wednesday, Northwestern travels to Baton Rouge to face LSU.

In the Sun Belt, UL-Lafayette dropped two out of three against Geogia Southern and ULM sweeps Texas-Arlington. The Cajuns look to bounce back when they host Houston tomorrow.

And Louisiana Tech dropped their weekend series against Conference USA foe, Western Kentucky.