The LSU baseball team’s season ended last night with an 8-to-4 loss to TCU in the College World Series. The Tigers got off to a good start, by scoring a run in the 1st inning, but the Horned Frogs scored three runs in the 2nd inning and three more in the 5th and it was just too much to overcome. Coach Paul Mainieri says it’s tough to see a talented team not reach its ultimate goal…

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The Tigers end their season with a 54-12 record.

Game times have been set for LSU’s first two football games of the season. The Tigers season opener against McNeese State will kick-off at 6:30 on September fifth on the SEC Network. LSU’s SEC opener at Mississippi State on September 12th will kick-off at 8:15.

Four LSU football players have been suspended after being arrested Thursday. Quarterback Anthony Jennings, cornerback Dwayne Thomas, and defensive lineman Maquedius Bain were booked on unauthorized entry into an inhabited dwelling charge. Authorities say the three claim they were trying to retrieve items previously stolen from Jennings. Defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao is charged with simple battery and simple robbery stemming from an incident at a local bar. Team officials say the two incidents are not connected.

A district court judge in New Orleans denies a petition from the estranged heirs of Saints and Pelicans Owner Tom Benson that claimed the 87-year-old is mentally unfit to run his professional sports teams. Legal analyst Tim Meche says a bigger legal challenge for Benson is whether he can change a trust fund set up for his daughter and her children to take over as owners of the teams….

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He says that case will be decided in Texas.