Guess where LSU Coach Les Miles is today? With spring break underway on the LSU campus and no spring practice, he’s in Cuba and according to former LSU baseball star Mikie Mahtook he’ll watch the Tampa Bay Rays take on the Cuban national team. According to LSU, Miles will also visit some school and hand out soccer balls and a few footballs.
LSU faces off with UL Lafayette tonight in the Wally Pontiff Classic at Zephyr Field in Metairie. Tigers Coach Paul Mainieri says he’ll use a lot of different pitchers, but six-foot-five freshman right-hander Cole McKay (Mc-kie) will make his first start. Mainieri says they want to see what McKay’s got, after getting some instruction from pitching coach Alan Dunn…
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UL Lafayette will counter with sophomore right-hander Evan Guillory, who is 1-2 with a 2.95 ERA.
Pelicans star Anthony Davis will spend the next four to five months recovering from surgeries to his knee and shoulder. The 23-year-old says with the team out of playoff contention, now is the time to take care of these issues in the hopes it prolongs his career…
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The Pelicans are in action tonight as they host the Miami Heat, who are battling for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference.
Former NFL star and member of the Saints Super Bowl team, Darren Sharper, has reportedly pleaded guilty again to charges that he drugged and rapped women in four states. This time he’ll leave the length of his sentence up to a federal judge. Last month, US District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, rejected a nine-year sentence for Sharper and said his sentence should range from 15 to 20 years.