LSU’s Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes are named SEC Hitter and Pitcher of the Year in a vote of the league’s coaches. Skenes has been dominant, winning a league-high 10 games, striking out an SEC-high 164 hitters and posting a league-low ERA of 1.77
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For the second consecutive season, Crews is named SEC Hitter of the Year. The junior from Florida leads the SEC with a .424 batting average. He’s also belted 14 home runs.

Eleven game winner Grant Rogers has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Year for a second consecutive year. Rogers will make the start tonight for McNeese when the Cowboys take on Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi in the Southland Tournament opener.

Offseason training activities also known as OTAs begins today for the Saints. It’s basically ten practices over a three week period. New starting quarterback Derek Carr is expected to be there and we’ll see when new tight end Foster Moreau will take the field after his Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnoses in March.

The NFL owners are meeting in Minnesota and approving new rules. NFL teams can dress a third string quarterback and he’ll be on the active roster. The ball will be placed on the 25-yard-line, instead of the 20-yard-line, following touchbacks and fair catches on kickoffs. San Francisco will host Super Bowl 60 in 2026. Flex scheduling will be allowed for Thursday night games for Weeks 13 and 17.

The schedule is set for U-L Lafayette’s super regional series in Seattle against Washington. Game one between the Cajuns and Huskies will take place Friday night at 9 PM central time. Game two is Saturday at 6 PM and Sunday is to be determined if a third game is needed.