Jeff Duncan who covers the Saints for NOLA-dot-com and Fox 8 Television says it’s a matter of when not if that the Black and Gold will release Michael Thomas. He expects the move to go down prior to the start of the new league calendar, which begins on March 13th. Thomas was the NFL’s offensive player of the year in 2019, but since that time he’s only caught 95 passes over the last four seasons.

In a salary cap move, the Bills have released former LSU Tiger and Shreveport native Tre’Davious White. The move will save Buffalo ten-million dollars against the salary cap. White is a two-time Pro Bowl cornerback but suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in week four of last season.

IN the high school boys basketball playoffs yesterday….Crescent City, Liberty, St. Thomas More and Wossman and Iowa advanced to state championship games. Tonight Division One-select semis….Natchitoches Central versus Ruston and Ponchatoula against New Iberia.

Thrilling win for the 2nd ranked Tigers baseball team last night in Hammond. LSU scored three runs in the ninth to beat Southeastern Louisiana four to three. Rosepine’s Ethan Frey had an RBI double and Paxton Kling followed that up with a two-run double…
cut 19 (06) “….job done”

Also, Louisiana Tech its first loss of the season as the Musketeers defeated the Bulldogs six to four last night. The Ragin Cajuns blanked Northwestern State three to nothing last night.

Big basketball game in Ruston tonight as the Louisiana Tech men’s team hosts Sam Houston. The two teams are tied for first place in Conference USA. The Bulldogs lost to the Bearkats earlier this season, but Tech Coach Talvin Hester remembers his team’s preparation was not great…
Cut 16 (15) “…play well.”
Sam Houston beat La Tech 81-77 in Huntsville on January sixth.