Four NFL playoff games for Louisiana sports fans to watch this weekend. In the final game of the weekend, former Haughton star Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys host the Green Bay Packers. Dallas beat Green Bay 30-16 back on October 16th. Prescott threw three touchdowns in that game and hopes to use that experience to benefit him on Sunday…
cut 20 (09) “…as a team”
The Packers will not have star wide receiver Jordy Nelson. He’s been ruled out, after taking a hard hit to the ribs in last Sunday’s playoff win over the Giants.

The Pelicans did not have Anthony Davis last night, but they still beat the Brooklyn Nets 104-95. Tyreke Evans stepped up and scored a season-high 29 points and Terrence Jones had a double-double 24 points and 12 rebounds. New Orleans faces the Chicago Bulls Saturday in the Windy City.

Louisiana Tech started a two-game road trip by beating Charlotte 79-73 last night. The Bulldogs are 3-1 in Conference USA and they’ll be at Old Dominion on Saturday.

UNO suffered its first Southland defeat as the Privateers lost to Sam Houston 70-68. Northwestern State knocked off Nicholls State 86 to 81 thanks to Sabri Thompson’s 38 points and Southeastern Louisiana rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat Abilene Christian 56-50. The Lions are 3-2 in league play.

Racing will continue at the New Orleans Fair Grounds this weekend, even though the entire track is under a quarantine in an effort to stop the spread of an equine herpes virus. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says horses in barns not exposed can keep racing, while exposed horses under quarantine are monitored for at least two weeks…
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A two-year-old thoroughbred gelding was humanely eutanized right after Christmas, because of the virus.