The LSU Baseball team heads back to Baton Rouge today after losing to TCU eight to four in an elimination game at the College World Series. LSU had just seven hits as TCU relief pitcher Trey Teakell shut the Tigers down for most of the game and LSU’s bullpen struggled. Austin Bain and Jesse Stallings each gave up multiple runs and starter Zac Person also allowed three runs. Coach Paul Mainieri says they got beat by a better team….
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LSU’s season finishes with a record fo 54-and-12.

It was a bad night all the way around for the LSU football program. Four players were arrested in two separate incidents, including quarterback Anthony Jennings. Police records indicate Jennings and two of his teammates busted into an on-campus apartment to retrieive some items that had been taken from Jennings. The four players arrested have been suspended.

A New Orleans district court judge denies a petition from Tom Benson’s estranged heirs that claimed the 87-year-old is mentally unfit to run his sports teams. Legal analyst Tim Meche says while Benson prevailed in the competency case, he’ll have a tougher time getting a judge to remove Renee Benson and her two children as the future owners of the teams, when it’s already been established in trusts…
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Benson previously announced he was going to leave ownership of the teams to his wife instead of his daughter and grandchildren.

Pelicans guard Eric Gordon has excercised his one-year player option, which means he’ll be back with the team next season. Gordon played in 61 games last season, averaging 13 points and shooting a career-high 45-percent from three-point territory.

ULM’s football season opener against Georgia will kick-off at 11 AM. The SEC has also announced the Ragin Cajuns season opener on September fifth at Kentucky will kick off at 6 PM.