Sad news to report involving LSU’s live mascot, Mike the Sixth. The ten-year-old Tiger has a rare form of cancer. If left untreated, he’ll only have one to two months to live. But with treatment that includes radiation, Mike could live another year or two. His doctors believe Mike is not in any pain at this time.

Tomorrow at the NFL league meetings in Charlotte, New Orleans officials will present a bid for the Crescent City to host the Super Bowl in 2019. President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Jay Cicero, says they’ve worked hard with the Saints to improve their proposal after losing the 2018 Super Bowl to Minneapolis…
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Atlanta, Miami and Tampa Bay are the other contenders for the 2019 Super Bowl.

And the Saints have anounced they’ve signed veteran free-agent wide receiver Vincent Brown. The former Charger and Raider has only caught 13 passes the last two seasons.

The LSU baseball team is on its way to Hoover, Alabama, where they’ll play Tennessee tomorrow night in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. It’s the first time LSU will have to play in the opening round of the SEC Tournament since it expanded in 2012. LSU has won the SEC Tournament five times under Coach Paul Mainieri and admits it will be more difficult this year, because they have to play on Tuesday….
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If the Tigers lose on Tuesday they are eliminated and then wait to see if they’ll host an NCAA regional.

After sweeping Rice, Louisiana Tech will have to play the Owls for a fourth straight time on Wednesday morning as the two teams will meet in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with 37 wins, the most since 1989.