It’s official.  One of the top high school prospects in the nation has committed to LSU.  Parkway High School standout wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. shed a few tears as he donned the purple and gold baseball cap.  With Marshall, LSU should have a top ten recruiting class this spring.  Alabama, Florida State, Texas and Texas A&M were the other schools Marshall considered.

The Saints can qualify for a playoff spot with a win against Atlanta or a Carolina loss this weekend.  Wideout Michael Thomas is having a stellar year, catching 94 passes for nearly 11-hundred yards.  He’s on course for catching 109 passes for the season.  Quarterback Drew Brees says he’s never seen an athlete do what last year’s second round pickup is able to accomplish on the field…

CUT 18 (08) “do that.”

The game kicks off Sunday at 12 noon on FOX.

The Pelicans have a chance to snap their two-game losing streak tonight when they visit the Orlando Magic. New Orleans lost to the Magic earlier this season 115 to 99. Orlando is currently on a six-game losing streak and they have the third worst record in the Eastern Conference.

The LSU basketball team hosts North Florida tonight at the PMAC. U-N-F will start four sophomores and a freshman tonight as they bring a 5-and-9 record to the PMAC. The 7-and-3 Tigers are coming off a 22-point win over Sam Houston State.

Funeral servies are today for Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer Charlie Hennigan, who still holds two NFL receiving records. Hennigan starred for the Houston Oilers in the 1960s after a standout career at Northwestern State, where he excelled in both football and track. He still holds NFL records with three games of at least 200 yards receiving in a season and he also had seven straight games of at least 100 yards receiving in 1961.