If the rain stays away, second ranked LSU will begin its baseball season tonight by hosting Air Force. The Tigers best power hitter will be in the line-up, even though he had surgery on Sunday to fix a fractured cheekbone after taking a pitch to his face. Greg Deichmann says he’s good to go, despite missing a few days of practice this week…
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Deichmann will bat fourth and play right field.

Other games tonight, the Cajuns are at Southeastern and Louisiana Tech hosts Arkansas Pine-Bluff.

Tomorrow in college basketball…Louisiana Tech hosts FIU at 6 PM. The Dunkin Dogs is looking for 5th straight win. While LSU look will look to avoid its 13th straight loss when they visit Alabama at 2:30. The Crimson Tide beat the Tigers earlier this season in the PMAC.

Parkway High School in Bossier City has fired David Feaster as head football coach, after telling a radio station Alabama coaches are not allowed on campus to recruit players. The school’s principal did not like that Feaster was making rules for the school. KTBS TV Sports Director Tatum Everett says Feaster’s firing comes as a shock….
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Feaster claims the ban was in place for the last four years, after he believed unethical tactics were used to recruit quarterback Brandon Harris.

It’s the NBA All-Star game weekend in New Orleans. President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation Jay Cicero says the festivities start today:
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Tonight, Pelicans rookie Buddy Hield plays in the Rising Stars Challenge .