16:45 LRN Sportscast February 5

Former Louisiana high school football coach and ex-ULM quarterback Doug Pederson is a Super Bowl champion after guiding the Eagles to an upset win over the Patriots. Philadelphia was not given much of a chance at winning, but Pederson kept the faith.
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Pederson becomes just the eighth coach to win a Super Bowl within his first two years on the job.

Former LSU star Odell Beckham and New Orleans native Eli Manning showed off their dance moves during NFL Super Bowl ad that has received a lot of good reviews. Nelson Stewart, O-B-J’s former coach at Newman High School, says Beckham once danced his way out of a penalty…
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The Pelicans are home tonight to face a Utah Jazz team that’s won five games in a row. New Orleans hopes to see Nikola Mirotic can make a nice first impression in front of the home fans. It will be Mirotic’s first game in a Pelicans uniform at the Smoothie King Center. He had 18 points and 12 rebounds in a road loss to Minnesota on Saturday.

Tonight in the SWAC, Grambling puts its seven game winning streak on the line as they host Alcorn State. Southern is at Jackson State

The season opener for the LSU baseball team is approaching. The Tigers will have a new starting catcher, former Barbe star Hunter Feduccia. LSU hitting coach Sean Ochinko says they know Feduccia can play outstanding defense, they also expect him to hit at a high level too….
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The season opener is February 16th at home against Notre Dame.