4:45 LRN Sportscast

The Saints 2020 schedule will be released at 6:30 tonight, but there have already been some leaks. If everything goes right, New Orleans will open the 16-game regular-season schedule in Tampa against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers for a late afternoon Sunday kick-off. The following week, the Saints will travel to Las Vegas to face the Raiders in the first-ever game inside the new Allegiant Stadium. The Black and Gold have faced the Falcons the last two years on Thanksgiving Day. This year New Orleans will reportedly host Minnesota on Christmas Day, which falls on a Friday this year. The official schedule comes out at 6:30.

LSU basketball announced today they will face South Florida in Atlanta on December 12th. The neutral-site game will be part of a quadruple-header that will also include Clemson versus Alabama, Mississippi State against Dayton, and Auburn versus Memphis. Organizers are calling it a Holiday Hoopsgiving and it will also include a high school showcase and charitable events.

Turner Sports announced today that the golf match involving Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson, along with Peyton Manning and Tom Brady will result in a ten-million-dollar donation to coronavirus relief efforts. The round of golf will take place on May 24th at the Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida. Woods’ will be Manning’s golf partner and face a team featuring Mickelson and Brady.

ESPN reports that Commissioner Adam Silver and NBA Players Association executive director Michele Roberts will host a call for all players tomorrow. That’s the same day some teams will be allowed to reopen practice facilities, where a handful of players at a time are allowed to work out as long as they socially distance from each other. Sources say the call will allow players to address any concerns or ask questions.

And Major League Baseball is expected to offer its players’ association a return to play proposal within a week. A second spring training will reportedly start in mid-June and an 80 to 100-game season could start in early July.