4:45 LRN Sportscast

The top-ranked LSU Baseball team will host 12th-ranked Kentucky in a 3-game series starting tonight. The Wildcats are much improved from last season with a 9-3 conference record. LSU Coach Jay Johnson credits their success to a top-ten transfer class and selfless play…
Cut 16 (19) “…very successfully.”
Kentucky likes playing small ball, they lead the SEC with 30 sacrifice bunts and they’ve stolen a league high 57 bases.

In college baseball last night, ULM upended La Tech eight to five, Southeastern Louisiana edged the Cajuns five to four and McNeese rallied in the ninth to beat Rice seven to six.

LSU men’s basketball announces Baton Rouge area natives Jalen Cook from Tulane and Jordan Wright from Vanderbilt have transferred to LSU.

The Pelicans season ended last night with a loss to Oklahoma City. When January started, New Orleans was one of the top teams in the league, but injuries derailed them. CJ McCollum played much of the season with thumb and shoulder injuries, and says staying healthy next year will be key…
Cut 4 (11) “ going to take.”
McCollum says he’s getting surgery on this thumb and may need shoulder surgery as well.

Two weeks from tonight is the first round of the NFL draft. Could New Orleans use that pick on a quarterback. Ross Jackson, host of Locked on Saints podcast, says with the signing of Derek Carr, the Black and Gold will likely not take a Q-B in the first round…
cut 20 (18) “….another weapon”