LSU claimed the Baton Rouge Regional title with a late night 10-6 win over Little Rock to advance to Super Regionals. The Trojans quieted the crowd at Alex Box stadium early with a five run second inning, but the Tigers battled back to a 7-6 lead in the top of the ninth. With the lead off man aboard and no outs first baseman Jared Jones hammered a two-run shot to center field to take a three-run lead. Coach Jay Johnson was animated in the dugout…
Cut 19 (18) “…play of the game.”
Prior to last night’s game Jones had just two hits in five games this postseason and hadn’t homered since May 17th in the regular season finale against South Carolina. The Tigers will host a Super Regional versus West Virginia with game one set for 1 p.m. Saturday
Super Bowl 59 generated $1.25 billion for Louisiana. New Orleans and Miami are tied for the most Super Bowls hosted at 11 each, but before this year it had been 12 years since the big game made its way back to the Big Easy. Saints owner Gayle Benson says work is already underway to make sure fans don’t have to wait that long again…
Cut 14 (14) “…than New Orleans.”
Super Bowl 65 in 2031 has been identified as the primary target for the record 12th appearance.
New Orleans is also seeking to attract the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV golf league with a proposed $7 million incentive package to attract the league. $2.2 of that package would go towards improving City Park’s Bayou Oaks golf course to host the tournament as soon as next summer. Officials estimate LIV could generate about $60 million in activity and is unlikely to hurt the city’s iconic Zurich Classic held at the end of April each year.