LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri announced today the Tigers will open the 2019 season by hosting ULM on February 15th as part of a military appreciation weekend at Alex Box Stadium. Mainieri says the Tigers will also play Army and the Air Force that weekend. But Tulane is not on the schedule for 2019. Coach Paul Mainieri says after 12 years, he felt it was time to treat Tulane like the other in-state schools and only play on their campus every five or six years, if they play at Alex Box Stadium every year…
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Mainieri says it’s his hope LSU and Tulane will play each other every season in the Wally Pontiff Junior Classic in Metairie starting with the 2020 season.

UL Lafayette Coach Billy Napier made his first apperance at Sun Belt Media Day today as he spoke with reporters in New Orleans about the upcoming season. Napier has yet to name a starting quarterback for 2018, but says the Cajuns go into the season with two signal callers that can play winning footballl…
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Napier says they are not yet close to making a decision on who the starter will be for the season opener against Grambling on September first.

LSU’s Greedy Williams and Louisiana Tech’s Amik Robertson have been named to the Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch list, which every year goes to the best defensive back in college football.

In the NBA…Memphis has reportedly traded former LSU standout Jarrell Martin to Orlando for Dakari Johnson.