Stan Van Gundy is out after one season as head coach of the Pelicans. Van Gundy failed to lead Zion Williamson and the Pels to the playoffs this past season. The team’s Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin says they recognized that Van Gundy was not the fit they thought when he was hired….
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Locked on Pelicans podcast host Jake Madison says a former Louisiana Tech women’s basketball star is a potential candidate to replace Van Gundy…
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If Weatherspoon gets the job, she’ll become the first woman head coach in a major American sport.

U-L Lafayette’s football stadium has a new name. It’s now called Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium. It’s the result of a 15-year, 15-million dollar naming rights deal between the school and the regional medical center based in Lafayette. The 15-million dollars will help pay for renovations at the 50-year-old stadium that will include a full-service nutrition center for all U-L athletes.

450-million dollars worth in renovations are ongoing at the Superdome. Those renovations include 12 new field-level suites being built behind the north end of the stadium. Each of the suites can hold 20 to 24 people and they are expected to be ready for the team’s preseason opener on August 23rd against the Jaguars.

The NFL and its players’ association have agreed on new COVID-19 protocols for training camp and preseason games. If a player is not vaccinated, they will have test for COVID every day, remain socially distanced from others at the club’s facility, travel separately from vaccinated players, and not allowed to leave the team hotel to eat in restaurants.