The Saints have reportedly released cornerback Janoris Jenkins. That’s according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter who says the move will save the team seven million dollars. The news of Jenkins’s release comes on the heels of the team cutting Emmanuel Sanders and Kwon Alexander this week. New Orleans is still an estimated 22-million dollars above the salary cap.

A former LSU tennis player who was allegedly raped by former running back Derius Guice spoke to lawmakers yesterday about how the school failed to take her claim seriously. Abby Owens said her Dad told tennis coach Julia Sell what happened, but Owens said Sell called her a liar and when the incident was reported to Associate A-D Miriam Seger it was never investigated.
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Guice is facing domestic violence charges in Virginia. He denies any wrongdoing while at LSU.

The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team will face Florida Atlantic in a Conference USA Tournament quarterfinal match-up tonight. Tech is the number one West seed and needs to win three games to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Coach Eric Konkol says his team will not worry abut the added pressure…
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Tip-off is at 8:30.

Tonight, Northwestern State will face UNO in a quarterfinal matchup in the Southland Tournament. The Privateers have won six of their last seven.

Southern and Grambling meet in a SWAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup at 8:30 in Birmingham. The teams split the regular-season series at one win apiece.

The Pelicans return from the All-Star Break tonight to host the Timberwolves. It was a year ago today when the NBA halted its season.