The Saints are in Arizona tonight to face the Cardinals in a match-up of two teams with identical records at two and four. The Black and Gold only had a few days to prepare for this game as coach Dennis Allen says practices this week have been mostly walk-throughs…
Cut 14 (11) “…being prepared.”
The Saints have ruled out the following players for tonight’s game, wide receivers Jarvis Landry and Michael Thomas, plus tight end Adam Trautman, offensive guard Andrus Peat and cornerback Marshon Lattimore.

Andy Dalton is expected to make his fourth straight start at quarterback as Jameis Winston is still not fully healthy from back and ankle injuries.

LSU Football Coach Brian Kelly says wide receiver Jack Bech is practicing this week after leaving the Florida game with a back injury. Running back Armoni Goodwin is also practicing and could play this Saturday against Ole Miss.

Zion Williamson’s return to the court was a big success last night in Brooklyn as New Orleans won their season opener, cutting down the Nets 130 to 108 at the Barclays Center. In his first game in more than 17 months, Williamson had 25 points….
cut 21 (06) “…breath of fresh air”
The Pels put this game out of reach in the third quarter when they outscored Brooklyn 40-28. New Orleans will look to start to 2-0 for the first time since 2018 when they visit Charlotte on Friday night.

LSU men’s basketball is picked to finish eighth in the SEC Men’s preseason poll which was released by the conference yesterday.

Former LSU star Aaron Nola gave up six runs in 4.2 innings and suffered the loss as the Padres erupted for five runs in the fifth inning to beat the Phillies eight to five. The win for San Diego evens the N-L-C-S at one game a piece. Austin Nola had an RBI single off his little brother in that five run fifth.