6:45 LRN Sportscast

Former Cowboys and Packers head coach Mike McCarthy has withdrawn his name from consideration as the next head coach of the Saints. Reports surfaced yesterday that negotiations between McCarthy and the Saints were not going well. Washington offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury has also told the Saints he’s not interested in their head coaching vacancy.

Sports Illustrated’s Bob Rose says Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has emerged as the favorite to be the Saints next head coach. Team officials flew up to Philadelphia to interview Moore on Monday. Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi have also conducted in person interviews with the Saints.

Former Miami defensive coordinator Lance Guidry is reportedly joining Brian Kelly’s staff at LSU as an analyst. Guidry is an alumnus of McNeese and he’s from Welsh. Guidry was the head coach at McNeese from 2016 to 2018 and he served as defensive coordinator at Marshall, Southeastern Louisiana and Western Kentucky.

LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green is now helping the LSU men’s basketball team. Green appeared in his first game last Saturday and had three rebounds in eight minutes. He also blocked a shot and then went coast to coast with the basketball, finishing the playoff with a dunk. Coach Matt McMahon says it was a nice debut for Green, who was a standout high school basketball player at East Feliciana…

Cut 18 (18)   “…offensive glass.”

We’ll see how Green performs tonight. The Tigers host top ranked Auburn at 6 PM.

Former LSU star Paul Skenes is on the cover of the MLB The Show 25 video game that will the market on March 18. Skenes was las year’s NL Rookie of the Year and he’s sharing the cover with two other young stars, Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson and Reds shortstop Elly Del La Cruz.