The NFL Network’s Jane Slater is reporting Saints quarterback Derek Carr is hoping to avoid surgery on his injured shoulder. Slater adds that Carr has been to New Orleans twice in recent weeks to meet with Saints doctors. Slater says there’s no timeline on a decision, but a decision is expected sooner rather than later. Carr is 34-years-old and missed seven games last year because of his injuries.

Edna Karr football star and LSU commitment Richard Anderson is ranked as the top defensive lineman in the country according to ON3. Anderson had six tackles for a loss in Karr’s Division one select state championship game victory over Alexandria Senior High.

Last night’s LSU-Grambling State baseball game was cancelled last night because of rain. There are no plans to make it up. According to D-1 baseball’s NCAA Tournament projections, LSU is a number four national seed.

LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon was a guest on Tiger Rag Radio last night and talked about his latest signee, Ron Zipper, who has played professionally in Israel…

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LSU softball will face Mississippi State this morning in the SEC Tournament. Coach Beth Tornia’s squad went 12 and 12 in the SEC regular season…

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Louisiana Tech is a four-seed in the Conference USA Tournament and they will play New Mexico State today in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

ULM’s Molly Fichtner named coach of the year in the Sun Belt. The Warhawks are 34-21 heading into tomorrow’s conference tournament. They’ll play Georgia Southern, while the Cajuns have App State tomorrow morning.