Reggie Bush and Marques Colston were drafted in the same class and now they’ll enter the Saints Hall of Fame together. The two important cogs of the 2009 Super Bowl team will be inducted in October. Both Bush and Colston were drafted in 2006, a draft class instrumental in the Saints winning the Super Bowl. Bush was the second overall pick, while Colston was drafted in the seventh round. Colston says that speaks volumes on how the organiziation evaulates players…
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Former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco will receive the Fleur de Lis award for her contributions to the Saints organization. Blanco was instrumental in getting the Saints back to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina by pushing to repair the Superdome…
Cut 11 (10) “…going to dispair.”

Two more LSU Tigers were drafted on the final day of the Major League Baseball draft. LSU’s all-time hits leader Antoine Duplantis went to the New York Mets in the 12th round. Earlier in the draft, the Mets also took Jake Mangum who is the all-time SEC hits leader. In the 32nd round, the Royals took catcher Saul Garza, who is expected to return to LSU next season.

ULM had three players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, third baseman Chad Bell went in the 19th round to the Yankees, Seattle selected right fielder Trent Tingelstad in the 22nd round and left-handed pitcher Trey Jeans went in the 33rd round to the White Sox.

McNeese also had four players drafted in the final round. Shane Selman selected in the 21st round to the Oakland As, Carson Maxwell in the 25th round to Arizona, and the Chicago Cubs took pitchers Cayne Ueckert and Bryan King.

The NCAA is pushing the three-point line in men’s basketball back to the international distance, which is 22 feet, 1 3-quarters inches. The three point line has been 20 feet, nine inches since the 2008-09 season.