The LSU baseball team will be on the road tonight to begin a three-game series against 12th-ranked Ole Miss. Coach Paul Mainieri plans on starting Oxford native Drew Bianco at second base. The son of Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco has only started nine games, but Mainieri is hoping the junior can give the offense a boost.
Cut 20 (12) “tomorrow night”
Landon Marceaux will take the mound for the Tigers tonight, Marceaux is 4-3 this year and he has a 1.65 ERA on the season. Gunnar Hoglund will throw for the Rebels tonight, he leads the SEC with 87 Strikeouts. He has a 3-2 record.
The U-L Lafayette baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a four to three win over McNeese last night. Josh Cofield hit his first home run and drove in two runs. The Cajuns will begin a three-game series on the road against Little Rock tomorrow night.
The NFL draft begins a week from today and the Saints own the 28th pick in the first round. Scouting might be more difficult than in previous years due to a number of big-time player opt-outs in college football this past season. Add that to the fact that there was no official NFL combine this year. Coach Sean Payton says it’s another challenge presented to them by the pandemic.
Cut 17 (17) “presents”
The 2021 NFL schedule will be released May 12th. It will be a 17 game schedule this year. And the NFL will allow running backs, tight ends, receivers, and linebackers to wear single-digit uniforms.
The New Orleans Pelicans have lost four-straight games but will look to get back in the win-column tonight as they travel to Orlando to take on the Magic, who sit at 18-40 on the year. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.