6:45 LRN Sportscast

After getting swept by Ole Miss, LSU baseball returns to the diamond tonight as the Tigers host Northwestern State. Several games have been canceled this week as schools in major conferences are not interested in playing teams who have low RPIs as they jockey for seeding in the NCAA Tournament. But Tigers coach Jay Johnson wants to play….
cut 16 (21) “…gonna do that”
Also tonight the Ragin Cajuns host Nicholls and Southern visits UNO. And Tulane has fired head coach Travis Jewitt. The Green Wave are 10-and-11 in the American Athletic Conference this season.

Rookie wideout Chris Olave got his first “welcome to the NFL” moments this past weekend during the Saints’ rookie mini-camp.
Cut 19 (16) _“…I’m good.”
Olave, who signed a four-year contract worth $19-million was considered one of the top route-runners in this year’s draft.

Former Saints Coach Sean Payton will reportedly work as a studio analyst for Fox this season.

The LSU Tigers have received a verbal pledge from four-star cornerback Daylen Austin out of Long Beach, California. He’s the third defensive back committed to LSU in the 2023 class.

Tonight is the NBA draft lottery and the Pelicans will likely get a top ten pick and there’s a 26-percent chance they can get a top-four pick. It’s L-A’s first-round pick and they sent it to New Orleans as part of the Anthony Davis trade.