Brayden Jobert hit two home runs as the LSU Tigers got back in the win column last night with a 19-7 win over Northwestern State. The Tigers now head to Nashville where they’ll wrap up SEC play with a three-game series versus Vanderbilt. The Demons begin Southland Tournament play in Lake Charles on Thursday as they’ll face Nicholls. .

The Ragin Cajuns allowed two hits and Will Veillon hit a pinch-hit home run as U-L Lafayette defeated the Colonels six to one last night. UNO scored two runs in the eighth to beat Southern five to four.

At the state capitol, the Louisiana House approved a Senate-backed bill that would prohibit transgender girls from playing female sports in Louisiana. Opponents say the legislation is unnecessary and mean-spirited, but Baton Rouge Representative Rick Edmonds disagrees…
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The bill is one stop away from reaching the governor’s desk.

Matt McMahon has completely remade the LSU basketball roster in a matter of weeks. After essentially having no players six weeks ago, he completed his 2022 class with the signing of 6-10 center, Shawn Phillips Jr., out of Arizona. McMahon’s class is now ranked 13th with the addition of Phillips, a four-star recruit. Advocate sportswriter Sheldon Mickles is impressed…
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Mickles says Phillips is the fourth player on McMahon’s roster six foot ten or taller.

The Pelicans will pick eighth in the upcoming NBA draft. New Orleans had a 26-percent chance to land a top-four pick in last night’s lottery. But because of the Anthony Davis trade, New Orleans still gets a chance to pick eighth after making the playoffs.