LSU Baseball Coach Jay Johnson has reportedly hired Josh Jordan as his new recruiting coordinator. Jordan has spent the last 11 seasons as the Blue Devils’ recruiting coordinator. Duke only went 22-32 last season, but in 2016 with Jordan on the staff, the Blue Devils made it to the NCAA Tournament ending a 55-year program drought. Duke made back-to-back Super Regional appearances in 2018 and 2019. Over the last six full seasons, Duke made it to the NCAA Tournament four times.

LSU’s latest football commitment is once again an out-of-state prospect. Jeremiah Hughes of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas committed to LSU over Arkansas, Washington and Utah. He’a a three-star prospect and is six-foot-one, 175 pounds.. Hughes said he wanted to play for D-B-U and is the 12th commitment for the Class of 2023, which is now ranked tenth by On-3-Sports and 13th by 24-7 sports. Hughes is the third cornerback in the class.

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Pelicans guard Devonte Graham is facing a charge of driving while impaired. Police pulled over the 27-year-old in the early morning hours of Thursday in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. Graham averasged 12 points a game last season and has three years left on the four-year deal he signed with the Pels last year.

Now that Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has signed a contract extension worth a reported 193 million dollars, the 22-year-old says the ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship in New Orleans. By re-signing Williamson, the Pelicans now have three All-Star caliber players with Brandon Ingram and C-J McCollum also on the roster. Williamson has yet to play with C-J who was added to the team last season…
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