LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri has decided to start Jared Poche against TCU on Sunday in the College World Series. Mainieri could have gone with freshman Alex Lange and even though he’s not going with the freshman, the coach says he has all of the confidence in the world in Lange…
cut 19 (09) “…as he can”
Preston Morrison will start for the TCU. He’s 11-and-3 with a 2.55 ERA.

The Times-Picayune reports that Eric Gordon is leaning towards opting-in on the final year of his contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. If Gordon opts-in, he’ll make 15.5 million dollars next season. Gordon missed 21 games last season, but shot 45-percent from three-point land and averaged 13 points and four assists a game.

The LSU football program has received a verbal commitment from Edna Karr defensive end Andre Anthony. He is six-foot-three, 225 pounds and chose the Tigers over alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Texas A-and-M. 24-7 sports rates Anthony as the 30th best defensive end in the country.

Louisiana Tech and Ruston High School are mourning the death of Billy Laird. He passed away on Thursday at the age of 71, after suffering multiple strokes in May. Laird was an honorable mention All-American in 1965 at Louisiana Tech and played one season for the New England Patriots. Laird also coached at Tech, Tulane and Northwestern State and spent eleven seasons as the head coach at Ruston, before stepping down after the 2012 season.

Former LSU Tiger Matt Flynn has reportedly inked a deal with the New England Patriots. New England is in need of another quarterback as Tom Brady is facing a four-game suspension because of the deflate-gate scandal.