New Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says he’s bringing an up tempo style of basketball to New Orleans and all-star Anthony Davis will be a big part of what they do…
cut 17 (17) “…important also”
Gentry is 60-years-old and this will be fifth his opportunity to be a head coach in the NBA. Gentry says the ultimate goal is too have a championship parade down Canal Street.

Tiger-rag-dot-com is reporting that an NBA team has told former LSU Tiger Jordan Mickey that he’ll be selected in t he first round on Thursday night, somewhere in the early 20s. Most draft experts have Mickey being selected in the 2nd round.

Former Purdue quarterback Danny Etling has tranferred to LSU. He’ll be eligible to play in 2016.

Nicholls State is mourning the death of former Colonel and Major League Baseball Player Darryl Hamilton. Police in suburban Houston say Hamilton was fatally shot by Monica Jordan in what appears to be a murder-suicide. Nicholls State baseball coach Seth Thibodaux says Hamilton was an amazing role model for young players…
cut 9 (08) “a tragedy”
He says Hamilton is likely the most successful baseball player to come out of Nicholls.

According to a report from The Clarion-Ledger, there are 55 schools that former Louisiana Tech basketball player Xavian Stapleton can’t transfer to. Those schools include any school in Conference USA or schools in the states of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. Stapleton averaged seven points a game as a freshman last season, but decided to leave the Bulldogs when Mike White took the job at Florida.