The NBA free agency period begins tomorrow. The New Orleans Pelicans are not expected to make major additions to their roster. But the biggest priority is to get All star forward Anthony Davis to sign a five-year, 143-million dollar extension. The team hopes the hiring of head coach Alvin Gentry will convince Davis to sign that extension.

Former LSU baseball star Blake Dean was introduced today as the new head coach at UNO. Dean is only 27-years-old, but he’s been to learn from some head coaches who won a lot of baseball games, Ron Maestri at UNO and LSU’s Paul Mainieri. Dean takes over a program that has won just 27 games over the last two years.

LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette told the Baton Rouge ESPN radio affiliate that running back Leonard Fournette will represent the Tigers at next month’s SEC media days. Offensive lineman Vadal Alexander and junior linebacker Kendall Beckwith will join Fournette and head coach Les Miles, when the Tigers meet with hundreds of reporters in Birmingham on July 16th.

At this time of the year, LSU fans are counting the days to the start of the football season. But there’s also a lot of excitement for the Tigers men’s basketball team. They are coming off a trip to the NCAA Tournament and they bring in one of the top recruiting classes in the country, led by Ben Simmons who is considered the top player coming out of high school. Coach Johnny Jones says he can tell expectations are higher…
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LSU will get to play some exhibition games in Australia in August. They’ll play games in Sydney, Queensland, Newcastle and Melbourne. Simmons and LSU junior center Darcy Malone are from Australia, while assistant coach David Patrick played professionally in Australia.