All NFL teams will be preparing for the final week of the regular season with heavy hearts as their thoughts and prayers remain with Bills Safety Damar Hamlin. Doctors announced earlier today Hamlin is still in critical condition but has made substantial improvements. He has no signs of neurological damage and is now awake and able to communicate through writing. Saints Head Coach Dennis Allen says that the team is taking all necessary steps to ensure the players’ mental health…

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Natchitoches Central High School announced the hiring of Jess Curtis as the Chiefs’ new football coach. Curtis led Many High School to three small school state championships in the last nine seasons. Since taking over in 2010, he’s had a 163-24 record and made the playoffs every year. Curtis takes over a Chiefs team who went 3-7 last season.

LSU Women’s Basketball will look to match their best start in program history tonight against Texas A&M. the seventh-ranked Lady Tigers are 14-0 and could match their best start to the season ever with a win in the P-MAC tonight. Tip-off is at 8:00.

ULM men’s basketball returns home tonight after starting Sun-Belt play with two road wins last week. Tonight, they’ll host Georgia State, who’s 1-1 in the conference and coming off a win over South Alabama. Warhawks Coach Keith Richards says the panthers are a tough team…

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UL-Lafayette is hoping for their first Sun-Belt win over Southern Miss. The Cajuns were preseason favorites to win the conference and started out the season 10-2 but have lost their last two conference games. They’ll look to bounce back against a 13-2 Golden Eagles team who’s undefeated in the Sun-Belt.