Saints running back Alvin Kamara is still facing a possible suspension after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from his role in a fight outside a Las Vegas night club in 2022. The 28-year-old plans to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to give his side of the arrest. Under the NFL’s conduct policy Kamara is likely to see up to a six game suspension to start the season but Saints coach Dennis Allen says Kamara’s ready to get this behind him…
Allen and Saints GM Mickey Loomis previously said they hadn’t heard anything from the league on Kamara’s suspension and a ruling could come at any time.
After seventeen shots and six on goal, the US Women’s National Team scraped out a 0-to-0 draw against Portugal to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup. They finish as the runner up in Group E behind the Netherlands and will play again 4:00 A.M. Sunday.
Saints offensive guard Andrus Peat left practice with a quad injury yesterday. The severity of the injury is not yet known, but Coach Dennis Allen said it looked more like a strain than the season ending tear Trai Turner suffered last week. Turner has been placed on IR and New Orleans brought back Koda Martin who was waived to make room for Turner on the roster. The Saints also added former Jets defensive end Kyle Phillips after 25-year-old Jabari Zuniga unexpectedly retired.
Nine Louisiana high schools, six from Rapides Parish and five from the Monroe area, have filed a lawsuit over the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s current select-nonselect playoff system. These schools are upset the LHSAA moved several non-select schools to the select side. They believe Executive Director Eddie Bonine didn’t have the authority to do this. The LHSAA says the executive committee made this decision and schools had the opportunity to provide input.
Four-time All-Sun Belt Hurdler Sydney Clemens signed a national-letter-of-intent with LSU. The Coastal Carolina senior will be joining an all-star casted hurdles group that includes three All-Americans in Alia Armstrong, Shani’a Bellamy, and Leah Phillips. This will mark a reunion for Bellamy and Clemens who were both previously teammates at Coastal.