4:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU pitcher Gavin Guidry will not pitch this season as he’ll undergo back surgery on Friday. The Lake Charles native hurt his back in February and has not thrown a single inning this year. Coach Jay Johnson says treatments and medicine did not work…

Cut 13 (09)  “…can’t do it.”

LSU will begin an SEC series tomorrow night against Alabama.

LSU football has one more day of spring practice tomorrow. Brian Kelly is searching for four new starters on the offensive line, but the coach feels good about his options…

Cut 16 (14) “…into preseason camp.”

The Pelicans made it official today as they’ve hired Natchitoches native Joe Dumars as their executive director of basketball operations. Dumars was the President of Basketball Operations in Detroit when the Pistons won an NBA title in 2004. But a lot of his draft picks flopped, his free agent signings fizzled and some of his trades flopped. But Jake Madison, Host of the Locked on Pelicans Podcast, says the NBA Hall of Famer is respected around the league…

Cut 17  (18) “…hire”

NOLA-dot-com’s Jeff Duncan reports Saints quarterback Derek Carr has not participated in the team’s voluntary offseason workouts this week. Carr has a shoulder injury and could miss the 2025 season.