LSU football Coach Les Miles expects Tigers wide receiver Travin Dural to play Saturday night against ULM. Dural was involved in a minor car wreck following last Saturday’s game. The Breaux Bridge native needed stitches on his forehead, which caused a problem with putting his helmet on. But Miles says those issues have been resolved.

Saints wide receiver Kenny Stills was limited at practice for a second day in a row, because of a quad injury. But linebacker Curtis Lofton and cornerback Keenan Lewis participated fully today, after they were limited yesterday. Also, former Saints cornerback Jabari Greer announced his retirement. Greer was a member of the Saints Super Bowl team and played 10 years in the league.

USA Basketball has advanced to the gold medal game of the FIBA Championships in Spain. The United States defeated Lithuania 96 to 68. After a slow start, Pelicans star Anthony Davis had eight points, six rebounds and two blocked shots.

Tonight Louisiana Tech will battle North Texas in their Conference USA opener. The Mean Green beat the Bulldogs 28 to 13 last season and held running back Kenneth Dixon to 25 yards on 12 carries. Tech head coach Skip Holtz….
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Kick-off tonight is at seven o’ clock.

Tulane announced today there’s less than one-thousand tickets left for its home game on Saturday against Southeastern Louisiana. The Lions head into the contest ranked third in the FCS polls and S-L-U is looking for their first ever win against an FBS opponent. Kick-off is at seven o’ clock.

The Lady Techsters women ‘s basketball schedule was released today. First-year head coach Tyler Summit is disappointed they only have 11 home games this year.