The injury plagued Pelicans fell to the San Antonio Spurs last night 100-92 on the road. Alexis Ajinca (ah-LEX-ee A-GIN-za) topped the Pelicans with 18 points, one of seven New Orleans players who posted double-digit scoring out of the nine who played. Meanwhile, star Anthony Davis, whose season has been over for more than a week, tells ESPN he’s very bored and thinking about picking up drawing or some other hobby.

The Saints have restructured the contract of running back Mark Ingram which gives them $3.6 million dollars in salary cap space, according to NFLPA records. Most of Ingram’s pay was converted to a signing bonus, which saves New Orleans $1.49 million dollars off the cap this year.

It’s reported former Tiger standout wide receiver Brandon LaFell, has reached a deal with the Bengals. LaFell played in 11 games for the New England Patriots last season.

It’s the final day at LSU for the legendary voice of the Fighting Tigers, Jim Hawthorne, as he is retiring effective today. Hawthorne has been on the radio call for thousands of LSU events over the past 35 years. He says he has enjoyed his time announcing for the Tigers…:
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Hawthorne is looking forward to retirement and spending more time visiting his family and traveling with his wife.

The Baton Rouge Advocate is reporting that the “Les Miles clause”, which would allow LSU to terminate assistants’ employment six months after the head coach’s departure, is starting to be removed from contracts. The report says the clause is not in the contracts of new assistant coaches Jabbar Juluke & Dameyune Craig, and was removed from defensive line coach Ed Orgeron’s new deal.

Louisiana native and Kentucky Debry-winning jockey Calvin Borel is retiring from horse racing after 33 years. The 49-year-old has over five-thousand victories, including three Kentucky Derby wins in four years.