The 15th ranked LSU Tigers are back on the baseball diamond tonight as they host Grambling State. The Bayou Bengals have lost five of their last seven games. But Coach Paul Mainier expects the players will bounce back from a rough couple of weeks…
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LSU returns to SEC play on Friday when they visit 16th ranked Arkansas.

In other action tonight…Nicholls State is at UL Lafayette. The Colonels beat the Cajuns 3-1 to earlier this season in Thibodaux. Northwestern State is at ULM. The all-time series between these two teams is knotted at 109-and-109. Elsewhere…Louisiana Tech hosts Stephen F Austin and Southeastern faces South Alabama.

This year football fans will see quarterback Tony Romo in the broadcast booth, instead of the football field. Romo has retired after a long career with the Cowboys and he’ll become the lead NFL analyst on CBS. That means he’s taking Phil Sims place, who has been working with Jim Nantz. It’s unclear what role Sims will have with CBS going forward.

Former Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon visited with the Saints today. Analysts say Mixon is a first round talent, but his arrest for punching a woman that was caught on video has many teams scared to draft him.

The Pelicans final home game of the season is tonight against Denver. There’s five games left in the regular season and the next loss for New Orleans knocks them out of playoff contention.

There are nine former LSU Tigers on opening day rosters in the Major Leagues. One of those players is Jacoby Jones and the Tigers center fielder hit a three-run home run as Detroit beat the White Sox today in Chicago.