11:40 LRN Sportscasts April 21st

Because of the likelihood of rain on Saturday in Lexington, the LSU baseball team will play a doubleheader today against Kentucky starting at 1 PM. Both games today will be nine innings. There’s no game on Saturday and the series will conclude on Sunday at noon. Coach Paul Mainieri is fine with the schedule change…
Cut 16 (21) “next week”
Kentucky leads the SEC East with a record of 10-5 in league play. The Tigers are 9-6.

Other series of note, the Ragin Cajuns are at Little Rock, Tulane visits Houston, McNeese State is at Northwestern State and Grambling hosts Alabama State.

There will be a football game played inside Tiger Stadium tomorrow night as the Tigers will take the field for the annual spring game. There will be a bunch of inexperienced wide receivers on the field. Senior DJ Chark is the only one with a lot of experience catching passes on Saturdays in the fall. Quarterback Danny Etling says the young wide outs have made progress during the spring…
Cut 19 (17) “go a long”

The Saints will not have the opportunity to ease into the 2017 season. The Black and Gold will kick-off the regular season with a Monday night matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. New Orleans will return home the next week to host the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots. In week 3, the Saints visit NFC South rival Carolina.