Tonight is round one of the NFL draft. The Saints have seven picks, five in the first three rounds. General Manager Mickey Loomis says they are looking to select players who can impact the team now and in the future:
Cut 16 (20) “in the future”

Draft Analyst Mike Detillier says 10 former LSU players could be drafted over the next three days. There’s a good chance that Carolina, with the eighth overall pick, will take running back Leonard Fournette. But Detillier says he could see a team like Philadelphia trade up and pick Fournette before the Panthers get to pick…:
Cut 19 (14) “anymore”
The draft begins at 7pm.

Junior right-hander Alex Lange takes the ball tonight as LSU begins a three-game series at Alabama. The Tigers are 10-8 in the SEC and tied for fourth place in the West Division. Lange says LSU has yet to play its best baseball…:
Cut 20 (16) “successful season”
First pitch is 6:30.

Last nights baseball game between Nicholls and Southern was tied 4 times, but in the end the Jags ended up edging the Colonels 6-5 in Baton Rouge.

UL-Lafayette junior right-hander Dylan Moore was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award Midseason Watch List.

Last night’s scheduled Ragin Cajun/McNeese baseball game between the two nationally ranked schools was postponed to May 10th due to weather concerns. Northwestern State shutout Mississippi Valley State yesterday 14-0.

The same week 13 UL-Lafayette players were arrested on similar charges, an LSU offensive lineman Adrian Magee lineman is also indefinitely suspended from his team for allegedly committing felony burglary.