LSU baseball will begin NCAA Regional play 2:30 pm on Friday at Alex Box Stadium by hosting SWAC Tournament champion Texas Southern. And if the Tigers win the B-R Regional they’ll face the winner of Hattiesburg Regional, which features Southern Miss and Mississippi State. Tigers Coach Paul Mainieri says one game at a time…:
Cut 17 (18) “to Omaha”
The other two teams coming to Baton Rouge are Southeastern Louisiana and Rice. The Lions take on the Owls at 7pm on Friday.

The news was not good for Louisiana Tech, McNeese State and UL Lafayette. Those three teams failed to make the NCAA Tournament.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the 49ers are working out former Saints safety Jairus Byrd today. Byrd missed 15 games in two seasons with New Orleans, after signing a six-year, $54 million contract prior to 2015.

Shreveport’s Sam Burns, a sophomore star golfer at LSU, will reportedly forego his final two years of college eligibility and turn pro after the Walker Cup in September. The No. 6 seeded Tigers fell two strokes shy of a playoff to get in the match-play portion of the NCAA Championship on Monday.

The big national news in the golf world is that Tiger Woods was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Florida; but he’s released a statement blaming a bad mix of prescription medication and not alcohol. The 14-time champ had back surgery five weeks ago and said he didn’t realize the medicine he was on when driving would affect him so strongly.

Former LSU baseball star Alex Bregman of the Astros went 2 for 5 with a two run home run during Houston’s 16-8 win over Minnesota. The ‘Stros now have the best record and are off to the best start in franchise history.