Two longtime SEC rivals meet tonight in Omaha and the winner of the best of three series will come away as the national champion in college baseball. Game 1 is tonight as LSU seeks it’s 7th national title in program history, while Florida would win their first College World Series championship.

LSU and Florida met earlier this season and the Gators took two of three from the Bayou Bengals. Tigers shortstop Kramer Robertson says both teams are playing better than when they matched up against each other in March….
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Fifth-year senior Russell Reynolds will start on the mound for LSU. Reynolds will be making his first start of the year and has an ERA of 8.59 in limited action.

Saints defensive tackle Nick Fairley will not play football in 2017. New Orleans has placed Fairley on the team’s non-football injury list, because of a heart condition that is considered career threatening. Fairley had a career-high 6.5 sacks last season and signed a four-year 28-million dollar contract in the offseason.

Many running back AJ Carter has reportedly flipped his commitment from UCLA to LSU. Carter gives LSU 22 commitments for the Class of 2018. Carter rushed for over 2,000 yards and scored 35 rushing touchdowns last season.

D-1 Baseball’s Kendall Rogers reports Southern Miss pitching coach Mike Federico will be the next head coach of the ULM Warhawks. Federico was a catcher for Southern Miss in the mid-1990s and has served as the Golden Eagles pitching coach the last eight years. Federico was named Conference USA assistant coach of the year in 2015.

The Pelicans Anthony Davis was named to the 2016-17 NBA All-defensive second team. Davis ranked second in the league this past season in blocks per game and seventh in rebounds.