The LSU baseball team received a warm welcome from fans when they arrived home from Omaha Wednesday after an emotional season which ended with the Tigers being swept by Florida in the finals of the College World Series. Several from the purple and gold nation turned out to thank the Tigers for fun and exciting season, and not to sweat coming back to Baton Rouge without a trophy for that reason.

Saints Quarterback Drew Brees says he’s starting a coed, youth flag football league called Football ‘N” America. Brees says he would like it to become the premier youth coed flag football league and he believes it could save the entire sport, because it would allow kids to play at a young age without the risk of putting pads on. Leagues will start up this fall in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Covington.

LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron has been named No. 81 in Athlon Sports & Life magazine’s ranking of 130 college football head coaches.

Three LSU basketball players were issued summons after allegedly shooting paintballs at pedestrians on campus. 19-year-old Mayan Keer Kirr, 18-year-old Galen Ishan Alexander and 19-year-old Wayde Kenneth Sims were reportedly busted after a pedestrian was hit by paintballs. The report indicates LSU basketball coach Will Wade is aware of the situation and dealing with it internally.

The Los Angeles Clippers have traded All-Star point guard and Former New Orleans Hornet Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets. The 32-year-old reportedly agreed to opt in to the final year of his $24.2 million contract, clearing the way for the Clippers to execute a trade with the Rockets. There’s also a report Houston is acquiring former LSU Tiger Tim Quarterman from the Portland Trail Blazers.

Grambling State named Donte Jackson as it’s new men’s basketball coach. Jackson was the head coach at Stillman College, an NAIA school in Tuscaloosa, over the last three seasons.