The Pelicans started the free agency period by signing their starting point guard Jrue Holiday to a five-year, 126-million dollar contract. Holiday’s return gives the Pelicans three star players along with big men Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins. Bourbon Street Shots writer Jake Madison says the Pelicans do not have a lot of salary cap flexibility to add more firepower, but they have enough money to sign a three-point shooter…
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But there are reports Golden State is seriously considering Young. Regardeless, Madison says the Holiday signing assures that the Pelicans will be in contention for a playoff spot in the very difficult Western Conference.

The migration of All-Star players in the Eastern Conference heading to the West continues as the Denver Nuggets have reportedly signed Paul Millsap to a three-year, 90-million dollar free agent deal. Millsap leaves Atlanta and has played in the All-Star game the last four seasons. He’s 32-years-old.

Former LSU Tiger DJ LeMahieu has been named as a reserve for the National League in the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star game, which will take place July 11th in Miami. LeMahieu is hitting .303 this season, with 3 hoem runs, 38 RBIs and an on-base percentage of .361.

And former LSU Tiger Kevin Gausman pitched seven innings of two-hit ball as the Orioles defeated the Rays seven to one. Gausman allowed just one runner get past first base as he lowered his ERA to 5.61.

LSU’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake won the 200-meter dash at the British Athletics Championships and he’ll compete in the IAAF World Championships later this summer, which will take place in London. Mitchell-Blake won with a time of 20.18 seconds, which broke a 30-year-old record at the British Athletics Championships. He was a semifinalist in the 200-meters at the Rio Olympics last summer.