At Sun Belt Football Media Day in New Orleans, ULM players have a positive outlook for the upcoming season, despite winning just four games last year. Senior defensive end Caleb Tucker says players got comfortable with Coach Viator’s staff in 2016…:
Cut 17 (15) “this year”

Mark Hudspeth is entering his 7th season as head coach of UL Lafayette. His team has seven road games this year and the coach says none of them will be easy..:
Cut 18 (24) “at a time”
The Cajuns are projected to finish in the middle of the pack in the Sun Belt.

Saints Wide receiver Willie Snead has signed his exclusive rights free agent tag with New Orleans, according to the NFL transactions wire, locking him in for one year at $615,000. Linebacker Michael Mauti is rejoining the Saints. The Black and Gold begin training camp tomorrow in Metairie.

Fans hoping to attend the free practice sessions this weekend are scooping up the tickets. The Saints announced Monday that all spots for Saturday’s practice have been claimed, but a very limited number of seats are still available for Sunday. Fans must claim tickets at neworleanssaints.com in order to attend.

According to sources, the Pelicans and forward Darius Miller have agreed to a deal for the former Kentucky Wildcat to return to the team. The report indicates Miller officially signed a two-year deal Monday, with the second year being a team option.

Former LSU football coach Les Miles has been very vocal in expressing interest to coach again in any Power 5 position, and USA Today’s Dan Wolken reports the Mad Hatter is extremely interested in the Ole Miss vacancy.

Researchers at LSU say the 2017 NBA All-Star game had a $44.9 million dollar economic impact to the state of Louisiana. The study said visitors spent an estimated $23.7 million.