The Saints add a new face in the receiving core: former Cowboy star Dez Bryant. The outspoken wide out has been without a team since his release in April, but had a try out in New Orleans this week that apparently well. NFL analyst Mike Detillier says Coach Sean Payton has always been a big fan of Bryant…
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Bryant joins Mike Thomas and rookie Tre’Quan Smith in a receiving core that has not produced much outside of Thomas, who is one of the best NFL receivers in the game.

Anthony Davis, who has been battling an elbow injury looked like one of the best players in the game again last night as he had 32 points to help the Pelicans snap a six-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Bulls 107-98. Davis also had 15 rebounds for his first double-double in three games.

The LSU football program has received a verbal commitment from a four-star offensive lineman prospect from Texas. His name is Courtland Ford from Cedar Hill high in Texas. He’s six-foot-six, 305 pounds and 24-7 sports rates him as the 23rd best offensive tackle in the Class of 2020.

Ed Orgeron said last night that defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko and free safety John Battle will likely not play on Saturday against Arkansas.

47 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes approved the legalization of online fantasy sports games for cash prizes. River Ridge Republican Representative Kirk Talbot authored the legislation that put the question on the November sixth ballot. Talbot says more work still needs to be done…
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Talbot says he will look at other states for how to handle the additional tax revenue from the newly legalized activity, which hopes to be up and running by the end of next year.