The Philadelphia Eagles will arrive later this week in New Orleans looking to redeem themselves after a blowout 48-7 loss to the Saints in November. The two teams meet Sunday in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson says their initial loss to the Saints was embarrassing, but they have improved since then…
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Both teams will practice today and we’ll get our first injury reports of the week.

Elsewhere in the NFL, Tampa Bay has found a new head coach as 66-year-old Bruce Arians has come out of retirement to return to the head coaching ranks. Arians was the head coach at Arizona for five seasons and led the Cardinals to three double-digit win seasons.

Despite an eleven-day lay-off, the LSU men’s basketball team showed no signs of rust last night in their SEC Opener as they led by as many as 19 points in the second half and held on for an 88-79 win over Alabama. Tremont Waters had 19 points and seven assists, but Coach Will Wade says the difference in the game was six-foot-11 Oregon transfer Kavell Bigby-Williams, who hit season highs in points and rebounds, with 14 points, 13 boards and five blocked shots…
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The Tigers improve to 11-and-3 on the season and will look to go to 2-0 in the SEC when they visit Arkansas on Saturday.