The LSU baseball team has moved into the double-elimination portion of the SEC Tournament after beating South Carolina eight to six last night. Devin Fontenot threw 4.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to get the win and Cade Beloso drove in three runs, while Josh Smith homered. The Tigers face Mississippi State tonight.

In the Sun Belt, the Ragin Cajuns advanced to play Georgia Southern today, while ULM will face top seeded Texas State tonight after upsetting South Alabama 12 to 7 last night. It’s ULM’s first tournament win since 2014.

Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu is an alleged victim in a five-million dollar extortion attempt by his cousin, who according to court records threatened to go public with sexual misconduct allegations against the Honeybadger. Mathieu’s cousin allegedly demanded millions from the athlete in hush money. But now his cousin is facing an extortion charge after Mathieu turned him in to the FBI.

The Pelicans chief of basketball operations David Griffen says the hiring of Trajan Langdon as general manager is another sign the franchise is headed in the right direction. Many observors are praising the hiring of Langdon, who just helped Brooklyn get into the playoffs. Next month the team is expected to draft Duke superstar Zion Williamson. Griffin says folks around the league look at the team in a very different light now…
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Griffin says he still plans on meeting with Anthony Davis to see if he’s committed to staying in New Orleans.

The NFL owners voted this morning to allow a tweek to the new rule that allows instant replay judges to look at pass interference calls. Instead of having the booth judge determine if a pass interference call should be challenged in final two minutes of half, the challenge would have to come from coaches.