Moments after the NBA Free Agency period began, it was reported the Pelicans are signing 35-year-old J-J Redick to a two-year contract worth 26.5 million dollars a year. Redick is a career 41-percent three-point shooter and the veteran guard averaged a career-high 18 points a game last season in Philadelphia.

The Pels are also reportedly adding big man Derrick Favors in a sign and trade with the Utah Jazz. The trade is expected to cost the Pels draft picks. Ferguson averaged almost 12 points and seven rebounds a game last year.

ESPN reports New Orleans also signed EuroLeague forward Nicolo Melli to a two-year, 8-million dollar contract. Over the past four seasons, Melli shot 42-percent from three-point territory.

Brooklyn is the big winner in NBA free agency as the Nets are adding Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Former LSU Tiger Garrett Temple is also heading to Brooklyn on a reported two-year contract. Still no word on where Kawhi Leonard will sign, he’ll reportedly begin meeting with teams today.

UL-Lafayette Baseball coach Tony Robichaux is now in critical condition after undergoing a second surgery at Oschner Health Center in New Orleans. The school says doctors are keeping a close on Robichaux who is in I-C-U. He’s been hospitalized for a week after suffering a heart attack.
LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow spent this past weekend in Thibodaux at the Manning Passing Academy. Burrow threw for 31-hundred yards, 18 touchdowns, and five interceptions last season. He says the Tigers should score a lot of points in LSU’s new no-huddle, run-pass option offense that should keep opposing defenses guessing
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At the US Senior Open in South Bend, Indiana, Shreveport golfer David Toms finished in second place, six strokes back of Steve Stricker.