Governor John Bel Edwards made an appearance at Saints training camp on Monday and says the state is moving forward with plans to complete 450-million dollars in renovations to the Mercedes Benz Superdome. Edwards says it’s vital to upgrade the 44-year-old building so that it can remain competitive when attracting major sporting events…
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The Saints, the Louisiana Stadium Exposition District through a motel tax and the state will fund the renovations, which Edwards says will begin after the football season.

The Saints are off today. Tomorrow, they fly out to Los Angeles for a couple of joint practices with the Chargers and then they’ll play the Chargers in a preseason game on Sunday.

Running back Alvin Kamara missed his second straight practice yesterday with an unknown injury.

LSU quarterback Joe Burrow was back at practice yesterday after missing Saturday’s scrimmage with a camp injury. Cornerback Kristian Fulton also returned to practice after missing 10 days. Safety Grant Delpit and linebacker K’ Lavon Chaisson remain out with what Coach Ed Orgeron calls minor camp injuries.

Orgeron has said he wants to put more pressure on opposing quarterbacks as he’s asking his team to be more aggressive along the line of scrimmage. Defensive end Breiden Fehoko on what that means…
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The Pelicans 2019-20 schedule is out and the Zion Williamson era will officially begin when the Pels visit the defending champion Raptors on Tuesday October 22nd. The home opener is Friday October 25th against Dallas. Anthony Davis returns to the Smoothie King Center in a Lakers uniform on November 27th and he’ll be back on March 1st.