Saints Quarterback Drew Brees announces with an Instagram post that he will play in 2020 after spending the last month of the season decompressing from another tough playoff loss. NFL analyst Mike Detillier says the future Hall of Famer had the option of getting a TV gig…
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Detillier says the question now is how much Brees will get paid as he’ll need to sign a new contract to play for the Black and Gold next season. Also, Brees’ return means Teddy Bridgewater will likely sign elsewhere and Taysom Hill will now become Brees’ primary back-up, but New Orleans has to sign the restrictive free agent to a new contract.

LSU Associate Athletics Director Verge Ausberry tells Tiger Rag Radio that LSU will play its spring game on April 18th at Southern University’s Mumford Stadium. The scrimmage can’t be played in Death Valley, because a new drainage system and turf is being installed at Tiger Stadium.

The LSU basketball team has a chance to move back into a first-place tie with Kentucky tonight if the Tigers can upset the 10th ranked Wildcats. LSU won its first eight SEC games this season, but have lost three of its last four. Coach Will Wade doesn’t think the Tigers have become a bad team…
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Kentucky’s best player is six-foot-eleven junior forward Nick Richards, who is averaging almost 15 points and eight rebounds a game. Tip time is at 8 PM.

Northwestern State football coach Brad Laird is on administrative leave for one week following his D-W-I arrest last Saturday night in Natchitoches. In a statement, Laird says he regrets his poor decision and apologizes to everyone who was unknowingly put at risk.