The Saints announced today that two members from their Super Bowl team will be inducted in the team’s hall of fame later this year. Jahri Evans and Roman Harper were both drafted in 2006 and played big roles in helping the Black and Gold win the Super Bowl a few years later. The two combined to play in eight pro bowls. Also, longtime Saints Spanish radio broadcaster Marco Garcia will receive the Joe Gemelli “Fleur de Lis” award for his contributions to the organization.

The Athletic is reporting the NFL will not dictate attendance capacity limits for this season, instead the league has told teams that they should follow their local health COVID-19 guidelines on social distancing rules. A stadium reopening task force is expected to offer recommendations either next week or early July. If the entire season and postseason is played without fans, it will reportedly cost the NFL three billion dollars.

Nicholls State has named former Colonel football player and coach Jonathan Terrell as its new athletics director. Terrell is the first Black A-D in school history. He played quarterback and wide receiver for the Colonels in the mid-1990s and returned to Nicholls to serve as quarterbacks coach in 2004. Terrell has been a sales professional in private business and he’s also been president of the First Down Club.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reports a third straight month of over-the-year increases in fishing license sales. For the month of May, the state is reporting a 35-percent increase. LDWF Undersecretary Bryan McClinton says the rise in licenses sales began shortly after Governor Edwards issued a stay at home order. McClinton says the purchase of a license will not break the bank and can be done at one of the LDWF’s approved vendors or online at WLF.LA.gov.
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McClinton hopes the sales continue to increase as the revenue generated from the sale of these licenses is vital to the life of the department.