Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, has made a request to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that schools should ban sports this fall. In a letter sent to BESE, Fields says the spread of the coronavirus makes the decision too critical for the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to make. BESE has scheduled a meeting a week from today, but the board’s president, Sandy Holloway told geaux-preps-dot-com that extracurricular activities is a decision made on the local level.

Louisiana Tech has suspended voluntary football workouts after a second football player tested positive for COVID-19. The school is said to be being overly cautious.

It’s official in Monroe, Jeff Tannehill is the new head football coach and athletic director of the Neville Tigers, replacing Mickey McCarty who has been hired as the school’s principal. Tannehill is a 1989 graduate of Neville and had two stints as an assistant coach under McCarty. McCarty led Neville to four state championships.

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The Pelicans have added depth as they prepare to leave for the NBA’s bubble in Orlando tomorrow. Forward Sindarius Thornwell has inked a deal with New Orleans and he’ll serve as a substitute player. The 25-year-old last played in the NBA G League, averaging nine points, five rebounds and five assists for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Meanwhile, the Pelicans Brandon Ingram says he’s not very confident the NBA will be able to pull off the bubble experiment and finish the season, but never thought about not joining his teammates in Orlando.

And big news out of the NFL today as the Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes have reportedly agreed to a ten-year contract extension that will pay the superstar signal caller over 400-million dollars. Mahomes and the Super Bowl champion Chiefs will be in the Dome on December 20th to the face the Saints.

Plans are still on for LSU and Louisiana Tech to play each other in men’s basketball on November 24th at the CenturyLink Center. Officials announced today that tickets will go on sale for the game at 10 AM on Thursday.