The Pelicans have announced that rookie Zion Williamson has left the NBA bubble in Walt Disney World to attend to an urgent family medical matter. Team officials say Williamson is expected to return to Orlando for the NBA restart at a later date. Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin says out of respect for the Williamson family, they have no further comment at this time.
LSU men’s basketball has lost out on getting a five star recruit out of Memphis. Six-foot-eleven Moussa Cisse had LSU as one of five finalists, but he has decided to sign with the University of memphis. He averaged 18 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks per game during his senior season in high school.
LSU football coach Ed Orgeron was a guest on Fox News Wednesday and said he thinks there will be a football season this fall, but some adjustments will be needed. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says SEC football programs reported single digit to zero cases last week, but he has also said there needs to be a change in public health.
Former LSU star and Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu says he will pay for the funeral of a nine-year-old who was fatally shot in the seventh ward on Monday. Devante Bryant was one of three people shot and police are still looking for a suspect. Mathieu says he wanted to help the Bryant family because he’s from the seventh ward and has a seven-year-old living in New Orleans and could not imagine something hapening to him at that age.
The man convicted of killing former John Curtis Star Joe McKnight will receive a new trial. Ronald Gasser was convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 shooting of McKnight. Gasser receives a new trial because of a U-S Supreme Court ruling that says jury verdicts of serious crimes should be unanimous. 10 of 12 jurors agreed to convict Gasser of manslauther. He was then sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Louisiana Tech athletics director Tommy McClelland says construction on a new baseball stadium is on time, but they are little behind on the new soccer and softball stadiums.