4:45 LRN Sportscast Sept 17

Saints Coach Sean Payton says he’s not talking about injuries, so we don’t know if Michael Thomas will play with a high ankle sprain on Monday against the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s been reported that Thomas will miss several weeks, but he’ll make every attempt to play on Monday.

LSU fans will be watching tonight’s NFL game as Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals will visit Jarvis Landry and the Cleveland Browns. Burrow is still looking for his first touchdown pass in the NFL.

Taking over as the starting center for the Tigers is graduate transfer Liam Shanahan, who was a three-year starter at Harvard. Shanahan says the move to the South has been a good one…
Cut 18 (13) “…to it”

The Ragin Cajuns will be short nine players because of COVID issues when they visit Georgia State this Saturday.

The 2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction class features one of the best receivers to play for the Saints, one of the best defensive linemen in LSU history and one of the top scorers in college basketball history. Hall of Fame Chairman Doug Ireland says the Saints all-time leading receiver Marques Colston will be enshrined in Natchitoches on June 26th…
cut 30 (10) “…in New Orleans”
In ten seasons, Colston set Saints records with 711 receptions for 7,759 yards and 72 touchdowns.

Also going into the Hall from the gridiron is former LSU defensive tackle Glen Dorsey, who helped lead the Tigers to a 2007 national championship. Dorsey was a two-time All-American and named SEC Defensive Player of the Year.

Former LSU basketball star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is also part of the 2021 class. The high-scoring guard for the Tigers was the SEC player of the year as a freshman and sophomore.