Oklahoma is just one win away from the College World Series final after beating Notre Dame 6-2 on Sunday. Meanwhile, Texas was eliminated following a 10-2 loss to rival Texas A-and-M. Today in Omaha, Auburn faces Stanford in an elimination game at 1 pm, followed by Ole Miss versus Arkansas tonight at 7 pm.

Watching the SEC West invade Nebraska hasn’t been easy for LSU fans or Tigers head coach Jay Johnson. While he’d rather be competing for a championship this week, Johnson says LSU accomplished a lot of good things this past season.

Cut 18 (19) “…as we could.”

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The Manning Passing Academy announced its lineup of counselors for the 26^th edition of the camp for junior high and high school passers. This year’s crop is the biggest in camp history with 45 college signal-callers invited to Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. Included among them are seven projected first-round picks, like Alabama’s Bryce Young and Florida’s Anthony Richardson, as well as LSU’s Myles Brennan, Tulane’s Michael Pratt, and Kohen Granier from Nicholls. The only part of the academy open to the public is the college skills competition on Friday night at John L. Guidry Stadium. Admission is $15 per person. The camp is run, of course, by the first family of Louisiana football. Once again, Archie, Cooper, Peyton, and Eli Manning will all be on hand, with top prospect Arch Manning in attendance.

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One of Manning’s top targets, Newman tight end Will Randle has turned down offers from LSU and Tulane among others, announcing his commitment to Texas this past weekend.

The Ragin Cajuns picked up a commitment from E.D. White offensive lineman Matthew Broussard, who made his announcement on Twitter Saturday. He also had offers from UL-Monroe, Nicholls, Southeastern, and Northwestern State.

After spending just one season at LSU as the pitching coach, Jason Kelly is headed back to the University of Washington to be the head baseball coach there. Kelly was an assistant at UW from 2013 to 2019 and was named National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018. LSU coach Jay Johnson says when you have a strong program, schools will come:
Cut 17 (20) “we have here”
This comes on the heels of the news that the Tigers lead recruiter Dan Fitzgerald has accepted the head job at Kansas.

Meanwhile former LSU Baseball Coach Paul Maineri watched his former team Notre Dame prevail over Texas last night in the College World Series by a score of 7-3. Earlier in the day, Oklahoma clobbered Texas A&M 13-8. Today Arkansas plays Stanford, and SEC West rivals Ole Miss and Auburn hit the diamond at 7.

The Saints wrapped up minicamp Thursday by working indoors to escape the heat. The team had total participation in minicamp and Dennis Allen thinks they laid a great foundation heading into training camp next month.
Cut 16 (21) “2022 season”

The Golden State Warriors are NBA Champions for the fourth time in the past eight seasons. Golden State beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 to close the Finals in six games. Steph Curry finished with 34 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists and earned his first Finals MVP. NBA Draft is up next on Thursday night. The New Orleans Pelicans hold the 8th selection in the draft.

It looks like a second assistant coach from the LSU baseball team will be taking a head coaching job. After losing lead recruiter Dan Fitzgerald to Kansas on Wednesday, today it was announced that pitching coach Jason Kelly has accepted the head job at the University of Washington. Kelly was an assistant at UW from 2013 to 2019 and was named National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018. Tigers coach Jay Johnson says when you have a strong program, schools are going to come looking to take a piece for themselves.

Cut 17 (20) “…we have here.”

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The 2022 College World Series is underway in Omaha. Oklahoma and Texas A-and-M got things started this afternoon, with Notre Dame and Texas playing the nightcap.

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The Saints wrapped up minicamp yesterday by working indoors to escape the heat. The team had total participation in minicamp and Dennis Allen thinks they laid a great foundation heading into training camp next month.

Cut 16 (21)  “…2022 season.”

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The Golden State Warriors are NBA Champions for the fourth time in the past eight seasons. Golden State beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 to close the Finals in six games. Steph Curry finished with 34 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists and earned his first Finals MVP. NBA Draft is up next on Thursday night. The New Orleans Pelicans hold the 8th selection in the draft.

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The Golden State Warriors are NBA Champions for the fourth time in the past eight seasons and the seventh time in the history of the franchise. Golden State beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 to close the Finals in six games. Steph Curry finished with 34 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists and earned his first Finals MVP award after averaging a career-high 31.5 points per game in the series. The Warriors are already the favorites to win next year’s championship. If you want to put a couple of bucks down on the Pelicans, they’re at 40-1 to hold the Larry O’Brien trophy next summer. The NBA Draft is up next on Thursday night.

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LSU defensive end Soni Fonua has announced that he has entered the NCAA transfer portal. He had 6.5 tackles for loss in 2021 and started the final five games of the season, but did not participate in spring practice.

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And Tulane outfielder Teo Banks has exited the portal, deciding to return to the Green Wave. Banks batted .267 in 18 games last season as a freshman.

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The Saints wrapped up minicamp yesterday and Dennis Allen says while he’s excited about the talent on the field and the sidelines, he knows the Saints’ work has just begun.

Cut 17 (18) “…not satisfied.”

The expectations in New Orleans are high after last season’s disappointment. Allen knows where the bar is and says the Saints are keeping their focus on continuing to improve each day.

Cut 18 (20) “…in those areas.”

The Saints wrapped up minicamp yesterday by working indoors to escape the heat. The team had total participation in minicamp and Dennis Allen thinks they laid a great foundation heading into training camp next month. The head coach is happy…:
Cut 16 (21) “2022 season”

The Saints unveiled an alternate helmet that will be worn in the 2022 season, which is entirely black with a gold fleur de lis. The Black and Gold haven’t indicated which game or games the new helmet will be worn, but it’s expected to be paired with the color rush uniforms — which have been the most popular among fans in recent years.

Louisiana Tech Head Baseball Coach Lane Burroughs will remain the leader of the Bulldogs through at least the 2026-27 season under a contract extension approved by the Board of Supervisors Thursday. Rumors were swirling the national media earlier in the week suggesting Burroughs could leave for a different college, but he put those to rest with a tweet announcing he’s staying in Ruston.

LSU basketball will host Texas Tech in the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge on January 28, 2023 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The SEC made that announcement on Thursday.

LSU defensive end Soni Fonua announced Thursday he’s entering the NCAA transfer portal. He recorded 6 1/2 tackles in 2021 and started the last 5 games of the season.

The Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry have done it once again as they prevail in the NBA championship over the Boston Celtics 103-90 in Game 6 to take the series 4-2.
This is the 4th title in eight seasons for the Warriors, the first team to do that since the Jordan-era Chicago Bulls.

The New Orleans Saints wrapped up minicamp today, working indoors to avoid the heat. Coach Dennis Allen says it was a productive week and now he’s looking forward to training camp.

Cut 21 (22) “…2022 season.”

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The team will also debut a brand-new, alternative helmet for the 2022 season. In photos released today, defensive end Cam Jordan is seen modeling a black helmet with gold fleur-de-lis on both sides and a center stripe comprised of dozens of smaller fleur-de-lis. The Saints have not announced how many times or for which games they will wear the new lids. The last time the saints wore black helmets? The 1969 preseason, but those were scrapped because they weren’t cleared by the NFL.

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Louisiana Tech announced today that Baseball Coach Lane Burroughs has signed a contract extension that will keep him in Ruston through the 2026-27 season. Burroughs has spent the last six seasons coaching the Bulldogs, leading them to their most successful run in program history with back-to-back NCAA regional appearances and 85 wins as well as Conference USA regular-season and tournament championships over the last two years.  Terms of the contract have not been announced as it awaits approval by the Board of Supervisors.

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Six players from the USFL’s New Orleans Breakers have been named to the All-USFL team. Quarterback Kyle Sloter, the league’s leading passer, tight end Sal Cannella, center Jared Thomas, defensive end David Bellamy, linebacker Jerod Fernandez, and defensive tackle Reggie Howard were all chosen. The Breakers player their regular-season finale Sunday before opening the playoffs against Birmingham on June 25.

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And tonight is Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics are at home facing elimination, with the Warriors up in the series 3 games to 2.

With only three preseason games along with a revamped offensive lineup and philosophy, Jameis Winston would love to get as many reps as possible in game situations. However, just how many live snaps he takes is out of his hands, so Jameis is working on some other skills as well during minicamp.

Cut 18 (15) “…everybody again.”

Jarvis Landry continues to earn raves at Saints minicamp. Winston says that if there’s one thing he’s discovered about Landry, is that he knows how to get open.

Cut 19 (17) “…get the ball.”

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The Saints have a quartet of players trying out during minicamp. Running back David Johnson, linebacker Joe Schobert, offensive lineman Senio Kelemete and kicker Alex Quevedo were all at practice on Tuesday. None have officially signed with the team. Schobert, a six-year veteran, has averaged more than 126 tackles per year over the past five seasons and could be the most intriguing invitee.

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Tragic news out of Jacksonville, Florida as former Louisiana Ragin Cajun football player Brad McGuire died as a result of injuries sustained in a single-car accident Wednesday night. McGuire played multiple roles for the Cajuns from 2007-to 2011, including fullback, tight end, running back, and wide receiver, and received his degree in Biology in 2010. He was in Jacksonville to complete medical school.

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LSU assistant baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald will be the next head coach at Kansas. Prior to spending last season with the Tigers, Fitzgerald was one of the top recruiters in the nation at Dallas Baptist University.

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And tonight is Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics are at home facing elimination, with the Warriors up in the series 3 games to 2.

Another day of Saints minicamp is in the books. Jameis Winston has been setting the tone as one of the first in the building and the last to leave the practice field. Wednesday he told reporters that it’s been hard to keep himself from going all out as he continues to recover from ACL surgery, though he is staying on the program the team has for him…:
Cut 17 (15) “ trust them”
Another player back on the field is kicker Wil Lutz, who missed all of last season with a groin injury. Lutz said it was difficult watching while the Saints struggled mightily in the kicking game, going through four different placekickers in his absence…:
Cut 20 (11) “ made it hard”

Sam Burns, a former LSU all-American, will make his fourth appearance in the U.S. Open starting today when the 122nd edition of the Grand Slam event takes place at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Burns tees off at 12:14 p.m. on No. 10 and the action can be seen on USA Network as well as NBC.

LSU assistant baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald will be the next head coach at Kansas. Prior to spending last season with the Tigers, Fitzgerald was one of the top recruiters in the nation at Dallas Baptist University.

New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes was sentenced to 3 years of probation and 450 hours of community service plus domestic violence classes for getting into a dispute with officers responding to a domestic violence call last summer in LA.

Game 6 of the NBA finals takes place tonight and the stakes are high for the Boston Celtics as they take on the Golden State Warriors. If Boston wins, they keep hopes alive and force a game 7. But if the Warriors win tonight, it’ll be their 4th ring in the past 8 years under coach Steve Kerr.

Day two of Saints minicamp and Jameis Winston was at the podium. Winston says he is limited in some ways as he recovers from ACL surgery, though that hasn’t stopped him from sharpening his game.

Cut 21 (13) “…as possible.”

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Pelicans forward Jaxson Hayes was sentenced to three years of probation, 450 hours of community service, and one year of weekly domestic violence classes after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment and resisting arrest during an incident at his Los Angeles home last summer.

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Three-time All-SEC point guard Khayla Pointer has been signed by the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. Pointer was the first pick of the second round in this year’s draft out of LSU but was waived by the Las Vegas Aces on May 2. Pointer finished second in the SEC in both scoring and assists last season.

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Louisiana Tech head baseball coach Lane Burroughs was reportedly under consideration for the vacant jobs at Baylor, Kansas, and Tulane, but says he’s staying with the Bulldogs. Since taking over as “Top Dog,” Burroughs has a 205-111 record, including 85-41 over the last two seasons. During that time, Tech has made two NCAA tournament appearances, hosted a regional, and won its first Conference USA tournament title.

LSU assistant and recruiting coordinator Dan Fitzgerald has accepted the head coaching job at Kansas. Prior to spending last season with the Tigers, Fitzgerald was one of the top recruiters in the nation at Dallas Baptist University.

LSU sophomore infielder Collier Cranford announced that he will enter the transfer portal. The Zachary High product started 24 games over three seasons, with a career .158 batting average.

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The first-ever matchup on the football field between Southern University and LSU will be broadcast live on national television. The game, scheduled for Sept. 10 at 6:30 pm, will air on the SEC Network, according to a release from the Southern Athletic Department.

Running back Alvin Kamara was on the field Monday as the Saints opened minicamp. Though the two-time All-Pro has the cloud of a potential suspension over his head after an altercation at the Pro Bowl in February, Dennis Allen says he’s locked into the task at hand.

Cut 18 (15) “…this year.”

Leading the Saints on the field and in the locker room is Jameis Winston, now in year three with New Orleans.  Allen says the growth in Winston is noticeable.

Cut 19 (19) “…right now.”

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In a tweet sent out Tuesday night, Louisiana Tech baseball coach Lane Burroughs says he’s not going anywhere. Burroughs was reportedly under consideration for the vacant jobs at Baylor, Kansas, and Tulane. Since taking over as “Top Dog,” Burroughs has a 205-111 record, including 85-41 over the last two seasons. During that time, Tech has made two NCAA tournament appearances, hosted a regional, and won its first Conference USA tournament title.

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LSU sophomore infielder Collier Cranford announced that he will enter the transfer portal. The Zachary High product started 24 games over three seasons, with a career .158 batting average.

Three-time All-SEC point guard Khayla Pointer has been signed by the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. Pointer was the first pick of the second round in this year’s draft but was waived by the Las Vegas Aces on May 2.

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Pelicans forward Jaxson Hayes was sentenced to three years of probation, 450 hours of community service, and one year of weekly domestic violence classes after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment and resisting arrest during an incident at his Los Angeles home last summer.

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