The LSU baseball team has moved into the double-elimination portion of the SEC Tournament after beating South Carolina eight to six last night. Devin Fontenot threw 4.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to get the win and Cade Beloso drove in three runs, while Josh Smith homered. The Tigers face Mississippi State tonight.

In the Sun Belt, the Ragin Cajuns advanced to play Georgia Southern today, while ULM will face top seeded Texas State tonight after upsetting South Alabama 12 to 7 last night. It’s ULM’s first tournament win since 2014.

Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu is an alleged victim in a five-million dollar extortion attempt by his cousin, who according to court records threatened to go public with sexual misconduct allegations against the Honeybadger. Mathieu’s cousin allegedly demanded millions from the athlete in hush money. But now his cousin is facing an extortion charge after Mathieu turned him in to the FBI.

The Pelicans chief of basketball operations David Griffen says the hiring of Trajan Langdon as general manager is another sign the franchise is headed in the right direction. Many observors are praising the hiring of Langdon, who just helped Brooklyn get into the playoffs. Next month the team is expected to draft Duke superstar Zion Williamson. Griffin says folks around the league look at the team in a very different light now…
cut 19 (18) “…significant’
Griffin says he still plans on meeting with Anthony Davis to see if he’s committed to staying in New Orleans.

The NFL owners voted this morning to allow a tweek to the new rule that allows instant replay judges to look at pass interference calls. Instead of having the booth judge determine if a pass interference call should be challenged in final two minutes of half, the challenge would have to come from coaches.

LSU baseball rallied back from a five-to one deficit to beat South Carolina eight to six to advance into the second round of the SEC Tournament. Sophomore right-hander Devin Fontenot was the key as he threw 4.1 shutout innings for his fifth win of the year. Todd Peterson worked the final 2.2 innings for his third save. Offensively, the Tigers had 13 hits, Josh Smith homered and drove in two runs and Cade Beloso had 3 RBIs. LSU plays Mississippi State tonight.

ULM’s Joey Jordan tied a Sun Belt Tournament record with five hits as the Warhawks upset South Alabama 12-7. It’s ULM’s first tournament win since 2014 and tonight they’ll take on top-seeded Texas State at 6:30.

Senior Hunter Kasuls two-run double in the sixth inning snapped a two-two tie and the Ragin Cajuns defeated Appalachian State six to two. UL-Lafayette faces Georgia Southern today.

New Pelicans general manager Trajan Langdon says it wasn’t easy to leave his job as an assistant G-M of the Brooklyn Nets, but he was sold after seeing Owner Gayle Benson’s passion for the team and her commitment to building a long term winner…
cut 18 (14) “….brightest”
Langdon says his goal is to build a championship team from within and that means developing young talent.

The Saints have added depth to their defensive line as the team announces the signing of former Carolina Panthers defensive end Wes Horton. He started eight games for the Panthers last seaosn and during his six seasons, he has 15.5 sacks.

Tampa Bay has released six-time pro bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, but the Bucs have reportedly signed defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who also reportedly considered the Saints.

LSU and South Carolina are set to meet each other tonight in the SEC Baseball Tournament. Aaron Fitt with D-1 Baseball believes LSU needs to win a game or two to secure hosting an NCAA Regional….
cut 18 (12) “….since 2007”
LSU will start freshman Cole Henry on the hill. He’ll be making his first start in a month, because of an elbow injury.

U-L Lafayette and ULM are in today’s single elimination round of the Sun Belt Tournament. The Cajuns face Appalachian State in Conway, South Carolina. While the Warhawks will take on South Alabama. ULM senior Chad Bell leads the Sun Belt with 18 home runs.

Louisiana Tech will have to set their alarm clock early. The Bulldogs are the third-seed in the Conference USA Tournament and they are set to face sixth seeded Marshall tomorrow morning at 9:30.

The House Criminal Justice Committee votes 11-to-6 to allow sports betting at the state’s riverboat casinos, racetracks and the land-based casino in New Orleans. Denham Springs Representative Valarie Hodges voted against the bill because she says sports betting can destroy families. But Metairie Senator Danny Martiny says that can happen now and the state gets no benefit from it, because it’s not regulated
Cut 14 (11) “…this to you”
The sports betting bill has already been approved by the Senate and it may need a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee to review the fiscal impact to the state.

Organized Training Activities started today at the Saints practice facility in Metairie, so that means the battle for starting center begins today. Veteran Nick Easton and rookie draft pick Erik McCoy will fight out it out to replace the retiring Max Unger.

LSU begins play in the SEC Baseball Tournament tonight seeking the school’s 13th tournament title. LSU has won six of the past 11 SEC Tournament crowns. Pitcher Zack Hess says the team is looking forward to having more success in Hoover, Alabama…
cut 17 (17) “…make a run”
Cole Henry will start tonight’s game against South Carolina. He hasn’t pitched in a month because of elbow soreness. If LSU loses tonight, they are done for the SEC Tournament.

U-L Lafayette and ULM are in today’s single elimination round of the Sun Belt Tournament. The Cajuns face Appalachian State in Conway, South Carolina. While the Warhawks will take on South Alabama. ULM senior Chad Bell leads the Sun Belt with 18 home runs.

LSU Basketball Coach Will Wade has landed his first big time recruit since he was re-instated. The school has received papers from Alabama five-star prospect Trendon Watford of Mountain Brook High in Birmingham. He’s rated as the fourth best power forward in the nation by 24-7 sports.

LSU cornerback Kelvin Jospeh entered the NCAA Transfer portal and then took his name out. His father Kelvin Joseph Senior has reportedly said his son is not going anywhere. The four-star recruit out of Scotlandville played in 11 games last season as a freshman and he’ll compete with Derek Stingley for playing time at cornerback this upcoming season.

The Saints offseason program known as O-T-As begins today. The Black and Gold will use this time to build depth at wide receiver. Hopefully Cameron Meredith is healthy this season after catching only nine passes last year. The defensive line is a question mark as well. Defensive end Alex Okafor signed with Kansas City and defensive tackle Tyeler Davison is now with the Falcons and Sheldon Rankins is still recovering from a torn Achilles.

After missing the last month with an elbow injury, freshman right-hander Cole Henry will start tonight in LSU’s SEC Tournament game against South Carolina. Coach Paul Mainieri says Henry looked good in his last bullpen session…
cut 16 (21) “….throw five innings”
Fist pitch tonight from Hoover, Alabama is scheduled for 8 PM. Aaron Fitt with D-1 baseball believes LSU needs to win a game or two in order to host an NCAA Regional.

The Sun Belt Tournament gets underway today in Conway, South Carolina. 10th seeded ULM faces seventh seeded South Alabama at 2 PM. Eighth seeded UL-Lafayette takes on ninth seeded Appalachian State. First pitch is 5:30.

Five-star power forward Trendon Watford has signed with the LSU basketball program. He’s six-foot-nine, 230 pounds and Watford helped Mountain Brook High School in Alabama to three straight 7-A state titles, averaging 24 points, 12 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. He’s expected to replace Naz Reid in the starting line-up. He’s ranked by 24-7 sports as fourth best power forward in the nation.

LSU cornerback Kelvin Jospeh entered the NCAA Transfer portal and then took his name out. His father Kelvin Joseph Senior told media members that his son is not going anywhere. The four star recruit out of Scotlandville played in 11 games last season as a freshman and recorded 12 tackles.

Organized Training Activities begin today at the Saints practice facility in Metairie, so that means the battle for starting center begins today. Veteran Nick Easton and rookie draft pick Erik McCoy will fight out it out to replace the retiring Max Unger. New Orleans also needs to develop more wide receivers to help out Michael Thomas.

LSU sophomore defensive back Kelvin Jospeh has reportedly entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal. 24-7 sports reports that Joseph, who saw a lot of playing time as a freshman, was in classes today with intersession going at LSU. And just because a player enters into the transfer portal, doesn’t mean that player will transfer.

LSU basketball Coach Will Wade has landed his first major commitment for the 2019 recruiting class. Five star power forward Trenton Watford of Alabama has announced he plans on attending LSU and looks like a good replacement to Naz Reid, who is gearing up for the upcoming NBA draft. Watford is listed as the fourth best power forward in the country according to 24-7 sports.

In other basketball news, LSU’s Javonte Smart is returning for his sophomore season. And the Pelicans are receiving praise for hiring Trajan Langdon as their general manager. He’s considered a talented front office man among those who cover the NBA.
LSU baseball finished the regular season on Saturday with a tough extra inning loss to Auburn. Was that the final game at Alex Box Stadium for 2019 or will LSU host a regional? Coach Paul Mainieri believes they have a solid resume to host a regional
cut 17 (23) “great to come back”
LSU may have some work to do in the SEC Tournament if they want to win the NCAA Regional. The Tigers have an RPI of 21 and according to college baseball analyst Mark Etheridge, teams that have an RPI above 16 usually do not get to host. LSU faces South Carolina tomorrow night in the SEC Tournament and Cole Henry will start after missing about a month with an arm injury.

LSU sophomore defensive back Kelvin Joseph has reportedly entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. The former four-star recruit from Scotlandville High School played a lot as a freshman, but he was suspended for the bowl game. Jospeh tweeted out that if you don’t know my situation please be quiet and don’t judge. Joseph can still return to LSU.

Joseph’s former classmate at Scotlandville High School in Baton Rouge, Javonte Smart, has announced he will return for his sophomore season. Smart is one of six players from LSU’s SEC championship team to enter the NBA draft. Tremont Waters and Naz Reid are not expected to come back, but there’s still time for Skylar Mays, Marlon Taylor and Emmitt Williams to remove their name from draft consideration.

The Pelicans have hired Trajan Langdon as their new general manager. After a long playing career in Europe, Langdon served as a scout for Spurs and was a member of their front office for their last championship. Langdon was most recently an assistant G-M for the Brooklyn Nets, who made the playoffs this past season.

LSU right-hander Landon Marceaux has been named SEC Baseball Co-Freshman of the Week. The Destrehan native pitched a career-high seven innings and held Auburn to one run on only two hits and had a career-high seven strikeouts in a win on Friday night.

LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri says he still has confidence in Zack Hess, even though he blew the save in an extra inning loss to Auburn on Saturday….
cut 18 (19) “….in him”
LSU enters the SEC Tournament as the five-seed and the Tigers will play South Carolina tomorrow night.

ULM and UL-Lafayette will play tomorrow night in the opening round of the Sun Belt Tournament, which is single elimination. The Warhawks will take on South Alabama and the Cajuns will face Appalachian State.

LSU baseball enters the SEC Tournament as a 5-seed and they’ll play South Carolina in the late game in Hoover, Alabama on Tuesday night. The Tigers lost on Saturday in extra innings to Auburn, which ended a four-game winning streak. Zack Hess blew the save in the ninth and gave up the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and says Saturday’s loss shouldn’t disrupt the momentum they have entering the postseason…
cut 19 (12) “…figured out”

The Southern Jaguars punched their ticket into the NCAA Tournament with a 15-0 win over Alabama State in the SWAC Championship game in New Orleans yesterday. Eli Finney threw 8.1 innings of shutout baseball and third baseman Tyler LaPorte was named the tournament’s MVP after driving in five runs on Sunday. Southern will find out next Monday, which Regional they’ll play in.

Louisiana Tech is a three seed in the NCAA tournament and the Bulldogs will play Marshall on Wednesday morning in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tech took two of three from the Thundering Herd in the regular season.

ULM and UL-Lafayette are both in the Sun Belt Tournament, but they’ll play in Tuesday opening round which will be single elimination. The Warhawks will take on South Alabama and the Cajuns will face Appalachian State.

Southeastern Louisiana is the three seed in the Southland Tourney. The Lions will play Stephen F Austin on Wednesday morning. The Demons will take on Central Arkansas and McNeese faces Incarnate Word in the late game on Wednesday.

Tulane is the three seed in the American Athletic Conference and the Green Wave will take on Central Florida.

LSU softball advances to the Super Regional with a 5-1 win over Texas Tech, while the Cajuns lost twice to Ole Miss and were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament.

The Pelicans have hired Trajan Langdon as its general manager. While LSU’s Javonte Smart has announced he’s returning for his sophomore season.

The 19th ranked LSU baseball team won its fourth straight last night as the Fighting Tigers knocked off Auburn four to one to clinch the fifth seed in the SEC Tournament. Freshman right hander Landon Marceaux struck out a career-high seven hitters last night to improve to four and two on the year. Zack Hess threw two shutout innings for his second save and Cade Beloso had two hits and drove in two runs. LSU has 17 wins in the SEC, which should be good enough to host an NCAA Regional.

The Ragin Cajuns were trailing 8-6 heading into the ninth inning but rallied for a 13-9 win over ULM in 10 innings on Friday night. UL-Lafayette is in next week’s Sun Belt Tournament, but the Warhawks will need a win over the Cajuns today to secure a spot.

Louisiana Tech defeated F-I-U 5-2 as David Leal threw seven innings and allowed one run. Taylor Young and Steele Netterville each had three hits. The Diamond Dogs go for the sweep today.
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At the SWAC Tournament, Texas Southern topped Southern eight to six and the two teams will meet again today in New Orleans. The winner will advance to the tournament championship game. Grambling is also in the semi-finals and they need to beat Alabama State today to advance to the title game. Grambling won twice yesterday, beating Priairie View 9-8 and Alabama State 15-9.

In the Southland, Southeastern Louisiana split a doubleheader with Incarnate Word. Northwestern State also split a doubleheader with Sam Houston State and the Demons earned a spot in the Southland Tournament. McNeese is also in the Southland tournament after a 16-6 win over Houston Baptist. Abilene Christian swept a doubleheader from Nicholls and the Colonels will miss out on the Southland Tourney.

In NCAA Tournament Softball action, LSU blanked Monmouth two to nothing. Texas Tech shutout Louisiana Tech 3-0. So LSU faces Texas Tech in the regional today, while La Tech and Monmouth meet in an elimiantion game. And the Ragin Cajuns defeated Southeast Missouri three to two.

The 19th ranked LSU baseball team might be getting hot at the right time as the Tigers hit three home runs for their third win in a row in a 7-1 victory against Auburn. Cade Beloso, Saul Garza and Antoine Duplantis each hit solo shots. Duplantis had two hits and two RBIs and Garza had three hits on the night.

Eric Walker was terrific on the mound. The right-hander allowed one earned run in six innings and he struck out five. LSU moves into 5th place in the SEC standings thanks to Tennessee’s seven to nothing win over Ole Miss.

ULM ended a 25-game losing streak to the Ragin Cajuns by beating UL-Lafayette six to three. Chad Bell belted a three-run homer and Trey Jeans, a former Cajun pitcher, struck out nine over seven innings.

Louisiana Tech blanked FIU 3-0 as senior Matt Miller threw a career high 8.2 innings to improve to 6-1. Braxton Smith earned his 10th save.

Southern rallied for four runs in the ninth and then won it in the 10th inning on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Hunter Hudson as the Jaguars defeated Texas Southern 10-to-9 to advance to the semifinals of the SWAC Tournament. A victory tonight and the Jags are in Sunday’s Tournament championship game. Grambling needs to beat Prairie View this morning to avoid elimination.

Preston Faulkner’s two-out, three-run homer gave Southeastern Louisiana an 8-6 win over Incarnate Word. The Lions remain one game back of first place in the Southland, because Sam Houston defeated Northwestern State 11-5. Nicholls now in 9th place in the Southland after losing 10-to-8 to Abilene Christian.

The NFL has suspended former LSU star and eight time pro bowl cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, Patrick Peterson, for the first six games of the season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Peterson told reporters in Arizona he’s sorry for what happened, but didn’t get into specifics on what led to his suspension.

At LSU today, an NCAA Softball Regional gets underway today. The Fighting Tigers are the host school and will face Monmouth at 4:30. Starting at 2 PM, it will be Louisiana Tech versus Texas Texas. The Cajuns are in the Oxford Regional and UL-Lafayette takes on Southeast Missouri at 3:30.