The LSU Tigers have arrived in Omaha as they get ready to play TCU on Sunday afternoon in the first round of the College World Series. Shortstop Alex Bregman is making his second trip to the College World Series in an LSU uniform…
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LSU is seeking its first national championship since 2009.

In recruiting news…Edna Karr defensive end Andre Anthony has committed to LSU. He’s considered one of the top defensive linemen in the state. He’s six-foot-three, 214 pounds.

Former LSU Tiger Matt Flynn has reportedly signed with New England. The Patriots need another quarterback with Tom Brady facing a four-game suspension for deflate-gate.

Former Ruston football coach and Louisiana Tech quarterback Billy Laird has passed away. Laird suffered a significant stroke on May 8th and has been in bad health since. He was 71-years-old.

Former North Caddo High guard Kadavion Evans has been added to the 2015-16 Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball roster. Evans is five-foot-eleven and averaged nearly 25 points a game last season and he was named to the LHSAA Class Two-A Academic All-State team.

The Saints go into the upcoming season without tight end Jimmy Graham and wide receiver Kenny Stills. Both were traded earlier this year. But Coach Sean Payton says that doesn’t mean they’ll become a more run-oriented team….
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The Saints will have a mandatory mini-camp next week.

The LSU Baseball team left for the College World Series today and the fans won’t be far behind. Michelle Southern reports Omaha can’t wait for Tiger Nation to make its way back to the Midwest…
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Chris Chinea was the last player from LSU to go in the Major League Baseball Draft. St. Louis selected Chinea in the 17th round. Southeastern had three pitchers drafted, Jake Johnson to Cincinnati, Kyle Keller to Miami and Tate Scioneaux to Pittsburgh.

The Saints go into the upcoming season without tight end Jimmy Graham and wide receiver Kenny Stills. Both were traded earlier this year. But Coach Sean Payton says that doesn’t mean they’ll become a more run-oriented team….
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The Saints will have a mandatory mini-camp next week.

Former North Caddo High guard Kadavion Evans has been added to the 2015-16 Ragin Cajuns men’s basketball roster. Evans is five-foot-eleven and averaged nearly 25 points a game last season and eh was named to the LHSAA Class Two-A Academic All-State team.

The LSU baseball team leaves for Omaha today and the fans won’t be far behind as preparations begin for the Tigers 17th College World Series appearance. LSU will play TCU on Sunday at 2pm. Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau spokeswoman Deborah Ward says they love it when the Purple and Gold Nation is in town…

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Ward says if you’re still planning a trip, you can go to visitomaha.com to check on hotel availability.

In Major League Baseball Draft yesterday, LSU first baseman Chris Chinea was selected in the 17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Padres selected ULM and West Ouachita product Kodie Tidwell in the 26th round. San Diego also picked former Louisiana Tech pitcher Phil Maton in the 20th round.

Three Southeastern Louisiana pitchers were drafted in the final day of the Major League Baseball Draft. The Cincinnati Reds selected junior right-hander Jake Johnson in the 16th round. Johnson compiled a 10-2 record and a 3.42 ERA for the Lions last season.

Senior right-hander Kyle Keller was picked up by the Miami Marlins in round 18. The New Orleans native appeared in 15 games last season and turned in a 2.75 ERA.

And in the 39th round, the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted junior Tate Scioneaux. The right-hander from Reserve has racked up a total of 260 strikeouts for the Lions.

A couple of NIcholls State Colonels were in the draft yesterday. Left-handed relief pitcher Stuart Holmes got tabbed by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 35th round. Holmes was named Southland Conference Relief Pitcher of the Year. Right-hander Ryan Deemes was selected by the Houston Astros in the 36th round. Holmes lead the Southland Conference and set a school record with 15 saves last season.

McNeese State senior outfielder Andrew Guillotte was taken in the 32nd round by the Toronto Blue Jays.

LSU heads for Omaha tomorrow where they’ll play TCU on Sunday afternoon. Since the College World Series has moved to the new TD Ameritrade Park, runs have been at premium at the spacious park, where the win blows in. Reliever Zac Person says the pitchers have confidence their fielders can track balls down in the gaps…
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Coach Paul Mainieri doesn’t expect many home runs in Omaha, even though home runs were up in the regular season, because of a lower seamed baseball that college baseball is using this year.

In major league baseball draft today, LSU first baseman Chris Chinea was selected in the 17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Padres selected ULM and West Ouachita product Kodie Tidwell in the 26th round. San Diego also picked former Louisiana Tech pitcher Phil Maton in the 20th round.

Saints Coach Sean Payton has confirmed that pass rusher Junior Galette has a pectoral injury. Payton says they are still waiting on a final opinion on whether Galette should undergo surgery. If he does undergo the knife, he’ll miss much of the 2015 campaign. Galette has 22 sacks over the last two seasons.

The UL Lafayette basketball team has announced Frank Bartley the Fourth has transferred in from BYU. He’s six-foot-three and averaged three points and two rebounds a game at BYU. Bartley led Christian Life in Baton Rouge to a pair of Class One-A state titles and his father, Frank Bartley the Third, was an all-conference football player at USL. He’ll be eligible to play at the start of the 2016-17 season.

New Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol has hired a new assistant coach to replace Matt McMahon who was named the head coach at Murray State. Corey Barker takes McMahon’s place on the staff. Barker was an assistant coach at Bowling Green State last season.

The LSU Baseball team is getting ready to play TCU on Sunday at 2 PM. The other two teams on the Tigers side of the bracket are Cal State Fullerton and Vanderbilt. They also play on Sunday. Coach Paul Mainieri says each team in their bracket has a team ERA below three, so pitching and defense will be critical in Omaha…
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Mainieri also doesn’t expect many home runs in Omaha, even though home runs were up during the regular season, because of a lower seamed baseball that college baseball is using this year.

The LSU football program has received a verbal commitment from Jakori Savage, who is an offensive lineman from Alabama. Savage also reportedly had scholarship offers from South Carolina and Kentucky.

Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson’s competency hearing resumed today in a civil district courtroom in New Orleans. Very few details have been released about how the proceedings are going, because the public and media have been kept out of the courtroom. At issue is whether Benson is capabe of operating the two professional sports franchises.

Champions square next to the Mercedes Benz Superdome has a new look. Officials say the venue is dressed in gold—a color that unites the Saints and Pelicans and also represents Louisiana’s championship moments. New photos have been put up featuring New Orleans’ finest sports mements. Which means the photo that had Darren Sharper in it, has been removed.

New Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol has hired a new assistant coach to replace Matt McMahon who was named the head coach at Murray State. Corey Barker takes McMahon’s place on the staff. Barker was an assistant coach at Bowling Green State last season and helped the Falcons to a 21-win season.

LSU will leave tomorrow for Omaha as they’ll make their 17th trip to the College World Series. There are a handful of guys who were on the team that went to the C-W-S in 2013. But a vast majority of the players will make their first trip. Coach Paul Mainieri has let them know what they can expect…

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LSU will play TCU on Sunday at 2 PM. The game will be televised on ESPN.

The LSU Tigers have received a verbal commitment from Denham Springs defensive lineman Caleb Roddy. He’s six-foot-five, 241 pounds and is the 12th commitment for the class of 2016. The other defensive linemen in the class are St. Thomas Aquinas’ Edwin Alexander and Destrehan’s Glen Logan.

The second day of the Major League Baseball Draft saw seven state college players selected. UL-Lafayette shortstop Blake Trahan was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the third round. The Kinder native was named Sun Belt Player of the Year this season.

The Nationals also picked up Nicholls State pitcher, Grant Borne. The junior left-hander from Baton Rouge was selected in the seventh round.

And rounds three through ten saw 5 LSU Tigers selected. Senior catcher Kade Scivicque was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the fourth round. Infielder Jared Foster went to the Los Angeles Angels in the fifth round. The ninth round saw three Tigers chosen. Left-handed pitcher Zac Person was selected by the Houston Astros, the Philadelphia Phillies drafted outfielder Mark Laird, and third baseman Conner Hale was picked up by the Seattle Mariners.

A couple of Louisiana high school standouts got their name called yesterday, as well. Franklinton center fielder Josh Magee was taken by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round and Oak Forest Academy’s Kolton Kendrick got tabbed by the Minnesota Twins in round eight.

The LSU Tigers will face TCU when they arrive in Omaha later this week. The game between the Bayou Bengals and Horned Frogs will take place on Sunday at two P-M. Shortstop Alex Bregman says it’s been quite a week already, winning a super regional on Sunday and getting drafted on Monday night….
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LSU center fielder Andrew Stevenson was selected in the second round by the Washington Nationals. Catcher Kade Scivicque was taken in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers, former Barbe standout Jared Foster was picked in the fifth round by the Angels, the Astros picked relief pitcher Zac Person in the ninth round. Also in the ninth round, the Phillies drafted LSU outfielder Mark Laird.

UL Lafayette shortstop Blake Trahan was picked in the third round by the Cincinnati Reds. Trahan is the 16th player under Head Coach Tony Robichaux to be drafted in the top 10 rounds.

The LSU Tigers have received a verbal commitment from Denham Springs defensive lineman Caleb Roddy. 247 sports lists Roddy as a three-star prospect. He’s six-foot-five, 241 pounds and he’s the 12th commitment for the class of 2016. The other D-linemen in the class are St. Thomas Aquinas’ Edwin Alexander and Destrehan’s Glen Logan.

Louisiana Tech men’s basketball head coach Eric Konkol has to find a new assistant coach. Matt McMahon, who Konkol hired two weeks ago, is going back to Murray State where he’ll be the head coach of the Racers.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is now offering a text message notification system for those interested in receiving recreational or commercial fishing news. To sign up for recreational fishing text alerts go to fish-la-dot-org.

LSU shortstop Alex Bregman didn’t have to wait long to hear his name called during the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft. The Astros chose Bregman with the number two overall pick. Bregman has been a star shortstop for the Tigers the last three seasons, but there are some major league scouts who believe he’ll make a better second baseman in the pros. Bregman says he’s not sure about that…
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Bregman and the Tigers will play their first game in the College World Series on Sunday afternoon. They’ll face TCU, who outlasted Texas A-and-M 5 to 4 in 16 innings. Vanderbilt and Cal-State Fullerton were the other two teams who advanced to the College World Series.

The LSU Tigers have received a verbal commitment from Denham Springs defensive lineman Caleb Roddy. 247 sports lists Roddy as a three-star prospect. He’s six-foot-five, 241 pounds and he’s the 12th commitment for the class of 2016. The other D-linemen in the class are St. Thomas Aquinas’ Edwin Alexander and Destrehan’s Glen Logan.

New Louisiana Tech men’s basketball coach Eric Konkol has signed his first two Bulldogs, guard Da’Shawn Robinson and forward Jy’lan Washington. robinson is six-foot-four, 200 pounds and averaged 12 points a game at Navarro College in Texas last season. Washington is six-foot-eight, 180 pounds and averaged 18 points and eight rebounds at Stewarts Creek High School in Tennessee.

The NCAA has agreed to reduce the shot clock in men’s basketball from 35 to 30-seconds. Coaches will also have fewer timeouts in the men’s game and the women’s basketball will go to four 10-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.

The Houston Astros selected LSU shortstop Alex Bregman with the second overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft. Bregman says it’s a dream come true to hear the MLB Commissioner call his name…

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Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson was the number one overall selection being drafted by Arizona.

LSU center fielder Andrew Stevenson was taken in the second round, with the 58th overall pick by the Washington Nationals. Rounds 3-10 of the draft happen today.

Bregman, Stevenson, and the rest of the Tigers will open College World Series play this Sunday against TCU. The Horned Frogs earned their trip to Omaha by defeating Texas A&M 5-4 in 16 innings yesterday. First pitch is scheduled for 2PM and you can watch on ESPN.

The Sun Belt announced that UL Lafayette’s home game against Northwestern State and ULM’s contest against Nicholls State will be televised by ESPN Three. Both games are set to be played on September 12th.

The NCAA announces some rule changes for next basketball season. First, the shot clock in men’s college basketball will be reduced from 35 to 30-seconds. Also, each team will have four timeouts instead of five. And women’s basketball will play four ten-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.

And new Louisiana Tech men’s basketball coach Eric Konkol has signed his first two Bulldogs, six-foot-four guard Da’shawn Robinson and six-foot-eight forward Jy’lan Washington. Robinson averaged 12 points per game at Navarro College in Texas last season, while Washington averaged 18 points and eight rebounds at a high school in Tennessee last year.

Former New Orleans Saint Tracy Porter has signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears. This will be Porter’s fifth NFL team. Porter only played in three games last season before being placed on injured reserve by the Washington Redskins.

The LSU Baseball team is enjoying an off day today after celebrating the program’s 17th trip to the College World Series. The Tigers are in the C-W-S after they beat UL Lafayette six to three to win the Super Regional Series. LSU Coach Paul Mainieri is proud of his team….
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The Ragin Cajuns season ends with a record of 42-23. UL Lafayette Coach Tony Robichaux says it was a great ride to take a young team almost to Omaha…
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Tonight is the Major League Baseball Draft. LSU shortstop Alex Bregman could be a top five pick. UL Lafayette shortstop Blake Trahan may also go in the first round.

Former New Orleans Saint Tracy Porter has signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears. This will be Porter’s fifth NFL team. Porter only played in three games last season for the Washington Redskins.

The Sun Belt announced today UL Lafayette’s home game against Northwestern State and ULM’s contest against Nicholls State will be televised by ESPN Three. Both games are set to be played on September 12th.

The NCAA announces that the shot clock in men’s college basketball will be reduced from 35 to 30-seconds next season. And each team will only have four timeouts instead of five. Also, women’s basketball will play four ten-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.

And new Louisiana Tech men’s basketball coach Eric Konkol has signed his first two Bulldogs, six-foot-four guard Da’shawn Robinson and six-foot-eight forward Jy’lan Washington. Robinson averaged 12 points at Navarro College in Texas last season, while Washington averaged 18 points and eight rebounds at a high school in Tennessee last year.