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Detroit Pistons (9-14, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (6-17, 14th in the Western Conference) New Orleans; Monday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit faces the New Orleans Pelicans after Andre Drummond’s 25-point, 22-rebound outing in the Pistons’ 108-101 victory against the Pacers. The Pelicans are 4-8 on their home court. New Orleans is sixth in the league with 15.4 fast break points per game led by Brandon Ingram averaging 3.3. The Pistons are 2-9 on the road. Detroit is 1-7 when opponents grab more rebounds and averages 43 rebounds per game. The teams match up Monday for the first time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: JJ Redick leads the Pelicans averaging 3.4 made 3-pointers and scoring 15.5 points per game while shooting 46.5 percent from beyond the arc. Ingram has averaged 23.4 points and added 6.7 rebounds while shooting 46.6 percent over the last 10 games for New Orleans. Drummond has shot 54.5 percent and is averaging 17.7 points for the … [Read more...] about Drummond leads Detroit against New Orleans after 25-22 game

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jaylen Key registered 17 points and five assists as New Orleans beat Xavier (LA) 79-62 on Saturday night. Ahren Freeman and Bryson Robinson had 14 points each for New Orleans (3-4). Damion Rosser had seven points and seven assists for the home team. The Privateers, who have won two in a row after losing four straight road games, dominated the first half to go ahead 41-30 at the break. Xavier was never able to close the gap. Cameron Dumas had 13 points for the Gold Rush, an NAIA school. Cameron Wells added 10 points. William Loyd had eight rebounds. New Orleans takes on LSU on the road on Tuesday. ___ For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25 ___ Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com … [Read more...] about Key scores 17 to lead New Orleans past Xavier (LA) 79-62

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Both Emmitt Williams and Darius Days registered double-doubles to lead LSU to a 90-54 non-conference victory against New Orleans on Tuesday. Williams finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season for the Tigers (6-2). Days recorded his fourth double-double of the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Williams and Days were a combined 13-of-20 shooting from the field. Trendon Watford scored a season-high 18 points for LSU. Charles Manning Jr. finished with 13 points, while Javonte Smart added 12 points and eight assists. “We did a good job establishing ourselves in the paint scoring 52 points,” LSU coach Will Wade said. “I was really pleased with Javonte. He’s just settled in as a point guard. It just takes time. We’ve always had confidence in Javonte and he certainly played very good.” Bryson Robinson was the leading scorer for UNO (3-5) with 18 points. Jaylen Key had 13 points and … [Read more...] about Williams, Days power LSU past New Orleans 90-54

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The co-founder of a chain of bars in New Orleans’ French Quarter who helped create an iconic cocktail known as the “hand grenade” has died. Earl Bernhardt died Thursday at the age of 80 from natural causes, Bernhardt’s business partner Pam Fortner said in a statement, according to news outlets. One of his daughters, Jennifer Bernhardt Scott, told The Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate The frozen, lime green “hand grenade” is a common site along Bourbon Street. It’s served in a tall-necked plastic container with a smiling hand grenade at its base. The recipe is a secret, but reportedly includes vodka, gin and melon liquor. Bernhardt, co-owner of the Tropical Isle bar on Bourbon Street, was a morning radio personality and country music disc jockey before he got into the bar business. The “hand grenade” was inspired by plastic squirt guns in the shape of hand grenades that he and Fortner found while looking … [Read more...] about Co-inventor of New Orleans ‘hand grenade’ cocktail dies

For actress Victoria Rowell, it was time to address the opioid crisis.“I can’t be in this industry for more than 30 years and not do something dramatically around this,” she said. “I personally know people who have lost their children. Both went into surgery, became addicted, then overdosed. They were from good families.”Rowell is a familiar face on TV and film: she was part of the cast of “The Young and The Restless” and “Diagnosis Murder,” and was in feature films such as “Dumb and Dumber" and “Eve Bayou,” which was filmed in Louisiana.  The best-selling author of “The Women Who Raised Me,”  about her upbringing in foster care and the women who influenced her life, Rowell also writes for TV and movies, including the UMC daytime drama “The Rich and The Ruthless,” streaming on BET. She's executive director and director of that series.It is the denial of addiction – … [Read more...] about Daytime drama star Victoria Rowell tackles opioid addiction in new film, debuting in New Orleans

LAGCOE executive director Angela Cring has resigned after 14 years with the Lafayette-based energy support organization, which has hosted the Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition trade shows since 1955.“I’ve been ready for a while,” said Cring, 45, who is a geologist by education and background. “But I was committed to seeing certain things through. That is done now.”Cring worked on seven shows — eight if you count the 2005 event, which was canceled when LAGCOE’s venue, the Cajundome, was used to house evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans. Six shows were at the Cajundome; the seventh was in New Orleans’ Ernest Morial Convention Center, where the biennial event was moved for the October 2019 show. Success! An email has been sent with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. She said she notified LAGCOE’s leadership this week that she is leaving. The board … [Read more...] about Angela Cring steps down at LAGCOE; served 14 years and oversaw move New Orleans in ’19