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Originally posted on Hoops Rumors | By Dana Gauruder | Last updated 5/7/21 Pelicans star big man Zion Williamson has a fractured left ring finger and will be sidelined indefinitely, according to the team’s Twitter feed. Williamson underwent a series of diagnostic tests on Thursday before the Pelicans departed for their game Friday night at Philadelphia. A CT scan revealed the injury. A treatment plan and timetable for his return will be determined upon further evaluation, the team adds. The loss of Williamson could end New Orleans’ playoff aspirations. The Pelicans are still in the running for the play-in tournament, sitting 1 1/2 games behind San Antonio for the 10th and final spot. ....
Police Searching for Stabbing Suspect Dressed Like Chewbacca Chewbacca is a wanted man in New Orleans. NOLA Police say they are searching for a suspect who was dressed in a Chewbacca costume during a stabbing incident. According to the New Orleans Times the suspect is a man and they know that because witnesses say the Chewbacca head fell off during the altercation. What s more, the man is actually a street performer. Witnesses did not get a great look at the suspect and believe he s in his 20 s. I m not here to call names but they dragged Chewbacca into this and I won t stand for it. If you are going to go full loser in life, full heel, don t do it dressed as Chewbacca. I ll take it a step further don t be a loser while dressed like: ....
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5:40 Wayne Baquet, Sr.: Our first restaurant was open in the 1940s. It was a place called Paul Gross Chicken Coop. It was called that because they actually served fried chicken. Not too many people did that back then because they didn’t have deep fryers. Actually the person that inspired that was Ada Baquet Gross, Paul Gross’s wife and my great aunt. And it was in Tremé, on the corner of Bienville and Roman. That was our first restaurant. My dad worked there, I even worked there as a teenager. Then my dad went off on his own, opened up Eddie’s Restaurant. Kind of famous: 2119 Law Street in the Seventh Ward. And then from there, I broke off and opened up several different restaurants including one around the corner called Eddie Baquet’s and probably eight or nine other restaurants that I’ve had over the past nearly fifty years of doing this. And Wayne and Arkesha, they still have it going here at Li’l Dizzy’s for the future. ....