Sports briefs

All-Star boys, girls basketball to play in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT — For the third straight year, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission will host the Louisiana High School Coaches All-Star Boys and Girls basketball games March 21 at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum.
Kelly Wells, vice president of the commission, said each year the players are outstanding and the games are nailbiters. She says for $10, it’s the best entertainment you can get anywhere.
The girls’ game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. followed by the boys at 3 p.m.

Smokin’ the Sound cancelled in Biloxi
BILOXI, Miss. — The annual powerboat races will not return to the Mississippi Sound in 2015.
Smokin’ The Sound offshore powerboat race in Biloxi and the Smokin’ The Lake drag boat races in Gulfport are cancelled for this year
Executive director Woody Bailey says dwindling financial support and recent years’ economic downturn prompted the decision.
Bailey says financial support from state and local government, local businesses and tourism groups mostly has dried up.
Smokin the Sound started in 2004. By 2010, it was named a top 20 spring event in the Southeast.

Pelicans sign guard Douglas to second, 10-day contract
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans have signed veteran backup point guard Toney Douglas to his second 10-day contract.
Douglas, a 6-foot-2 guard, was signed to his first 10-day contract Feb. 4, and the team extended the offer Wednesday.
Douglas has played in three games, averaging 9 points, 4 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals.
In last week’s 106-93 loss to the Indiana Pacers before the Pelicans headed on the All-Star break, Douglas played 25 minutes and scored 14 points and had seven assists.
Prior to the Pelicans, Douglas played in the Chinese Basketball Association with the Jiangsu Dragons.