SEC football media days get underway today in Hoover, Alabama, which is the unofficial start to the college football season. Hundreds of reporters attend this event to hear from SEC coaches and players. LSU running back Leonard Fournette will be there and Braden Gall, with Athlon Sports, says the running back will find out what its like to be a star football player in the SEC…

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Fournette, LSU football coach Les Miles, and two other players will go before the large contingent of media on Thursday.

Former Ruston High School football coach, Jimmy “Chick” Childress has died. Childress coached the Bearcats for 12 seasons and brought home four Class 4-A state championships in 1982, 1986, 1988, and 1990. Childress was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Childress was 83 years-old.

After a four hour meeting in Baton Rouge Sunday, it appears the high school football season will kick off without delay. The Louisiana High School Officials Association and the LHSAA have reportedly reached a tentative agreement that will put officials on the field in time for fall sports. Specific details of the agreement have not been released and it is unknown if official received any pay increase.

The Pelicans continue to roll in NBA summer league play after defeating Dallas 90-86 in Las Vegas. Seth Curry scored 25 points for New Orleans. Larry Drew II added nine points, five assists, and two steals as the Pels improve to 2-0. NBA Summer League play continues through July 20th.

The Pels have signed their first free agent of the offseason that wasn’t one of their own. Small forward Alonzo Gee has agreed to a two-year deal with New Orleans. The 28-year-old split time with Denver and Portland last season.