The LSU football team will have two tough conference games in the month of September. On September 12th, the Tigers will visit Mississippi State and then on the 19th they’ll host Auburn. Auburn has a new quarterback, six-foot-five Jeremy Johnson from from Montgomery, Alabama. The junior signal caller says SEC defenses will have trouble slowing down Auburn’s offense…

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The Mississippi State game will be televised on ESPN and you’ll be able to watch the Auburn game on CBS.

Louisiana’s top high school football prospect is transferring to IMG Academy in Florida. Shea Patterson, who led Shreveport’s Calvary Baptist to two straight Division 3 state championships, will complete his high school career at the sports academy in Bradenton, Florida. Patterson is committed to play college football at Ole Miss.

Louisiana Tech defensive backs Adairius Barnes and Xavier Woods are on the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List. The award is given annually to college football’s best defensive back. ULM’s Mitch Lane is also on the list.

UL Lafayette’s Shawn Long has been named to the 2015 US Pan American Men’s basketball team, which will compete in Toronto later this month. Former LSU Tiger Anthony Randolph is also on that squad. Team USA will open the basketball competition by taking on Venezuela on July 21st.

The New Orleans Pelicans summer league team remains unbeaten in league play after their 89-83 win over the Brooklyn Nets yesterday in Las Vegas. Bryce Dejean-Jones lead the way for the Pels with 26 points followed by Seth Curry’s 20. The NBA Summer League’s single elimination tournament begins Wednesday.

The Major League Baseball All-Star game is tonight in Cincinnati and a former LSU Tiger will be on the field. Colorado Rockies second baseman DJ Lemahieu will start for the National League and bat 9th in the lineup. Lemahieu was a member of LSU’s 2009 national championship team.