LSU and Coastal Carolina hold workouts at Alex Box Stadium this afternoon. Coastal is 47-16 on the year, while LSU is 45-and-19 and they’ve made a habit of coming from behind late in games this year. Tigers first baseman Greg Deichmann on why this team always believes it has a chance to win…
cut 18 (15) “…their best”
First pitch for game one is at 8 PM.

LSU center fielder Jake Fraley has been drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays. Fraley was the 77th pick overall. He’s hitting .324 on the year and leads the team with 28 stolen bases.

NFL teams do all they can to avoid offseason injuries, but they still happen. For the Saints it looks like they could be without defensive end Hau’oli Kikaha after he tore an ACL team during an organized team activity.

The Bishops of Louisiana, which oversee Catholic Schools in Louisiana, say they are forming a task force to study the future of high school athletics in this state now that LHSAA principals have voted to keep the expanded public-private championship split in place. The Bishops say this doesn’t mean they have closed the door on LHSAA membership and there’s been no commitment to any one future plan.

Former LSU basketball star Shaquille O’ Neal says he would like his son to play college basketball for Kentucky, not LSU. Shareef O’ Neal is a four-star prospect out of California and he’s six-foot-nine at the age of 16. Shaq told 24-7 sports that he would like his son to create his own path. LSU has offered a scholarship to Shareef who is in the Class of 2018.

Nicholls State basketball has announced they’ve signed a former five star prospect. His name is Roddy Peters and NCAA transfer rules will force him to sit out the upcoming season, but he’ll be eligible for the 2017-18 campaign.