The Southeastern Conference announces SEC Media Days will be conducted virtually for the first time ever. Commissioner Greg Sankey says a virtual format will provide an opportunity to manage the event in a healthy manner because of COVID-19. The virtual event will feature Sankey’s annual “State of the SEC ” address as well as media sessions with the conference’s 14 head coaches and select student-athletes from each school. The conference says the SEC Network will provide wall-to-wall coverage. The dates and times for the SEC Virtual Media Days have not been announced yet.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Spike Lee was the guest speaker for the Saints’ team Zoom call yesterday. Schefter says Lee complimented Drew Brees for standing up to President Trump when he said Brees should not have taken back his opposition to kneeling during the national anthem. Lee also spoke for 45 minutes about his experience in race relations. One person on the call said the players loved it.

Tonight is the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft, which is just five rounds this year. In previous years, the draft has been 40 rounds. D-1 Baseball-dot-com draft expert Kendall Rogers expects LSU players Cole Henry and Daniel Cabrera will be selected in one of the five rounds. Rogers believes Henry is the better prospect…
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The draft gets underway at six PM tonight on ESPN and the M-L-B Network.

Major League Soccer says it will return on July eighth. They will begin competition with what they are calling M-L-S is Back Tournament with all 26 competing at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida.