The LSU football team did not practice today, which gave them an opportunity to visit flood victims at a Baton Rouge shelter. Coach Les Miles brought about 50 players to the Celtic Movie Studios, where hundred of people without a home are staying. Many players, including running back Leonard Fournette, signed autographs and took pictures with the evacuees.

LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye has spoken with reporters for the first time since he survived a fatal wreck in Wisconsin. Two other people were killed in the single-vehicle crash. Delahoussaye understands how thankful he is to be alive…
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Delahoussaye has a chance to be LSU’s starting kicker when they face Wisconsin in the season opener in Green Bay.

Three Saints players were carted off the field today as the team had a joint practice with the Texans. But none of the injuries are serious, in fact Zach Streif, Delvin Breaux and PJ Williams all went down because of cramping issues practicing in the Houston Heat. New Orleans will face the Texans in the second preseason game of the year on Saturday night.

Former-Saints player Darren Sharper was sentenced to 18 years in a federal prison today for drugging and raping 9 women in four states. Legal analyst Tim Meche says Sharper’s sentence is not that long, considering the charges against him….
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The maximum sentence he was facing was around 20 years.

In major league baseball…former LSU baseball stars Kevin Gausman and Alex Bregman will face off against each other tonight in Baltimore. Gausman will get the start for the Orioles, who will take on Bregman’s Astros at 6:05.