We’re 17 days away from the start of the LSU football season when they take on Wisconsin at Lambeau Field. ESPN announced today that it will have its College Gameday Crew in Green Bay for that game.

LSU fans are hoping running back Leonard Fournette will be healthy for the Badgers. Coach Les Miles says his star running back suffered a slight ankle sprain during Tuesday’s scrimmage.

In Ruston, Louisiana Tech football coach Skip Holtz announced today that offensive and defensive lineman Hakim Gray will transfer from the team and they wish him the best of luck.

Saints Coach Sean Payton said that rookie defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins will be back this season, despite fracturing his fibula during a goal-line drill at practice on Monday. With Rankins and veteran Jon Jenkins both hurt, it’s likely Nick Fairley and Ashaad Mabry will start at defensive tackle when New Orleans faces Houston on Saturday night.

The Pelicans say their six-game preseason schedule will begin with a contest at the Century Link Center in Bossier City on October 1st against Dallas. New Orleans will also host the Pacers at the Smoothie King Center on October 4th. The Pels will have two games in China against Houston and they’ll wrap up the preseason with road contests against Atlanta and Orlando.

In major league baseball…the Phillies have announced that Aaron Nola’s season is over, because of an elbow injury. The former LSU star will not need surgery at this time. Nola’s season ends with a 6-9 record and a 4.78 ERA.

Former LSU star Alex Bregman is starting to heat up at the plate. The Astros third baseman hit his first major league home last night and today, he picked up a couple more hits and drove in a run, to raise his average to .198. But Bregman couldn’t help Houston beat St. Louis as the Cardinals won 8-2 for their fourth straight win.