LSU football begins offseason workouts today as the national champs can lift weights and perform conditioning drills on campus for the first time since spring practice was halted in March. LSU strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffit says about 85-percent of the players stayed in great shape. He says over the next two weeks they’ll do three days a week of hard training and two days of functional training on specific muscle groups
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NFL players will not be allowed inside team training facilities until training camp starts next month. The NFL has sent a memo to teams asking them to reconfigure their locker room space so that lockers are six feet apart.
Major League Baseball continues to alienate its fan base. M-L-B offered players a return to play proposal that calls for a 76-game regular season and expanded playoffs, but the owners are asking the players to accept 75-percent of their prorated salaries. Players continue to say they are not taking any further salary reductions beyond what they agreed to in March. So it doesn’t seem the two sides are any closer to a deal.
Former LSU pitcher Eric Walker has announced he’s transferring to Oklahoma State. The right-hander from Arlington, Texas had a great freshman season but never returned to form after Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm. He entered the NCAA transfer portal in mid-April.
When the NBA season resumes in Orlando on July 31st, the Pelicans will battle Memphis, Portland, Sacramento, and San Antonio for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. But the Spurs will not have forward LaMarcus Aldridge. He will miss the remainder of the season after having surgery on his right shoulder.