Jay Johnson will be introduced as the new head baseball coach of the Fighting Tigers. An in-person press conference will take place in the Champions club of Alex Box Stadium at 4:30. Fans will be admitted into the Box so they can watch the press conference on the stadium video board. At 5:15, Johnson will participate in a Q-and-A session with the fans.

An All-SEC College World Series finals begins tonight when Vanderbilt takes on Mississippi State. The Bulldogs defeated Texas in walk-off fashion on Saturday night to get to the championship round, while the Commodores advanced after North Carolina State was forced to end their season because of COVID-19 protocols. First pitch tonight is at 6 PM.

LSU All-American track star JuVaughn Harrison is a U-S Olympian after winning both the high jump and a long jump at the Olympic trials. He will become the first man since Jim Thorpe in 1912 to compete at the Olympics in both the long and high jump.

Play-Louisiana-dot-com estimates Louisiana sportsbooks will draw more than 2-point-five billion dollars in annual wagering once the market matures and could generate as much as 30-million dollars in annual taxes for the state. Analyst for the Play-USA-dot-com network, Eric Ramsey, expects New Orleans will be a big winner, especially when they host big sporting events…
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Currently, 21 states and D-C allow sports betting in one form or another. Lawmakers are hopeful sports betting will be up and running in Louisiana by the start of the football season, but that will depend on how fast the Gaming Control Board moves on approving rules and issuing licenses.

In the NBA playoffs…the Bucks defeated Atlanta 113 to 102 last night to take a two games to one lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Monty Williams and Chris Paul can punch their ticket into the NBA finals tonight if the Suns beat the Clippers.