The Houston Astros selected LSU shortstop Alex Bregman with the second overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft. Bregman says it’s a dream come true to hear the MLB Commissioner call his name…

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Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson was the number one overall selection being drafted by Arizona.

LSU center fielder Andrew Stevenson was taken in the second round, with the 58th overall pick by the Washington Nationals. Rounds 3-10 of the draft happen today.

Bregman, Stevenson, and the rest of the Tigers will open College World Series play this Sunday against TCU. The Horned Frogs earned their trip to Omaha by defeating Texas A&M 5-4 in 16 innings yesterday. First pitch is scheduled for 2PM and you can watch on ESPN.

The Sun Belt announced that UL Lafayette’s home game against Northwestern State and ULM’s contest against Nicholls State will be televised by ESPN Three. Both games are set to be played on September 12th.

The NCAA announces some rule changes for next basketball season. First, the shot clock in men’s college basketball will be reduced from 35 to 30-seconds. Also, each team will have four timeouts instead of five. And women’s basketball will play four ten-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.

And new Louisiana Tech men’s basketball coach Eric Konkol has signed his first two Bulldogs, six-foot-four guard Da’shawn Robinson and six-foot-eight forward Jy’lan Washington. Robinson averaged 12 points per game at Navarro College in Texas last season, while Washington averaged 18 points and eight rebounds at a high school in Tennessee last year.

Former New Orleans Saint Tracy Porter has signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears. This will be Porter’s fifth NFL team. Porter only played in three games last season before being placed on injured reserve by the Washington Redskins.