06:45 LRN Sportscast, August 14th

New Orleans’ new quarterback Derek Carr’s offense dominated in the Saints first pre-season game of the season, coming away with a 26-24 victory over Kansas City. Carr threw a touchdown pass on his opening series completing six of eight passes for 70 yards during his only drive. He says it feels great with his new team…:
CUT 18 (08) “that scenario”
The Saints took an early 17-0 lead with nearly all of the first team taking snaps, but Coach Dennis Allen said things just went downhill from there…:
Cut 16 (10) “executed very well”
The Saints travel to face the Chargers next this Sunday night in pre-season game number 2.

In Sunday’s final of the US Women’s Amateur, LSU’s Latanna Stone walked away a runner up in one of her sport’s most prestigious events. The graduate student from Riverview, Florida missed several short putts at the Bel Air Country Club in LA, preventing her from closing the gap on Megan Schofill after a mid-match run of birdies put the graduate student from Auburn in command on her way to the win.

Two members of the LSU Men’s golf team – Connor Gaunt and Alex Price – are set to begin stroke play on this morning at the 123rd U.S. Amateur at the historic Cherry Hills Village Golf Club in Colorado.

Four LSU football players spoke with the media Friday including offensive lineman Charles Turner III. Plenty of other Tigers have been asked about what the expectations are for the team and have answered by expressing their national championship aspirations, but Turner says something different…:
Cut 30 (12) “our best every day”
LSU kicks off the season September 3rd versus Florida state in Orlando.