The LSU football team reports for fall camp today looking to improve on an eight-win season from a year ago. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says quarterback is once again a question mark for the Tigers, but whether it’s Anthony Jennings or Brandon Harris, the offense should be better than last year..

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Moran also expects LSU’s defense to be very good this year, even though John Chavis is no longer the defensive coordinator.

LSU has received another commitment for the 2016 class. His name is Connor Culp. He’s a place kicker from Arizona and according to 24-7 sports he’s the fifth best kicker in the country.

The LSU men’s basketball team is holding workouts as they prepare for an exhibition trip to Australia. The team leaves for the land Down Under on August 11th. They will play five games between August 15th and the 22nd. Coach Johnny Jones says he likes the mixture of vets and freshmen on his team. He say freshmen Antonio Blakeney and Brandon Sampson have a lot of tools on the defensive end.

Former McNeese basketball star Kevin Hardy has signed to play for a professional team in Romania this fall. Hardy has agreed to play for SCU Sibiu, which begins its season in October. Hardy averaged over 13 points a game last season for the Cowboys on his way to earning third team all-conference honors.

ULM Athletic Director Brian Wickstrom has applied for the same job at the University of Akron. The NewsStar reports that the school was in contact with Wickstrom over the weekend. Wickstrom came to Monroe in 2013 from the University of California-Riverside.

Last night in the majors, the Rangers squeaked past the Astros 4-3 and the Braves fell to the Giants 8-3.