Head Coach Sean Payton was absent from Saints camp yesterday. Payton left the team for the day so that he bring his daughter, Meghan, to college. She’s attending Pepperdine University. Assistant coach Joe Vitt led the Saints in Payton’s absence. Payton is expected back at work today and the team has also scheduled a practice Friday night at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium. The Friday night workout is open to the public. Preseason play continues Sunday when the Black & Gold take on the Texans in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Former Saints and current Redskins linebacker Junior Galette went down at practice yesterday with a reported torn achilles tendon. Washington head coach Jay Gruden confirmed Galette suffered an injury but didn’t go into details. Reports are saying Galette will miss the remainder of the year. The 27-year-old was released by the Saints before training camp because of several off-field incidents.
Louisiana Tech announced that its homecoming game against North Texas will be televised by Fox College Sports. The game will kick-off at 2:30PM on November seventh.
Former LSU All-American hurdler Cassandra Tate finished her best pro season Wednesday when she took the bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the World Championships in Beijing, China. Tate clocked a time of 54.02 seconds to reach the podium. The Loranger High School graduate is the first athlete with LSU ties to claim a medal in the hurdles at the World Championships.
Southeastern Louisiana University Director of Athletics Jay Artigues announces that long-time PGA golf professional Jake Narro has been named the Lions new head golf coach. Narro was most recently the golf pro at the Country Club of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Narro replaces Tim Baldwin, who accepted the head golf coach position at ULM last month. Narro is set to officially take over on August 31.
In the Majors, The Astros have won 10 out of their last 14 after defeating the Yankees 6-2. The Blue Jays tripled up Texas 12-4. Houston has a five and a half game lead over the Rangers in the American League West.