Former LSU star Alex Bregman will be promoted to the Houston Astros Triple-A team in Fresno after tomorrow night’s Double-A All Star game. The shortstop who was the No. 2 overall pick in last year’s draft out of LSU, hit 14 homeruns and 46 RBIs in 62 games for the Corpus Christi Hooks. This promotion likely means Bregman will make it to Houston at some point this year.

Louisiana Tech says they will begin implementing the partial cost of attendance which means its student athletes will receive additional funds other than tuition and room and board. Cost of attendance lets the student athletes have money that can be used on everyday things like transportation and food. As of July 1, Tech will implement partial cost of attendance across four sports — football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. Each scholarship athlete will receive $2,000 per year handed out in monthly installments.

LSU center Ethan Pocic has been named to NFL.com’s top 10 2016 interior offensive line watch list. The 6-foot-7, 309-pound lineman started 11 games for the Tigers last season and registered 128.5 knockdown blocks. The 2016 team opens the season in Green Bay, WI against the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Lambeau Field.

LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones spoke for about seven minutes on the Southeastern Conference’s summer basketball teleconference on Monday. Jones lost his star player Ben Simmons who was the No. 1 pick in the draft, but said he was excited about the upcoming season. With five juniors, the Tigers will no longer be one of the youngest teams in the SEC.

Johnny Manziel is in the news again today amid reports his defense attorney withdrew from the case after he accidentally texted a reporter information about his client, including that he hoped Manziel didn’t have to pee in a bottle.