06:45 Sportscast, July 21st, 2016

Rumors are swirling the LHSAA executive committee is seeking to buyout or terminate the contract of executive director Eddie Bonine. LHSAA President Vic Bonnafee says Bonine received a positive evaluation a couple of months ago from the executive committee, but…:
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Bonnafee has called a special meeting of the LHSAA executive committee for Monday. Bonine is expected to discuss a report he presented to the NFHS convention last month, where he described high school sports in Louisiana as a “dumpster fire” because of the growing split of public and private schools. — The meeting will give him a chance to explain his words.

Tiger Rag has obtained a letter written by Shaquille O’ Neal that says LSU should retire the jersey of former basketball star Chris Jackson. The letter was written to the LSU Basketball Jersey Retirement Nomination Committee.

Six LSU baseball players have been named this month to their respective summer collegiate league All-Star teams. They are senior infielder Cole Freeman and junior infielder Bryce Jordan, senior pitcher Collin Strall, sophomore infielder Trey Dawson, and incoming freshmen infielders Josh Smith and Jake Slaughter.

LSU Coach Les Miles did not hold back his feelings on the gunman responsible for taking the lives of three officers in an ambush in Baton Rouge. He made the comments to coaches at the annual Louisiana High School Coaches Association meeting…:
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He said the men that were lost this past week were giants. They were community servants.