The Baton Rouge Advocate reports an email was sent to LSU’s more than 350 athletes to address the recent decision by the Department of Justice to not press charges against the two officers that were involved in the killing of Alton Sterling. The athletic department message said says if athletes choose to express opinions on the issue, including on social media, they not wear LSU gear.

Freshman guard Kieran Hayward announced via Twitter that he will be leaving the LSU basketball program. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham reports it’s possible that other players will leave too. LSU currently has 13 players on scholarship and that’s the maximum allowed by the NCAA and Head Coach Will Wade is still looking for another graduate transfer. Shooting guard Mark Alstork is set to visit later this month.

Three-star running back Slade Bolden out of West Monroe says he’s received an offer from Alabama. He is among the top-10 all-purpose backs in the class of 2018 and also had SEC offers from Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. He tweeted that the offer from Alabama was an honor.

LSU is starting up the Tiger Tour again which began on Monday in Bossier City and continues next Monday in Lafayette. Certain LSU head coaches will also be hitting up Lake Charles, Covintgon, Baton Rouge, Thibodaux, Jackson, MS and New Orleans. For ticket information visit lsutaf.org.

Louisiana Tech says it’s also bringing back the Bulldog Blitz tour during the summer of 2017. Alumni and fans are encouraged to spend an evening with athletics staff members in Houston on June 19th, Dallas on June 20th and Ruston on July 29th. Special guests include head coaches Skip Holtz, Brooke Stoehr and Eric Konkol and Athletics Director Tommy McClelland.

Nicholls State junior Albert Badosa-Soler will be heading to the Baton Rouge Regional for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship.

LSU sophomore & Shreveport native Sam Burns was voted Southeastern Conference golfer of the year by the league’s coaches. Burns is the fifth player in school history to achieve such an honor.