The Saints open training camp later this week. Starting left tackle Terron Armstead will miss all of camp and is not expected back on the field until at least October because of a torn labrum in his shoulder. Head Coach Sean Payton appeared on a New Orleans radio station this morning and said the team is deeper at left tackle than probably any of the years he’s been with the Saints. But Payton says it’s devastating that defensive tackle Nick Fairley will not play this season, because of a heart condition.

In recruiting news…Rummel wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has verbally committed to Florida. Chase also considered LSU and TCU.

The USA Today’s Dan Wolken says former LSU head coach Les MIles is extremely interested in the head coaching vacancy at Ole Miss. Miles has reportedly made his interests known to influential Ole Miss boosters. Miles is 63-years-old and has made it no secret that he would like to coach at another Power Five school again.

Lafayette native Andrew Stevenson becomes the 73rd former LSU Tiger to make the Major Leagues. Stevenson appeared in his first major league game after he was called up from Triple-A by the Washington Nationals. Stevenson played for the Tigers from 2013 to 2015 and was drafted in the second round by the Nationals in 2015. He came in as a pinch hitter yesterday and stayed in the game to play in left field and went 0-for-2 in the Nats six to two win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Former LSU All-American golfer Sam Burns finished tied for sixth at this weekend’s PGA Barbasol Championship. The Shreveport native had three straight rounds of five-under 66s to finish 18-under par for the tournament. Bruns is expected to turn pro in September.

Twenty-three-year-old Texan Jordan Speith won the British Open by three shots over Matt Kuchar. Speith has now three legs of a career Grand Slam and can win them all next month when he plays in the PGA Championship.