06:45 Sportscast, August 9th, 2017

LSU Senior Quarterback Danny Etling likes the progress the Tigers are making during preseason camp. The Bayou Bengals are in training camp mode for the rest of this week and next and then school starts on Monday August 21st. Etling says the goal is to get better every day..:
Cut 16 (19) “game plans”
The Tigers kickoff against BYU in Houston’s NRG Stadium on September 2nd.

The LSU Baseball team released its 2018 schedule, and fans were excited to see the opening weekend series’ to begin the season first against Notre Dame, then Texas — both at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers have a total of 37 home games, including SEC series against Missouri, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama.

In other LSU baseball news, junior outfielder Brennan Breaux is leaving the program and will transfer to UL-Lafayette, LSU coach Paul Mainieri told Tiger Rag on Tuesday.

New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis held his two-day camp for kids ages 7-15 at UNO Monday and Tuesday. The four-time All-Star told reporters he was asked some weird questions by the kids, even joked about one asking if he was going to Boston. He said it was hard to ignore the trade rumors this summer that have speculated about his potential departure from New Orleans, but added if he doesn’t hear anything from Dell Demps or his agent, he ignores it.

LSU head basketball coach Will Wade added transfer Randy Onwuasor “On-woo-AH-sor“. The 6’3 guard averaged 23.6 points per game for Southern Utah last season.

17 year old Lafayette native Armand Mondo Duplantis finished 9th in the pole vault final at the world championships in London Tuesday. Sunday he became the youngest male athlete to earn a spot in the final at worlds, but saw his season end when he missed three times yesterday.