The Saints were on the road today to practice with and against the Chargers, in the first of two joint sessions leading up to Sunday’s preseason game. Three days after they return to New Orleans, the Houston Texans — a frequent joint practice partner — show up for another set of combined sessions.

LSU released its non-conference basketball schedule for Will Wade’s first season at the helm on Thursday, highlighted by a Nov. 20 clash with Michigan in Maui. The Tigers open the Wade era Nov. 10, a Friday night, against Alcorn State, with eight of their 12 non-conference contests taking place inside the PMAC. LSU will also travel to Memphis on Dec. 28 for the first leg of a home-and-home with the Tigers.

All members of Tulane’s basketball team are accounted for and safe, following a deadly attack in Barcelona. The team and staff are a group of 30 people from Tulane, taking part in a 10-day basketball tour. The team was taking a day off when a van slammed into a crowd of pedestrians in a popular tourist area.

LSU will air the first three Coach “O” radio shows in the South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium due to construction taking place at TJ Ribs on South Acadian Thruway. The first radio show airs Wednesday.

Two Plaquemines Parish men got a four-day jump on the rest of Louisiana inshore shrimping fleet, according to LDWF. Agents cited 26-year-old Michael Bourgeois and 40-year-old Toby Brown of Boothville skimming for shrimp. The season doesn’t open until tomorrow.

Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland announced today that all 13 of the premium seating suites within the Joe Aillet have been sold. Workers are putting the final touches on the facility’s new press box and luxury suites which will be completed over the next few days.