6:45 LRN Sportscast June 27

Vanderbilt is the champs of college baseball. The Commodores defeated Michigan eight to two last night for their second national title in four College World Series appearances. Vandy won 59 games, an SEC record. Freshman pitcher Kumar Rocker was named the 2019 C-W-S, M-V-P.

The NCAA is putting new transfer rules in place, which could make it tougher for student-athletes to gain immediate-elgibility once they move to another school. The revised guidelines will require more input from athletic directors from an athlete’s original school on whether the circumstances that led to the transfer should result in a player being able to play right away at their new school.

ESPN reports the NBA is looking at shortening its 82-game regular season. Fewer games would give the league an opportunity to have a new midseason cup-sytle tournament and possibly a postseason play-in tournament. These ideas could be put into place for the 2021-22 season.

NBA free agency begins on Sunday. The Pelicans reportedly have more than 30-million dollars to spend on acquiring new players.

Tomorrow at two o’ clock, it’s the big Woman’s World Cup quarterfinal matchup between the U-S and France.

Bass fishing has been accepted by the Louisiana High School Athletics Association as a trial sport, with 173 schools in Louisiana telling the organization that they’d like to see fishing made official. LHSAA Assistant Executive Director Adam MacDowell says prep-age fishing competition is already popular in the state, and this will give those kids a chance to use those skills while wearing school colors.
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The sport won’t feature one on one competitions between rival schools, but four large regional tournaments in March, and a two-day state championship event April 3rd and 4th next year.