Will we see fans inside college football stadiums this year? LSU executive deputy athletics director Verge Ausberry says it’s too soon to know…
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LSU athletics director Scott Woodward says sometime in the summer they’ll have to make a decision on whether fans can be in Tiger Stadium to cheer on the Tigers. ESPN reports the Power Five commissioners had a conference call with NFL leader Roger Goodell to pick up some ideas on how pro football plans to handle its season during the coronavirus pandemic.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told CNN that they plan on testing players and other baseball personnel multiple times a week using a drug-testing lab in Utah that will process thousands of COVID-19 tests weekly. M-L-B hopes to start its regular season in early July.
At least two LSU players off of the 2020 baseball team are transferring. Infielder Hal Hughes has committed to Rice and Coach Paul Mainieri says freshman all-American Eric Walker is looking to pitch somewhere else next season…
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Mainieri is concerned about a roster crunch, because next month’s Major League Baseball draft will only be five rounds. The coach says that means many players who were planning on turning pro, will come back to LSU for another season.
NASCAR resumes racing on Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Major League Soccer plans on resuming its season this summer with all teams playing in Orlando. A training camp in Florida could begin as early as June 1st.