Former LSU Tiger star DJ LeMahieu will start at second base for the National League All-Star team in tonight’s midsummer classic. LeMahieu will bat ninth. On the season, he’s hitting .311 with four home runs and 35 RBIs.

At the SEC football Media Days, the newest coach in the league, Florida Jim McElwain met with reporters. He’ll bring his Gators to LSU on October 17th. McElwain takes over for the fired Will Muschamp, who struggled to put together a quality offense in Gainesville. McElwain says there’s talent on his roster to win games…
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McElwain has to yet settle on a starting quarterback, the battle is between Will Grier and Treon Harris.

Former Dutchtown standout wide receiver Shelby Christy has announced on twitter he’s transferring to U-L Lafayette. Christy signed with Mississippi State out of high school, but didn’t play in 2013 or 2014 because of injuries. He will not be able to play this season because of NCAA transfer rules.

The Sun Belt has announced that UL Lafayette led all football teams in that conference with a 2.81 GPA.

Tulane and H-L Bourgeois High School is mourning the loss of one of their star football players. JaJuan Dawson’s body was recovered from a Dallas-area lake last night in an apparent drowning. He was 37-years-old. Dawson was a three-time All-Conference USA selection in the late 1990s.

Louisiana Tech places four players on the preseason All-Conference USA Team, they are Vernon Butler, Kenneth Dixon, Trent Taylor and Xavier Woods.