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"Five-star LB Trey DePriest has left Tuscaloosa. I should have an update very soon."

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"Five-star LB Trey DePriest has left Tuscaloosa. I should have an update very soon."

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Watch Alabama target Trevor Lacey tonight on ESPNU at 6 p.m. as Each 1 Teach 1 takes on the Georgia...

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Watch Alabama target Trevor Lacey tonight on ESPNU at 6 p.m. as Each 1 Teach 1 takes on the Georgia Blazers at the 17U Super Showcase.

Twitter: Greg Ostendorf Anyone desperate for a sports fix should check out one of Grant's top targets for the 2011 class. As I mentioned in this article, Lacey is the top uncommitted prospect in the state and a consensus top-40 player nationally. His signature in November would be huge. And yes, the game starts in less than 10 minutes...

Tennessee Titans Sue Kiffin, USC

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Looks like Fisher and the Titans are more than a little irked over Kiffin's lack of decorum in hiring away Kennedy Pola days before training camp was due to start.

Melvin Ray, a 2008 Alabama signee who chose a pro baseball career, is ready to return to football...

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Melvin Ray, a 2008 Alabama signee who chose a pro baseball career, is ready to return to football and the Crimson Tide. Ray, now 21 years old, has left the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization after spending the past three seasons in the minor leagues. He returned home to Tallahassee, Fla., this weekend and is taking steps to join Alabama's 2011 signing class and possibly enroll in time for practice next spring. "My heart is still with (Alabama) because I signed with them," Ray said. "I wouldn't have made that commitment for no reason. I want to play. I want to play with Alabama no matter what.

Former Alabama signee Melvin Ray ends baseball career, hopes to rejoin Tide | al.com via the Bama Beat, who goes on to quote Ray's father as saying he needs one more class to enroll at UA and could go the JUCO route this fall in order to be at Alabama for spring practice next year.

This is the first I've noticed that the sidewalk and chain-link fence around the field were...

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This is the first I've noticed that the sidewalk and chain-link fence around the field were replaced with brick pavers and wrought-iron with brick posts.

SEC Position Rankings: Defensive Line (ESPN)

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Chris Lowe has been doing this series, so I thought I would share it in case anyone hasn't caught these. I like Chris, seems to be a fair guy and has some pretty decent commentary.

Laws restricting agent contact with NCAA athletes

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This is a pretty good article by Steve Yanda of the Washington Post. It describes the two laws passed in the last decaded that were intended to clarify what constituted permissable contact between agents and student athletes and why they have been ineffective. Here is the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072205898.html?nav=emailpage

Notice the score..... ......Possible Reality?

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Notice the score..... ......Possible Reality?

"Almost everyday somebody is in my ear saying 'Aw, go to UT, man...go to Texas'" said Brown, who...

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"Almost everyday somebody is in my ear saying 'Aw, go to UT, man...go to Texas'" said Brown, who carries a 3.4 grade point average. "I've just got to make the right decision for me." "I try to keep my options open, but since I wasn't raised in Texas, it wouldn't be any problem leaving the state," Brown said. "Texas is a great program. I'm not saying they're not good, or anything like that, but I'm trying to keep my options open."

Highly-recruited running back and Top Gun camper Malcolm Brown has a big decision on tap