• Bama-LSU game has championship implications
TUSCALOOSA ? The last time Alabama's football was on the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium, it was as a No. 1 team enjoying a rock star's exit.

• Highly touted recruit Dyer commits to AU
AUBURN ? Trying to rekindle its reputation as a hot bed for running backs, Auburn on Friday landed Michael Dyer, the first of three nationally ranked prospects it is pursuing in coach Gene Chizik's first full recruiting class.

• Jaguars 'D' isn't satisfied
Since giving up 13 points and 344 yards of total offense against Hargrave, South Alabama's defense has smothered its last four opponents.

• Mobile's Jones still recalls final out in 1969 World Series
Forty years later, Cleon Jones can recall exactly what he was thinking as he stood under a fly ball that would be the last out of the 1969 World Series.

• Ondimu favored to win Senior Bowl Charity Run
When runners toe the starting line of the Senior Bowl Charity Run 10K race today at 8:15 a.m. in downtown Mobile, all eyes will be on Richard Ondimu.

• ONLINE EXTRA: Mobile trio played key role for Amazing Mets
Perhaps the most amazing aspect of the 1969 World Series champion New York Mets is its Mobile connection of Cleon Jones, Tommie Agee and Amos Otis.

• Sports Soundoff
Now Hicks wants to talk -- It's funny that Tommy Hicks now has an opinion about Florida coach Urban Meyer. When Nick Saban came to Alabama, his players had all kinds of problems in his first year. We didn't hear one single peep out of Hicks then. Now that it's Florida and Meyer, he has an opinion that he wants to share with other people. It just so happens it's the same opinion being shared by a million others in this state. Way to go out on a limb, Tommy.

• Tigers could empty the bench against Furman
AUBURN ? When Auburn snapped its three-game losing streak a week ago against Ole Miss, it transformed today's homecoming game from a gloomy interruption in a sinking season to an important day of preparation.

• Warriors win by one
Davidson and Foley just can't seem to finish a game in four quarters.

• Fairhope continues to shine after losing star
FAIRHOPE ? Fairhope's Jamal Woodyard was having a banner year with 1,154 rushing yards and 21 total touchdowns before going down with an injury against Daphne on Oct. 16.

• LSU safety still playing two sports
Chad Jones has led a double life for years now, and he's hoping to keep it up.

• Family grateful for opportunity to run
If Frank Holderfield and his wife, Brenda, decide to toe the starting line in Saturday's Senior Bowl Charity Run, they'll be counting their blessings.

• South Alabama beats West Florida in basketball exhibition
South Alabama's basketball team responded to a shaky first-half performance with a solid effort in the second half to claim a 79-63 exhibition victory over West Florida at the Mitchell Center on Thursday night.

• Experience key for Spring Hill College
The youth of last season has become the experience of the upcoming season for the Spring Hill men's basketball team.

• Graham is on the right track
All it takes is one conversation with St. Paul's Stuart Graham to learn that he loves competition.

• Graham is on the right track
All it takes is one conversation with St. Paul's Stuart Graham to learn that he loves competition.

• LeFlore: Let's handle our business
LeFlore senior Freddie Dunson buckled his chinstrap and trotted onto the football practice field Monday afternoon.

• LeFlore: Let's handle our business
LeFlore senior Freddie Dunson buckled his chinstrap and trotted onto the football practice field Monday afternoon.

• PREP ROUNDUP
Staff reports Spanish Fort's boys and St. Paul's girls took top honors in 5A competition, while Baker swept the 6A boys and girls Section 1 Site A in cross-country sectionals at Langan Park on Thursday afternoon.

• PREP ROUNDUP
Staff reports Spanish Fort's boys and St. Paul's girls took top honors in 5A competition, while Baker swept the 6A boys and girls Section 1 Site A in cross-country sectionals at Langan Park on Thursday afternoon.

• Saban: Passing game improving
TUSCALOOSA ? When it comes to his passing offense, Alabama coach Nick Saban points to "a huge improvement" in practice since the Tennessee game.

• Saban: Passing game improving
TUSCALOOSA ? When it comes to his passing offense, Alabama coach Nick Saban points to "a huge improvement" in practice since the Tennessee game.

• Sports Soundoff
This is Sports Sound Off, where you can speak your mind on anything you wish. Because of the large number of calls received, not all can be published.

• The glare of TV cameras is gone, but Lerner still a playmaker
Max Lerner, whose life was once an open book on MTV's "Two-A-Days" reality series, doesn't get recognized on the street so much these days.

• The glare of TV cameras is gone, but Lerner still a playmaker
Max Lerner, whose life was once an open book on MTV's "Two-A-Days" reality series, doesn't get recognized on the street so much these days.

• Van hopes to make Jags feel the pain
Travon Van grew up near San Diego, but he's always wanted to be a Florida Gator. He had no idea that he'd have to make a side trip to New Berlin, N.Y., to get there.

• Van hopes to make Jags feel the pain
Travon Van grew up near San Diego, but he's always wanted to be a Florida Gator. He had no idea that he'd have to make a side trip to New Berlin, N.Y., to get there.

• Zachery emerges as go-to guy
AUBURN ? Terrell Zachery provided the big-play punch that Auburn's offense desperately needed last week, wrangling two long passes away from Ole Miss defenders.

• Zachery emerges as go-to guy
AUBURN ? Terrell Zachery provided the big-play punch that Auburn's offense desperately needed last week, wrangling two long passes away from Ole Miss defenders.