Ollison to Hogs

Arkansas receieved their 5th commit in the 2010 class and was it ever a big one. Grady Ollison is a defensive end prospect out of Malvern, Arkansas. He is listed at 6-4, 275 pounds. He is the nephew of former Arkansas player Tony Ollison. Grady is considered to be the top defensive product in Arkansas this year.

Arkansas Recruiting class:
Brandon Allen QB
Austin Beck OL
Demetrius Dean TE
Grady Ollison DE
Robert Thomas DT

12 and counting

The University of Alabama picked up its 12th commitment on Wednesday when Louisiana receiver Bradley Sylve gave his pledge to the Crimson Tide. It is the fourth wide-receiver commitment for Alabama. The 5'11" 175 pound wide receiver originally chose LSU in February but a trip to the Capstone changed his heart.
"When Bradley visited Tuscaloosa, he felt really comfortable with the coaches and the whole environment," Sylve's mother said. "I think he left there feeling like it was probably the right place for him to be."

Alabama's recruiting class looks like this:

Shannon Brown LB

Brent Calloway LB

Haseain Clinton-Dix ATH

Darryl Collins WR

Quinton Dial DE

Malcolm Faciane TE

LaMichael Fanning DE

D.J. Pettway DT

Marvin Shinn WR

Bradley Sylve WR

Jabriel Washington ATH

Danny Woodson WR


*Some content taken from Bamaonline.com

Landrum shocks even himself

Chris Landrum a linebacker out of Sweet Water high school has verbally committed to the Auburn Tigers Wednesday morning. Landrum is figured to be a top player in the state of Alabama this year and one of the best linebackers in the southeast. When Landrum started the recruiting process he figured that he would commit to play at the University of Alabama since he was such a die-hard Alabama fan. The fact that Auburn needed linebackers was not a decision factor for him to commit to Auburn. So when he committed to Auburn he even shocked himself and says it was the coaches that made the difference.
"There was something different about the coaches," said Landrum. "There was something about them that caught my attention. All of the coaches are really friendly, easy people to get along with and great people to be around. Once I got to know them I knew I wanted to be there." 


Landrum is the sixth commit for the Tigers.


Auburn's Class:
Angelo Blackson DT
Reese Dismukes OL
Chris Landrum LB
Izauea Lanier ATH
Thomas O'Reilly OL
Anthony Swain DB


* Some of the content was taken from Auburnsports.com

47 to be retired

 August 6 will be a day forever remembered for Tom Glavine. The Atlanta Braves have announced that they will induct Tom Glavine into the Braves Hall of Fame also retire his number, 47. His number will be the seventh to had been retired by the Braves. He joins elite company that includes Hank Aaron (44), Eddie Matthews (41), Greg Maddux (31), Warren Spahn (21), Phil Niekro (35), and Dale Murphy (3). Greg Maddux had his number retired last year. Tom Glavine will always be connected in bringing the city of Atlanta its first pro championship, when he pitched the series clinching game against the Indians in the 1995 World Series. Tom Glavine finished his career with 305 victories which is fourth all-time among left-handed pitchers. He finished his career with an ERA of 3.54 while collecting 2 Cy Young awards and being selected in eight all-star games also was chosen as the 1995 World Series MVP.

MLB Monthly

A month has past since baseball took its first swing into the 2010 season and what a wild ride it has been so far. We have seen Braves rookie sensation Jason Heyward live up to the hype and leads his team in many hitting statistical categories. The Rays are living up to hype and currently has the best record in all of baseball. Heyward is not the only rookie impressing baseball fans as Detroit Tigers rookie Austin Jackson is leading all of the American League in Average, hits, line drive percentage, and putting the ball in play per at bat. The Red Sox are off to a slow start while the Oakland Athletics are off to a hot start. The Giants are relying on there pitching to win games while the offense is showing promise thanks to Pablo Sandoval although while they are in second in the West they still are in great position to win the division. This past Sunday baseball has witness another perfection as Oakland Athletics Dallas Braden pitched a perfect game against the Rays. It was Oakland's first perfect game since Catfish Hunter did it in 1968.

Division Standings

AL East

Tampa Bay
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central

Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals

AL West

Texas Rangers
Oakland Athletics
Los Angleles Angels
Seattle Mariners

NL East

Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves

NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinatti Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros

NL West

San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks

Big Ten looking to add four

Reports coming out of Kansas City today is that the Big Ten is looking to add four teams, that would give them a total of fifteen teams. If all four do come and join then another team will be added to give them an even sixteen. Missouri, Nebraska, Rutgers, and Notre Dame are the teams who are believed to have gotten the invites to join the conference. Notre Dame has repeatedly said that they have no plans on going to a conference and wants to remain independent.

'Canes Tide in 2012?

The Chick-fil-a Kick off classics has been very kind to the Alabama football over the past two seasons. They were able to beat two highly touted ACC opponents and used that momentum to undefeated regular season records. According to numerous newspaper outlets the Chick-fil-a kick off classic is trying to draw the Tide back to Atlanta to face the Miami Hurricanes to start off the 2012 season. They already have Tennessee and North Carolina State scheduled but they are looking to have a two game weekend series since it will be labor-day weekend, Thursday, Saturday are when they would like the games to be. If Alabama says no then they will pick up Auburn, Arkansas, or South Carolina.