Ole Miss men's tennis player Devin Britton won his eighth straight match on grass, defeating New Zealand's Sebastian Lavie 6-4, 7-5 Tuesday, to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
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UGA landed its eighth commitment from the month of June today as Ken Malcome announced his intention to enroll at Georgia ($ premium). Malcome (6’0″ and 212 lbs) is described as a power back ($) with scholarship offers from Florida, Alabama, Florida State, Miami, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. If we are landing kids that UF, Bama and OU are chasing, that’s all I need to know about the kid’s “rating.”

He is attends the same high school as T.J. Stripling (6’6″ 210 lb. four star DE).

PWD

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Just ask the folks at the Jefferson West apartments in Austin. At some point early wednesday morning the senior Longhorn linebacker appears to have been texting behind the wheel and managed to drive into the apartment of UT student Ashley Zapata. Said her roommate “She would be dead if she had been sitting at her desk.”

But, like most college students in Austin, she was not home at 1:30 a.m. on a wednesday morning. For this her parents should be thankful. If the poor girl were a student at Rice she might have been seriously injured. Kindle was not too seriously injured in the wreck to push his car out of the apartment and back down the street, then go home to get some rest, according to his lawya’ Brian Roark. Actually, Roark appears to be a proper lawyer, quite possibly one hastily retained to explain things to the Austin authorities. Roark did just that, explaining that after the incident his client “knew he was hurt at the time and that he needed to go home and go to bed.” Not call the cops. Not go to the E.R. Get some rest.

Now, “going home to get some rest” sounds a lot like “leaving the scene of a serious accident” to me. And I seem to recall hearing that going to sleep is about the worst thing a concussed person can do. Other than getting concussed again. It is the best thing you can do after a night of drinking. And Kindle has had a previous visit from the D.W.I. fairy (who, for reference, is a dead ringer for Jerry Glanville with a wand that looks a lot like a Pabst Blue Ribbon bottle), so at least so far as the Court of Public Opinion goes, this may not have been a great move. Put another way, I don’t know what Kindle did, but I know what it sounds like. Amazingly, ESPN reports that leaving the scene of a vehicle/building collision may not be against the law in Texas. This is however the sort of thing that any self-respecting NFL GM in a post-Donte Stallworth world will likely place near the front of his mental rolodex. Al Davis on the other hand  is intrigued by the young man’s decisionmaking ability, and the various members of the Rankin Smith family may try to buy the Falcons back just for the chance to draft him. Assuming he’s slow enough.

Now, as a Georgia football fan I cannot seriously chide any program for vehicular hijinx. Because in Athens we’ve dang near cornered the market. But really, the only reason for posting this is that it was a conspicuous excuse to also post a picture of Kindle’s car*, precrash:

Hook ‘em Horns, indeed.

And the absolute best part of the story? The piece de resistance? The car, at least according to one report, was registered to Kindle’s father . . . . . . . . Johnny Walker.

What can I say? When the world of college sports serves up a high soft one, we here at Dawgsports like to swing from the heels. Until tomorrow, keep it between the lines Sergio, and . . .

Go ‘Dawgs!!!

* Not really Sergio Kindle’s car. Life couldn’t possibly be that poetic. This is Mack Brown’s car.

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After a four-week investigation, the State Attorney's Office
offered Florida Gators starting cornerback Janoris Jenkins a deferred
prosecution for resisting arrest without violence during a late-night
altercation in late May.

Huntley Johnson, Jenkins' attorney, said Jenkins signed the agreement today to receive six months probation, $50 cost of prosecution, $150 contribution to a charitable organization and 15 hours community service.

Gainesville Police arrested and tasered Jenkins, 20, for misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and affray after fighting with five other people
despite an officer’s urging to stop, according to a police report. State Attorney spokesman Spencer Mann said the affray charge was dropped because "the facts do not support the charge."

Deferred prosecution is a way for first-time offenders to avoid charges by carrying out stipulations. Signing the deal clears Jenkins of any further action should he follow the guidelines. 

State Attorney Bill Cervone is out of the state and currently unavailable for comment. Johnson said the deferred prosecution was a way to "compromise early on" in the legal process, though he hoped the charges would have been completely dropped because Jenkins practiced self-defense in the altercation.

"Janoris will be glad to get this behind him," Johnson said. "I think Janoris will be low-profile."

Out of the reported 24 player arrests under Coach Urban Meyer, 22 of those cases resulted in dropped charges, a plea deal or deferred prosecution. Meyer is entering his fifth season with the Gators.

Jenkins, a freshman All-American last year, is the the second true freshman in Gator history to start at
cornerback in the season opener. There is no word yet whether Meyer is taking disciplinary action against Jenkins.

The
Gainesville Police used a Taser on Jenkins after he allegedly hit someone involved
in the altercation in the head, according to the police report. Jenkins ran away but was arrested less than two blocks away, saying he thought somebody was trying to steal his chain in the altercation. 

Jenkins could still face disciplinary action from Meyer
and UF's Office of Student Judicial Affairs, which has handed down game suspensions for such plea deals.

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The Minnesota Vikings might want to keep Percy Harvin in one of those protective chambers everywhere he goes. Harvin added another chapter to his wild offseason yesterday when he was sent home from the NFL Rookie Symposium in Palm Beach Gardens because of illness.

Harvin notified the medical staff of not feeling well and was excused from the three-day symposium that teaches rookies how to adjust to life as a professional athlete. Based on Harvin's failed drug test before the NFL combine, Harvin could have benefited from the lessons of the symposium.

This is the second time Harvin has been sent home from an NFL activity. He missed the Vikings' initial minicamp in May when hospitalized in Atlanta for dehydration and vomiting. Harvin was rumored to be working out in Gainesville last week, in The Swamp.

Everyone gets the common flu, so it's probably something he couldn't control. For his sake, here's to Harvin having a low-profile rest of the summer. He always seems to be in the news for something these days.

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Remember when the rumors were swirling that Bruce Pearl was listening to an offer from Memphis representatives to replace John Calipari? 

Remember how Pearl basically disappeared for several hours and even athletic director Mike Hamilton said that he couldn’t reach him?

And remember how after several hours of discussions, it was announced well after business hours that Pearl would be staying at Tennessee?

Well, the contract that the coach is about to sign day was the product of all that intrigue.

Pearl’s salary will increase (to about $1.9 million this year), his buy-out will increase (a biggie for a coach who paid close attention to the dismissal of Phillip Fulmer), and the pool of money for his assistants will rise as well.

Yesterday’s basketball teleconference spurred several b’ball preview stories from Southeastern writers this morning, so we’ll start with those:

Alex Abrams of The Northwest Arkansas Morning News takes a look at John Calipari’s 90-day plan and how he’s set the tone for his new program at Kentucky.

Doug Segrest of The Birmingham News writes that Calipari has his coaching rivals abuzz.

Mike Organ of The Tennessean (who probably got kidded a lot in high school) writes that all of those players who turned down the NBA will help turn around the SEC this winter.

Seth Emerson of The State provides a catch-all notes column that covers the good relationship between UK’s incoming point guards, the Cats’ legal battle with Billy Gillispie, the wait in Starkville for news on Renardo Sidney and John Riek, and Trent Johnson’s take on the man who replaced him at Nevada — new Georgia coach Mark Fox.

Mr. Emerson also writes that the return of 44 of the SEC’s 60 starters from last year should make a big difference for the league this season.

Here’s another story covering the conference’s maturation.

The league’s basketball coaches may make a lot of money, but they’re quick to point out just how little job security they have.  (Chicken-or-the-egg, gentlemen, chicken-or-the-egg.)

The SEC’s coaches would like to see the NBA’s one-and-done rule changed.



Turning from basketball, I’m not sure how I missed Paul Gattis’ excellent Sunday blog that combined the preseason rankings from Athlon, Lindy’s, The Sporting News and Phil Steele.  (The national rankings are listed in parentheses.)

SEC East
1.  Florida (1)
2.  Georgia (14)
3.  Tennessee
4.  South Carolina
5.  Vanderbilt
6.  Kentucky

SEC West
1.  Ole Miss (5)
2.  Alabama (8)
3.  LSU (11)
4.  Arkansas
5.  Auburn
6.  Mississippi State



The Gainesville Sun ranks Ole Miss’ “Mr. Everyhing” Dexter McCluster as the SEC’s 21st best player going into the 2009 season.

ESPN.com’s Chris Low writes that Carolina fans should be hopeful because of Ellis Johnson and his defense, yet worried about youth and inexperience everywhere else.



And finally, ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach chimes in on the movie version of Michael Lewis’ best-selling book “The Blind Side,” which focuses on former Ole Miss left tackle Michael Oher.

Specifically, Mr. Schlabach reports on some of the acting skills of Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Houston Nutt, Tommy Tuberville, Phillip Fulmer and Ed Orgeron.  An interesting read.

Bid now for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a base from opening night in Alex Box Stadium signed by the starting lineup. The national champion LSU Tigers got their memorable season underway on February 20, 2009, against Villanova and you can bid on one of the bases used in that game.
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The new synthetic surface is beginning to take shape, and those familiar words — ARKANSAS and RAZORBACKS — are installed this week.
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