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- Mid-American Conference announces kickoff times for some UA and KSU football games
- George M. Thomas: Finals ratings go up with stakes
- George Thomas: Magic Johnson prescribe’s Heat’s cure
- UA notebook: Keith Dambrot has Zips working for future
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- Zips teams showing academic progress
- Q&A with Quincy Diggs, who returns to Zips basketball after suspension
- Former Zips point guard Abreu pleads guilty in drug case
- UA football: Defensive lineman gains sixth year of eligibility, set to transfer to UA from Florida State
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Three-star linebacker chooses Zips
Football
J.D. Brookhart landed perhaps the gem of his 2007 recruiting class Sunday when Almondo Sewell committed to Akron over Virginia.
The prep school linebacker runs a -- sit down for this one -- 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash. That is Michael Vick speed for a 6-foot-2, 235 pounder.
Sewell attended Hargrave Military Academy last year to get a qualifying score on his ACT. This physical specimen could become a contributor almost immediately in the Zips' 3-3-5 defense, which emphasizes versatility, such as Sewell's combination of size and speed.
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