Gary Parrish is an award-winning sports columnist at CBSSports.com

CBSSports.com

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 and the host of "The Gary Parrish Show with Geoff Calkins" on 92.9 FM ESPN in Memphis. Parrish first gained national prominence for uncovering one of the biggest recruiting scandals in NCAA history -- that University of Alabama

University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

 booster Logan Young

Logan Young

Logan Young was a Memphis, Tennessee businessman and a booster for the University of Alabama football program. In 2005, Young was found guilty in federal court for charges relating to his role in a scheme to pay a high school football coach $150,000 to help recruit a player to Alabama.- Personal...

 paid Trezevant High School football coach Lynn Lang $200,000 to steer All-American prospect Albert Means

Albert Means

Albert Means was a high school football star and later a college football player. Means became well known because of the rule breaking that surrounded his recruitment by college programs....

 to the Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide may refer to:* Crimson tide, a type of algae also known as Karenia brevis* Alabama Crimson Tide, the sports teams of the University of Alabama* Crimson Tide , a 1995 American thriller...

 football team. Parrish now mostly writes about college basketball. He is a Senior Writer at CBSSports.com and a frequent contributor on the CBS Sports Network. His radio show is the top-rated sports talk show in Memphis. Readers of the Memphis Flyer

Memphis Flyer

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 voted it the best sports talk show in Memphis in 2010.

Parrish was raised in Horn Lake, Mississippi

Horn Lake, Mississippi

Horn Lake is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. Horn Lake is a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, which is located just a few miles to the north. As of the 2000 U.S...

 -- where he holds a key to the city.

He previously worked at The Commercial Appeal

The Commercial Appeal

The Commercial Appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It is owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, a major North American media company. Scripps also owned the former afternoon paper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, which it folded in...

newspaper in Memphis.