Former Alabama football coach Mike Price has reached a second settlement with Time Inc. in his defamation lawsuit over a Sports Illustrated article about a night of drinking at a topless bar in Florida, court documents showed Tuesday.

Terms of the agreement weren't made public. But it replaced an earlier deal that fell apart last month amid claims by Time, which publishes Sports Illustrated, that Price and his lawyer violated a confidentiality agreement that was central to the agreement.

"All parties believe in the strength of their respective positions -- Mr. Price asserts that certain events were falsely reported and Sports Illustrated continues to stand by its story -- but the case has been amicably resolved," the statement said.

Price, who is now the head coach at UTEP, sued Time claiming he was slandered and defamed by a Sports Illustrated article about the night he visited a topless bar in Pensacola, while still working at Alabama in 2003. Price admitted being heavily intoxicated that night, but he denied the magazine's account of sex with two women in his hotel room, plus other parts of the story.

A judge in Tuscaloosa, Ala, overturned a $30 million verdict a jury awarded former Alabama assistant Ronnie Cottrell in his defamation lawsuit against former recruiting analyst Tom Culpepper, calling the award "severely flawed." Circuit Judge Steven Wilson ordered a new trial in a one-page order. Attorneys for Cottrell immediately began the process of appealing the ruling to the Alabama Supreme Court.

A Fulton County (Ga.) judge ordered Georgia Tech to reinstate DB Reuben Houston to the team even though Houston is facing felony drug charges and has been suspended from the team all season.

Houston, a two-year starting cornerback with seven career interceptions, was arrested June 21 in Atlanta in connection with a marijuana distribution operation based in California.

Minnesota RB Laurence Maroney will play in Saturday's regular-season finale at Iowa despite an injured right ankle. Maroney missed last week's victory over Michigan State with the injury.

Brett Biggs carried 28 times for 188 yards and two touchdowns and Akron's defense dominated Ohio (4-6, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) in a 27-3 win that kept the Zips (5-5, 4-3) alive in the MAC East Division race.

Northern Illinois (5-4 overall, 4-2 in MAC West) at Toledo (7-2, 5-1), 7:30 p.m., ESPN2: Toledo clinches the MAC West crown with a victory. THE LINE: Toledo by 71/2. THE PICK: Toledo 27-17.

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