Sports

Report: Auburn DB coach Wesley McGriff's contract a 1-year, $300,000 deal

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 11

He will be paid $300,000 this upcoming season and can receive an additional $25,000 if he stays at Auburn beyond the 2019 season.

Jack Owen (44) pitches the ball during Auburn Baseball vs. Longwood on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala.

Jack Owen earns Auburn's 2nd straight Pitcher of the Week honors

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 11

The lefty faced two batters over the minimum and retired the final 17 batters.

Auburn hoping to have QB depth chart by end of spring ball

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | March 11

“I’m excited to see how coach Malzahn handles all four guys. I’m anxious to see who rises to the top and who really wants to be the guy.”

Auburn finishes regular season ranked No. 22

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | March 11

"You have to win in tournament time."

Streaking Tigers send national statement with emotional, electric win over No. 5 Tennessee

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | March 9

Auburn has won six of its last seven, including three straight Quadrant 1 victories over Mississippi State, Alabama and Tennessee.

Everything Bruce Pearl said after Auburn's upset of No. 5 Tennessee

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | March 9

OPENING STATEMENT That was a great college basketball game. Tennessee is a championship program. Rick and his staff, they've done a tremendous job. Their efficiency on offense was evident. There wasn't much we could do to stop them in the first half. They got great looks, and they controlled the game ...

Auburn suffers loss in tournament quarterfinals to Texas A&M

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 9

When the Tigers and Aggies met for the first time this season on Jan. 24, Chennedy Carter scored 28 points including the game-winner with four seconds left to give the Aggies the 69-67 win over Auburn while Janiah McKay led the Tigers with 17 points. Tonight, in the SEC quarterfinals, the story ...

Auburn's senior quartet prepares for final game at home

By Stephen Lanzi | Campus Editor | March 9

After taking the program from an 11-20 record to winning the regular-season SEC Championship, Auburn's seniors are preparing for their final game in Auburn Arena.

Auburn defeats Radford, Mercer on second day of War Eagle Challenge

By Ben Key | Sports Writer | March 8

Auburn took down two on the second day of the War Eagle Challenge. Mickey Dean's squad improved to 19-4 on the season after defeating Radford 5-2 and Mercer 10-2 on Friday. Auburn was down 2-0 early in its first game of the doubleheader against Radford, but the Tigers held the Highlanders scoreless ...

Takeaway-hungry Tigers ride second-half defense to win over Alabama in SEC Tournament

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 8

For the third and final time this season, Auburn women's basketball can claim another win over Alabama. The regular season sweep of the Tide, and now, an SEC second-round win, sent the Tide back to Tuscaloosa and pushed Auburn forward in the SEC Tournament with a 53-52 win in Greenville ...

Receiver Darius Slayton 'trending up' after NFL Combine, Auburn Pro Day

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | March 8

“For the most part, I’m just trying to tune it out and trying to do my job out here at these workouts to show that and prove to people that I should be moving up the boards.”

'I was never going to play football again': After 3 knee surgeries, Jamel Dean's NFL stock skyrocketing

By Logan Glover | Sports Writer | March 8

Dean returned to Auburn's campus for the Tigers' Pro Day on Friday after recording a blazing 4.3-second 40-yard dash at last week's NFL Combine.

Results, times, measurements from Auburn's 11 participants at Pro Day

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter and Nathan King | Sports Editor | March 8

Auburn's 2019 Pro Day features NFL Combine standouts, NFL Draft shoo-ins and under-the-radar prospects.

SEC Tournament primer: Auburn hoping regular-season success translates to run in Greenville

By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer and Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 7

The 20-point comeback at Vanderbilt, the regular season sweep of Alabama and the program-record six SEC road wins are just a small sample of all the moments that defined the 2018-19 SEC regular season for the Auburn women's basketball team. Auburn finished the SEC regular season with a record ...

Auburn thwarts UT Martin offense in finale as Tigers pull off midweek sweep

By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 7

Auburn's pitching staff put together another dominant performance as it completed its third shutout in five games, finishing off UT Martin 2-0 on Wednesday at Plainsman Park completing the midweek sweep with the win. The win was Auburn's sixth in a row starting with the series finale at UCF. Auburn ...

Auburn defeats UT Martin 15-9 behind 3-run homer, 5 RBI from Everett Lau

By Ben Key | Sports Writer | March 6

No. 18 Auburn displayed its offensive power in a 15-9 victory over the UT Martin Skyhawks. The offensive started off slow with only one run scored through the first two innings, but a four-run bottom of the third ignited the offense. The team would go on to finish the night with season highs in both ...

Auburn rallies from double-digit deficit in win at Alabama

By Tyler Roush | Assistant Sports Editor | March 5

After a make by Jared Harper at the free-throw line, Bruce Pearl’s squad couldn’t miss. Auburn continued to rally after trailing by as many as 13 points in the second half in its 66-60 win over Alabama on Tuesday night. Chuma Okeke tied his career-high with 14 rebounds to finish off his fifth ...

Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama, is interviewed at Lutzie 43 Invitational Golf Tournament in Sylacauga, Ala. on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.