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Barry Sanders and broken curses: Kerryon Johnson's rookie year in Detroit
Lions fans were now seeing Johnson's talent on full display, quickly adopting a mantra Auburn fans know well: "Keep Calm and Kerryon."
Auburn women’s hoops suffers last-second defeat to No. 24 Texas A&M
By William Finney | Sports Writer | January 25Despite recovering from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit, Auburn women’s basketball fell short against Texas A&M, 67 to 69 on Thursday night at Auburn Arena. Auburn has now lost all 12 of its meetings against A&M in program history. The Tigers and Aggies battled back and forth, but ultimately ...
Tigers searching for program's first win against Texas A&M
January 24No. 24 Texas A&M (15-3, 3-2 SEC) will be in Auburn Arena on Thursday to take on the Tigers, marking Auburn’s third straight home game against a Top 25 opponent. Auburn comes into this game after its 20-point comeback win over Vanderbilt, which is the largest comeback in the SEC since 2003. ...
Tigers senior pitcher Makayla Martin selected to 2019 All-SEC preseason softball team
By Logan Glover | Sports Writer | January 24Thursday morning, the SEC announced its 2019 All-SEC preseason team, and it included Auburn's very own Makayla Martin. The 12th annual preseason All-SEC team included eight seniors, three juniors, and three sophomores, stretching out to many different SEC teams with Alabama, Florida, and LSU having ...
Auburn great Cadillac Williams hired as Tigers' running backs coach
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 23One of the best to wear the orange and blue is returning to The Plains.
Reports: Auburn great Cadillac Williams hired as Tigers' running backs coach
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 23One of the best to ever wear the orange and blue is returning to The Plains.
Auburn frontcourt faltering without starting center Wiley
By Bryce Johnson | Sports Writer | January 23Auburn has a 7-foot crater smack dab in the middle of its lineup with the absence of injured center Austin Wiley.
Auburn's Tanner Burns, Will Holland named preseason All-Americans by D1 Baseball
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | January 22Tanner Burns and Will Holland have been named preseason All-Americans by D1 Baseball, the is the second preseason All-American honor for both players. Burns, a sophomore pitcher, earned second team honors for D1 Baseball and was named a third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball earlier in the preseason. Holland, ...
2019 linebacker Kameron Brown, younger brother of Derrick, commits to Auburn
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 22"It’s all about family around here."
No. 16 Auburn at South Carolina: Players to watch, keys to victory
By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 22Coming off of a brutal loss to Kentucky at home, the No. 16 Auburn Tigers travel to South Carolina to take on the up-and-down Gamecocks. The last time the two teams met, Auburn overcame a 1-15 start from 3-point and rode Bryce Brown's hot-hand to clinch its first regular season SEC ...
Robyn Benton earns SEC Freshman of the Week honors
By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 22Auburn’s own Robyn Benton has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week for women’s basketball, the league office announced Tuesday.
Arizona State H-back grad transfer Jay Jay Wilson commits to Auburn
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 21Auburn may have found its replacement for Chandler Cox. Arizona State graduate transfer Jay Jay Wilson committed to Auburn on Sunday after a visit over the weekend, a source has informed The Plainsman. 247Sports's Brandon Marcello was the first to report the news. Wilson, a rising fifth-year senior, ...
2019 LB Kameron Brown, younger brother of Derrick, ready to 'do anything to get on the field' at Auburn
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 20Auburn's 2019 defense received a huge boost last month when Derrick Brown, a projected top-15 pick in April's NFL Draft, elected to stay with the Tigers for his senior year. Brown said in his announcement that "nothing compares to... running out of the tunnel with my teammates and singing the fight ...
Auburn gymnastics moves to 3-0 with road victory over Mizzou
By Henry Zimmer | Sports Writer | January 20In the first road meet for the undefeated Auburn gymnastics team, the No. 13 Tigers defeated No. 10 Missouri with a score of 195.825-194.975 on Saturday. With this victory, the Tigers move to 3-0 for the first time since 2002. “Everything we wanted to accomplish, we got done today,” Auburn ...
Bryce Brown explodes in second half in Tigers' loss to Kentucky
By Ian Bivona | Sports Writer | January 20“I just tried to encourage my guys... we just tried to chip away at the lead, little by little, every chance we got.”
'They took it away': Inside the final seconds of Auburn's narrow loss to Kentucky
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19In crunch time, Jared Harper made the right call, according to his head coach. With under 10 seconds to play, down 81-80, Jared Harper went to his left and got past Kentucky freshman guard Ashton Hagans. Wildcats forward PJ Washington was waiting at the rim, but by that point, Harper’s runner was ...
Everything Bruce Pearl said after Auburn's 82-80 loss to Kentucky
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19OPENING STATEMENT We’re disappointed in the outcome. It was a great environment tonight. I appreciate the energy that Auburn Arena had tonight. I’m sure the kids talked about it. It had a lot with us staying engaged. I thought the kids didn’t panic. We got down in the second half and took it one ...
Auburn starting center Austin Wiley out vs. Kentucky with leg injury
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19Auburn starting center Austin Wiley is out for No. 14 Auburn's matchup with No. 14 Kentucky today, and is expected to miss "a couple of weeks" with a lower leg injury, a team spokesperson told reporters Saturday afternoon. Wiley, who has started the past seven games for Auburn at center, is averaging ...
Behind Enemy Bylines: Previewing Auburn vs. UK with the Kentucky Kernel
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19Ahead of No. 14 Auburn's matchup with No. 12 Kentucky (3 p.m. CST, ESPN), The Plainsman posed questions for Chase Campbell, assistant sports editor for the Kentucky Kernel. Here's how sees the action playing out inside Auburn Arena. 1. What should Kentucky's biggest advantage in this game be? UK's ...
