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Mike Mitchell, 'the man of the people,' to be honored as a 2019 SEC legend
By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | February 21“He could go anywhere in the city and people would recognize him as Mike Mitchell, but they wouldn’t treat him necessarily as a star. They would treat him as one of the other people, and he did the same with them.
Malik Dunbar productive for Auburn in first start of season
By Maxwell Gault | Sports Writer | February 21“It was good. I just tried to worry about defense. I try to be in the right spots so the offense comes to me.”
Tigers light it up from deep in dominant showing against Arkansas
By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | February 21“I think tonight we really locked in defensively and had great effort defensively and really rotated quickly on defense, that has been a key for us playing better basketball right now.”
Auburn baseball trounces Alabama A&M for second straight day
By William Finney | Sports Writer | February 20On a day the weather at Plainsman Park was dreary as a thick fog hung over the field, Auburn baseball played as if it was the scrimmaging with pristine conditions. Auburn baseball trounced the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 10-2 on Wednesday, bringing out the brooms for the series and sweeping A&M in ...
Wesley McGriff hired as Auburn defensive backs coach
By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter and Nathan King | Sports Editor | February 20Wesley McGriff is returning to The Plains.
Report: Auburn, Georgia hoping to move game earlier in schedule by 2020
By Ben Key | Sports Writer | February 19The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry may come earlier in the 2020 football season.
Carson Skipper earns first career win as Auburn rolls over Alabama A&M
By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | February 19Carson Skipper’s night began with an early deficit, but it ended with a career milestone. Four pitchers combined for 17 strikeouts, with Skipper accounting for eight, as Auburn cruised past Alabama A&M 10-1 inside Plainsman Park on Tuesday night. After a hit-by-pitch and back-to-back errors in ...
Everything Bruce Pearl said in preparation for Arkansas
By Sports Staff | February 19Transcript courtesy of Auburn Athletics. Opening statement… “Getting ready for Arkansas, you exam the quality of their program and what they’re known for – 40 minutes of hell, the pace, calling out the Hogs. Arkansas is one of the better basketball programs in the SEC. They have been for a long ...
Jarrett Stidham to host youth football camp in Auburn
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | February 19In the thick of his NFL Draft preparations, former Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham will be returning to The Plains to coach up future Auburn football hopefuls. Stidham will be hosting a youth football camp in his name April 14 in Auburn. The exact location of the camp is unspecified. The camp ...
How the SEC Tournament would look if season ended today
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | February 18The 2019 SEC Tournament is only 23 days away, and it's never too early to start projecting the field. In fact, the conference's regular season is approaching crunch time as each team has six conference showdowns remaining. The upper echelon of the SEC's seeding will run through Tennessee (11-1) during ...
Tigers dominate every phase of game in massive win over Alabama
By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | February 17“The basketball Iron Bowl -- you can’t ask for anything better than that."
Auburn softball sweeps Sunday doubleheader, now 7-3 on the year
By Ian Bivona | Sports Writer | February 17The No. 20 Tigers got back into the win column Sunday, defeating the Furman Paladins 15-1 and the UAB Blazers 11-3 in the Plainsman Invitational. Furman came into the game with a 2-6 record. The Tigers came into the game donning a 5-3 record, having just lost to Texas Tech Saturday night. The ...
Auburn uses walk-off walk to take series from Georgia Southern
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | February 17The Tigers took the game, 4-3, along with the series Sunday afternoon at Plainsman Park.
Auburn softball splits Saturday doubleheader against Drake, Texas Tech
By Ben Key | Sports Writer | February 17It was a battle of defenses on the third day of the Plainsman Invitational. Auburn opened up the day with a matchup against the Drake Bulldogs. This would be a tightly contested game, as it went scoreless until the fifth inning. There would only be one hit for the offense in that game, coming ...
Auburn falls in extra innings, sets up Sunday rubber match with Georgia Southern
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | February 16“I can see what we’re trying to do. But just the execution of everything fell to our opponents today.”
Auburn's defense leads the way to second road win of season
By William Finney | Sports Writer | February 16Auburn snaps its losing streak at the Memorial Gymnasium with its 64-53 win over Vanderbilt Saturday.
Auburn basketball notebook: What's the deal with Tigers' SEC slump?
By Ian Bivona | Sports Writer | February 16Expectations were high for the Auburn men’s basketball team coming into the season, but the team has failed to meet said expectations as of yet. That begs the question: Why has Auburn failed to match the success of last year’s team? The 2017-18 Tigers were projected to go 4-14 in conference play ...
Relief pitching, early offense propel Auburn baseball to 11-2 win in season opener
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | February 16“It really was a good first day. We had literally production from top to bottom. I feel like this lineup really doesn’t have any holes."
