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Philip Lutzenkirchen does the Heisman during last week's practices. (Danielle Lowe / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR)

Danielle Lowe / PHOTO EDITOR

News

Predictions for the 2012 players hold promise

By John Holtrop / WRITER | August 21

The predictions for these five Auburn players are looking hopeful.

Texas A&M will be the latest team to join the SEC. (Courtesy of tamu.edu)

Sports

Newcomers to the SEC have the chance to prove themselves

By John Holtrop / WRITER | August 15

The 2012 season will mark the SEC's first with 14 teams. With the exception of added traveling distance, the Missouri Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies will bring talent and tradition to the already stout SEC.

Junior Plamena Kurteva returns a serve from Alabama Saturday afternoon in women's doubles. The Tigers lost out to the Crimson Tide, 4-3. (Rebecca Croomes / PHOTO EDITOR)

Sports

Women's tennis to face Volunteers in first round of SEC tournament

By John Holtrop / WRITER | April 19

The women's tennis team will head to Oxford, Miss., for the SEC tournament to face off against the Tennessee Volunteers in a first-round matchup. The opening round match is set for 6 p.m. Thursday.

Opinion

NHL violence demands changes

By John Holtrop / WRITER | April 19

Former National Hockey League player and current chief disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan has been busier than anyone would want to be in 2012's version of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Creede Simpson makes a play from second base against Mississippi State April 1. (Courtesy of Missy Hazeldine)

Sports

Auburn's Simpson brings local roots to second base

By John Holtrop / WRITER | April 19

With two on and two out in the top of the ninth, Creede Simpson stepped up to the plate to try and keep the Tigers' hopes alive as they faced Clemson in a 2010 regional matchup.

Sports

Auburn's Creede

By John Holtrop / WRITER | April 16

With two on and two out in the top of the ninth, Creede Simpson stepped up to the plate to try and keep the Tiger's hopes alive as they faced Clemson in a 2010 Regional matchup.

State

Auburn takes game two against Mississippi State

By John Holtrop / WRITER | March 31

The No. 24 Auburn Tigers defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs Saturday 10-6 in the second game of their third straight SEC West series to even the series at 1-1.

Sports

Auburn loses in series finale versus LSU

By John Holtrop / WRITER | March 26

The Auburn Tigers fell to No. 8 LSU, 4-3, in the last game of Sunday's home series opener at Plainsman Park.

Senior forward Kenny Gabriel celebrates Auburn's 67-52 win against LSU with the student section of Auburn Arena, known as The Jungle. The final home game for the 2011-12 season also marks Gabriel's last season as an Auburn student; he graduates in May with a degree in sociology. (Rebecca Croomes / PHOTO EDITOR)

Sports

A 'Big Easy' matchup

By John Holtrop / WRITER | March 8

After securing the No. 10 seed in the SEC tournament with a 67-52 win over Louisiana State Univeristy in Auburn Arena Saturday, the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team will face seventh-seeded Ole Miss in the tournament's first round at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in New Orleans.

Campus

Women's Leadership Conference returns for sixth year

By John Holtrop / WRITER | February 23

The Auburn University Women's Resource Center will host its sixth annual Women's Leadership Conference Friday at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.