Longtime Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs says he will step down by June 2018. Jacobs announced Friday in a letter to Auburn fans that he informed President Steven Leath of his decision earlier this week. He says he will leave earlier if Auburn hires a replacement. Jacobs, a former Auburn football walk-on, took over the athletic department at his alma…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a 3-year-old girl is dead after she fell into a grease pit at an Alabama ice cream shop and drowned. The Opelika-Auburn News reports the girl’s body was pulled Saturday from an in-ground container used to trap cooking grease at Brewster’s Real Ice Cream in Auburn. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said in a…
Chette Williams spoke with Fort Dale Academy students the Thursday after Sophomore Carter Boswell passed away. Chette Williams has dealt with loss during his time as Chaplain for the University of Auburn football team. He’s had to tell parents their sons have died, and attended the funerals of young men. When he came to Greenville to speak to Fort Dale…
Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville says he won’t run for Alabama governor in 2018. Tuberville told Sirius XM’s College Sports Nation Tuesday he thinks he could have won but decided not to run. The former Texas Tech and Cincinnati coach says he still wants to get back into athletics either as a coach, broadcaster or athletic director. Tuberville did…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – The Latest on white nationalist Richard Spencer speaking at Auburn University (all times local): 8: 30 p.m. Police are reporting arrests linked to an appearance at Auburn University by white nationalist Richard Spencer. Capt. Lorenza Dorsey, an Auburn police spokesman, says three people were arrested on disorderly conduct charges before Spencer’s speech Tuesday night. Video posted…
A German man has pleaded guilty and apologized after setting a fire that engulfed an oak tree at Auburn University’s landmark Toomer’s Corner. Jochen Weist pleaded guilty to criminal mischief Thursday in Lee County. Asked to speak, Weist said: “I’m sorry.” The Opelika-Auburn News reports the man agreed to pay more than $20,000 in restitution. He will avoid jail time…
Auburn fans got a long awaited surprise Saturday when the Tigers beat the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Tigers took control of the game from the beginning, beating the Razorbacks 56-3. Fans watching the game said it was like watching an entirely different team. “I saw the 2013 team again, is what I saw,” said fan Rusty Buys. “It was a terrific team, they…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The No. 2 Auburn equestrian team welcomed Alabama to the Plains for a hunt seat-only exhibition meet Friday afternoon and topped the Crimson Tide, 10-2, at the Auburn University Horse Center. “We’re really excited about the way the Alabama team is coming along because it’s so fun to have an in-state rival and it’s really great for…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The No. 2 Auburn equestrian team is set to host Alabama for an exhibition meet Friday at 3 p.m. CT at the Auburn University Horse Center. The meet will feature hunt seat competition only. “This being a hunt seat only event makes it a little fun because the work load on our team is diminished some,” head…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) – A lawsuit accuses former Auburn University football coach Pat Dye of causing a vehicle crash and refusing to let the other driver leave afterward. The suit filed in Macon County on Thursday says Dye collided with a vehicle driven by Jimmie Lee McCoy Sr., who was injured. The suit claims Dye and another man then took…
