Recently published climate research led by Sanjiv Kumar, a professor in Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, has already provided the basis of a pioneering new outlook product that is capable of forecasting drought. Kumar and his team published their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Climate Science. In August, […]

If you’re like me, you sometimes get caught up in what lies ahead rather than what’s in the moment — and while I know that I should enjoy today rather than concerning myself with tomorrow, I can’t help myself. I’m here to tell you that I am almost beside myself with excitement as I think […]

Can you do me a favor? Close your eyes and think back to when you were 19-years-old. Think about everything that you were learning, the life lessons that you were absorbing. Now imagine being a 19-year-old kid who is playing quarterback at Auburn, preparing to take a snap as you stare at four mean, drooling […]

Let’s be honest: Big Al and Aubie are animals of few words. But what if the Alabama and Auburn mascots could really talk? You know, like Toy Story? Have these two been fooling us all along? I can only imagine their conversation if they met for Sunday lunch:

The Associated Press released their weekly Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, with the Crimson Tide holding on to their top spot after a bye-week and Auburn falling to number 12 following a 13-24 loss to Florida. Clemson was again ranked second and Georgia and Ohio State, in extremely rare fashion, actually tied for […]

I have to tell you that the college football road ahead is going to be wild — and that road for the Alabama and Auburn teams will come to an intersection come November 30. Yes, the Iron Bowl has all the makings of a classic, as the Tide and the Tigers are, for now, unbeaten. […]

Former state legislator Pete Turnham, who was a force in the Alabama House of Representatives for decades, died Monday. He was 99.

Alabama may soon find itself in an unusual position in regards to college football — playing from behind. A new California law, the Fair Pay to Play Act, will allow college athletes in the state to profit off of endorsements and their likeness. This comes in direct defiance to the NCAA and for that reason, […]

Active head coaches of major sports at Auburn University and the University of Alabama, whether it be football or basketball, rarely ever enter the political fray, although Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl appears to have provided an exception. At an event preluding the “Bruce, Barkley and Basketball” golf tournament in Lee County over the weekend, […]

Holland Homes, builder of the state’s next “Smart Neighborhood,” says construction of the subdivision’s 51 homes will be complete by the end of 2020. The builder hosted media outlets Monday at the model home in the Northwoods subdivision in Auburn. Owner Daniel Holland says seven of the 51 lots have been sold and plans to […]

Auburn University continues to assert itself as a national leader in the growing world of cybersecurity. The university, through its Auburn Cyber Research Center and McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, is now collaborating with the Alabama National Guard Defensive Cyber Operation Element (DCO-E) in Montgomery to provide training to DCO-E cyber analysts […]

The Auburn University bass fishing team recently won the first-ever Major League Fishing College Redcrest National Championship, marking another impressive milestone for the most dominant collegiate angling program in the country. The event was held on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, last month. In a release from the university in recent days, Logan […]

Auburn Athletics on Thursday announced it is partnering with Slidr to offer a new game day shuttle service throughout the areas adjacent to Jordan-Hare Stadium this football season. The fare service will take patrons from outside the stadium security barricade boundaries to any location inside that perimeter, including right up to the stadium itself. The […]

Auburn University has released its new advertising campaign for the 2019-2020 academic year. Dubbed,”Think Auburn,” the campaign features a new television spot that debuted at noon on Friday, which also happened to be College Colors Day in Alabama. “You may know Auburn, but do you really know Auburn?” the video begins. The ad then shows how […]

The first regular-season AP college football poll of the year has both the University of Alabama and Auburn University in the top 10. After defeating Duke handily over the Labor Day weekend, the Crimson Tide held onto their preseason ranking as the nation’s second-best team. While coach Nick Saban’s team will have their sights on […]

Auburn University men’s golfer Jovan Rebula is turning heads across the nation heading into the 2019-2020 season. On Friday, the Golf Channel announced that the senior has been chosen to the Haskins Award Watch List. Rebula is one of just 25 golfers in the country to be on this watch list for the most prestigious […]

Allegations are being made that Governor Kay Ivey wore blackface while a student at Auburn University in the mid-1960’s. This comes after Auburn’s student media discovered a radio clip from their archives in which Ivey was interviewed along with her then-fiancé, Ben LaRavia, when they were both seniors in college and she was Auburn’s SGA […]

The University of Alabama, Auburn University and the Alabama Department of Public Health are partnering in a new effort to make Yellowhammer State roadways safer. Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that a total of $3.3 million in grants are being awarded to the three entities for the initiative. It might almost be time for […]

The University of Alabama has been ranked as the best college football program over the last 150 years, with Auburn University also representing the Yellowhammer State well. A report by ESPN’s Stats & Information Group used a formula based on the number of national championships, the winning percentage for the best 50 seasons in program […]

Harvey Updyke, who in 2011 poisoned the historic Toomer’s Oaks at Auburn University, has been ordered back to court for his crime, according to WRBL. Updyke wrote his own infamous chapter in Auburn’s football rivalry with the University of Alabama, with the Tide fanatic in 2013 pleading guilty to poisoning — and eventually killing — […]

Auburn Athletics has announced that Jordan-Hare Stadium will implement metal detectors at all gates beginning with the Tigers’ home opener against Tulane on September 7. Auburn’s football gameday guide for the 2019 season details that all SEC schools will have to make the switch to metal detectors by the following season at the latest. The […]

Auburn Sports Properties and Auburn Athletics announced Monday that Andy Burcham, who has been part of Auburn radio broadcasts for the previous 31 years in various capacities, has been named the lead announcer for Auburn football, men’s basketball and baseball. As the new “Voice of the Auburn Tigers,” Burcham assumes the responsibilities previously held by Rod […]

Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business this week announced a new graduate certificate in cybersecurity management designed to provide business professionals with the skills they need to manage operational exposure in today’s high-risk threat environment. The new program builds on Auburn’s already impressive national leadership in cybersecurity policy and engineering research, including extensive work being […]

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A grand jury will review evidence in the case of an Alabama soldier charged with killing a police officer and wounding two others. The Opelika-Auburn News reports court records show 29-year-old Grady Wayne Wilkes did not request a preliminary hearing, sending the case to the grand jury. Wilkes is charged with […]