Auburn University spent $89,916.74 trying to save the Toomer’s Oaks ($5,700 on soil testing alone), and estimates it will spend $425,780 replacing them. It may get its money back. From al.com: The Lee County District Attorney’s Office is asking Harvey Updyke Jr. be ordered to pay approximately $1 million in restitution for the poisoning of […]
Archives for May 2013
Auburn cheerleaders will be wearing Cam Newton’s shoes come fall, spring
The new shoe of Auburn Cheerleading—or at least Auburn’s male cheerleaders? Under Armour’s new Cam Low Training Shoes. “Cam” as in Cam Newton. “We look (for new shoes) every year on their (Under Armour’s) website,” says Auburn Spirit Director Latisha Durroh. “We were trying to match something to the orange and blue shirts. So with […]
Bo Jackson caps inside-the-park home run with no-handed kick-up
He wouldn’t just make a great catch, he’d run up the wall. He wouldn’t just make a great run, he’s run out of the stadium. He wouldn’t just strike out, he’d break the bat over his knee / head. So it was probably almost a scientific certainty that were Bo Jackson to finish an inside-the-park […]
Photos from a test rolling of the Toomer’s Triangle
If you’re wondering what the Toomer’s Triangle is going to look like rolled, wonder no more. Or maybe just wonder less. Folks with Auburn’s City Manager’s office actually had a test rolling of various types of wires being considered to connect the temporary rolling structure’s three concrete poles before the poles were installed at the […]
17-year-old Auburn fan with muscular dystrophy profiled by Boston news channel
And it’s not just the shirt—he has a sticker on the back on his wheelchair. Watch your back, Bramblett. h/t Shawn Patrick Walker … Keep Reading: * John Heisman put on a play to save Auburn football * Toomer’s Drugs is too fancy for you * Auburn cup spotted on ‘Hoarders: Buried Alive’ * Aubie […]