On Wednesday, Dr. Gary Keever was asked by a reporter if signs of new growth on the Toomer’s Oaks had him cautiously optimistic about the trees’ chances for survival. His reply: “No.” But based on reactions to news reports of the growth, he’s worried people may be hearing “yes.” “Based on the steady decline of [...]
If football is truly a religion in the American South, then Jordan-Hare Stadium is a grand cathedral.
To this special place, the faithful roll in for games like pilgrims headed to Mecca. More than a simple sports arena, the structure holds a special place in the hearts of Auburn people, as the scene of some of the happiest memories of their lives. It indeed borders on a level of spirituality, the attachment of these people to this stadium.
The season 3 premiere of ABC’s “Cougar Town,” which aired Valentine’s Day, featured Grayson Ellis, a character played by Josh Hopkins, proposing to his girlfriend Jules Cobb, played by Courtney Cox, under a tree rolled in toilet paper.
We’re going to assume it was a wink toward Auburn.
Cards and flowers were left and candles were lit at the corner of Dean Road and Samford Ave. tonight in honor of a hero. Johnny Richmond, affectionately known as Mr. Penny by students at Dean Road Elementary School where he worked for 37 years as a custodian and crossing guard, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound [...]
Linda Tremaine heard a tap on her office window today at around noon. She saw a man peering through her blinds. It was Cam Newton. He wanted to make good on a promise. “He surprised us with a nice visit today,” says Tremaine, principal at Wright’s Mill Road Elementary School in Auburn. “He came in [...]
Southern Intercollegiate Conference championship. Auburn. Florida. 1931.
Auburn’s two best hurlers are hurt. There’s only one left, a southpaw sub named Shug—no, make that Lefty. That’s what they called him. Lefty Jordan.
Coach Sam McCallister walks up to him before the game. “Let’s see your stuff, Lefty.”
There have been orange jerseys and even green jerseys and drop shadows (scroll down). But one of the most little-known and obscure Auburn uniform tweaks ever is sadly tied to one of the most tragic incidents in Auburn football history.
Once upon a time, Kimberly Page was a Auburn Diamond Doll. She was an AOPi and a wonderful student. She made good grades, great grades. She graduated magna cum laude in 1990 with a degree in public relations and journalism and went to grad school at Northwestern. She was on her way to a promising [...]
When I was 14 years old, I found a dirty book on the shelves in the front room of my childhood home in the Birmingham suburbs, alongside Anna Karenina, Robert Ludlum thrillers, Women Who Run with the Wolves, and several copies of Gone With The Wind. It was my mom’s yearbook from her freshman year at Auburn.
As it turns out, wearing a dress to a football game is mostly a southern thing, but a Tiger transplant hopes to change that trend. During her last semester at Auburn, Wallis Smith-Owens started This Old Blouse, an Etsy-based shop where she sells dresses made from old college T-shirts. After graduating in December with a [...]
