AUBURN — Reserve cornerback D’Antoine Hood, a junior from Phenix City, has transferred to Alabama State.Hood confirmed his departure to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Tuesday.Todd Van Emst, AuburnD’Antoine Hood meets with reporters on freshmen reporting day in 2008.Hood is the cousin of… Share on Facebook
As I was enjoying Independence Day under the clear skies of Lake Martin, I couldn’t help but wonder if former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville was in the area, enjoying the same fireworks with his family.As far as I know, Tuberville… Share on Facebook
My colleague Charles Goldberg wrote this week about the impressive extent to which this year’s signing class has qualified academically, helping Auburn replenish a roster that needed some more bodies.Because all but one player in the class is already on… Share on Facebook
AUBURN — New Auburn men’s basketball coach Tony Barbee is setting realistic expectations for his first season at the helm.”We’re starting over,” he said Monday on the SEC summer teleconference. “We’re going to be young. We’ve lost 80 percent of… Share on Facebook
AUBURN — Power forward Heath Houston, a former Auburn signee, was released from his scholarship and has signed with Virginia Commonwealth.VCU announced his signing Saturday in a release.Houston, who signed with former Auburn coach Jeff Lebo last November, had been… Share on Facebook
Auburn has been selected to host the 2012 NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships, the school announced today.The school will also host an NCAA gymnastics regional in 2012 at the new Auburn Arena.Auburn previously hosted the women’s swimming championships in… Share on Facebook
AUBURN — Former Auburn offensive line coach Hugh Nall confirmed to me a moment ago that he had been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by former player Chaz Ramsey.Ramsey sued Nall and former Auburn trainer Arnold Gamber in federal court… Share on Facebook
One of the top prospects in the Auburn area is moving back to Georgia to finish his high school career.Defensive end LaMichael Fanning, who spent last season at Auburn High School, is transferring to Harris County, Ga., due to family… Share on Facebook
One of the traditions of August is sorting out the players still ensnared in the NCAA Clearinghouse process (or the Slaughterhouse, as former coach Tommy Tuberville liked to joke).This year, however, the academic status of most players is already resolved…. Share on Facebook
Rodney Scott, the Ole Miss player who held perfectly still while medical staff tended to an injured Zac Etheridge, was honored with the SEC sportsmanship award today.Etheridge sustained what turned out to be a severe neck injury (officially, a cracked… Share on Facebook
