Linebacker Reuben Foster, the prized recruit of the Alabama Crimson Tide, signed his letter of intent with school on Wednesday, only to have have his fugitive father arrested on Friday by U.S. Marshals. Deputies arrested 41-year-old Danny Foster in Miami after he had been on the run for 16 years for shooting his estranged wife [...]
Rodney Garner Leaves UGA For Auburn
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
Rodney Garner has been courted by his alma mater, Auburn, many times over his 15 years as an assistant coach at Georgia. This time, the Tigers got their man. Garner, the assistant head coach, defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator with the Bulldogs, assumes the same position with the Tigers in a move that will [...]
Charlie Strong Turns Down Tennessee to Stay at Louisville
December 6, 2012 | Posted by
Charlie Strong decided to turn down the Tennessee Volunteers football coaching vacancy on Wednesday to remain at Louisville, according to Sports Illustrated. The Volunteers reportedly offered Strong a contract worth $3.5 million a year, according to sources close with ESPN. This made his decision especially difficult because there were reports on Wednesday that Strong was [...]
Louisville Negotiating New Deal to Keep Charlie Strong
December 5, 2012 | Posted by
Louisville is negotiating a contract extension for coach Charlie Strong to offset an offer for the same position at Tennessee. Strong is in five-year deal, which is worth is $2.3 million per year. Louisville is looking to extend that deal and give him a pay raise that will be competitive with other coaches in college [...]
John L. Smith Will Not Return to Arkansas Next Season
November 24, 2012 | Posted by
John L. Smith will not return as head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks after lasting one season with the program. He led the team to an overall record of 4-8 and 2-6 in South Eastern Conference play. Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long made the announcement Saturday about the program’s decision to move in a different [...]
Charles Barkley Says He Recruited Dirk Nowitzki To Auburn
July 2, 2012 | Posted by
Charles Barkley being Charles Barkley — that is to say, most anything will come out of his mouth — you have to take this not as fact, but as, well, something perhaps close to fact. In any case, before Dallas Mavericks’ forward Dirk Nowitzki’s charity baseball game in Frisco, Texas over the weekend, Barkley said [...]
Former Auburn Player Sentenced to 15 Years For Robbery
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
Antonio Goodwin, a former Auburn football player from Atlanta, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the March 2011 armed home-invasion robbery that also resulted in charges against three teammates from the 2010 National Championship team. ”I want to apologize for my action and my poor judgment,” Goodwin said before the sentencing. ”In the [...]
Massive Manhunt for Shooter in Auburn Slayings
June 11, 2012 | Posted by
Auburn, Alabama – As authorities conduct a massive manhunt to capture the man allegedly responsible for murdering two Auburn University football players and one other man, and injuring two others—including one who was shot in the head—the dazed university community and indeed the entire nation is wondering how something so devastating could have resulted from [...]
Gunman of 2 Murdered Former Auburn Football Players Remains At Large
June 10, 2012 | Posted by
Three capital murder warrants have been issued and a U.S. Marshall manhunt is underway for 22-year-old DesMonte Leonard, who is accused of killing three people, including a pair of former Auburn University football players following a fight, police said. Edward Christian, 20, an offensive lineman from Valdosta who was red-shirted during the last season and [...]
