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Auburn University head football coach Hugh Freeze walks off the field surrounded by a police escort following the Tigers home loss to Kentucky on November 1, 2025

College Football

Auburn Gives Hugh Freeze The Hook

Head coach Bruce Pearl of the Auburn Tigers at the media day before the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game on April 3, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

College Basketball

Bruce Pearl Always Knew What He Could Get Away With

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Dan McQuade

NEWARK, NJ - MARCH 29: Jon Scheyer head coach of the Duke Blue Devils has a laugh with Cooper Flagg #2 of the Duke Blue Devils after winning the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game against the Alabama Crimson Tide on March 29, 2025 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Cooper Flagg, wearing a hat and a blue Duke East Regional championship shirt has his hands over his face while Duke coach Scheyer has him in a half-hug with. a huge grin on his face. Scheyer is wearing the same shirt as Flagg, and the same hat too—only his is backwards.

Oh, No! They Made A Likable Duke Basketball Team

David Roth

Members of the Auburn Tigers celebrate their 74-69 victory over the Houston Cougars on November 10.

Auburn Beat Each Other Up Before They Beat Houston

Giri Nathan

Patrick Redford

This Is So Stupid

The Jalen Williams-Jaylin Williams Power Rankings: A New Contender Rises

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Drew Magary

Isaiah Bond catches a last-minute touchdown pass for Alabama

On Fourth And A Zillion, Alabama Crushes Auburn’s Spirits

Tom Ley

Hugh Freeze Is Thinking Massively

Hugh Freeze runs off the field, accompanied by Mississippi State Troopers, after a home win against Georgia Southern in 2016.

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