A look at former Auburn players in the NFL

Loachapoka junior Tracy Brooks matched his season interception total in about a minute of game time in the fourth quarter of No. 5 Indians’ 18-12 win over No. 4 Maplesville last Friday night, helping advance Loachapoka to its fourth quarterfinal appearance in the past six seasons.

A lawsuit filed against Auburn running back Eric Smith on Tuesday alleges that two other Auburn football players were involved in the August incident that left an Auburn University student unconscious and bloodied. 

PHILADELPHIA — The Auburn women’s basketball team suffered its first setback of the season Tuesday as the Tigers fell, 66-52, to Temple at McGonigle Hall.

Loachapoka’s players are not being shielded from the future or the past this week.

TUSCALOOSA — Every football player dreams of playing on Sundays, but maybe not like this.

TUSCALOOSA — Freshman Tony Mitchell and junior college transfer Charvez Davis helped spark Alabama past Jackson State, 86-69, and give coach Anthony Grant his first victory at the school Tuesday night at Coleman Coliseum.

The reigning NCAA champion Auburn men’s swimming and diving team enter the 2009-10 season ranked No. 5 in the initial College Swimming Coaches Association of America poll.

TALLASSEE — The Tallassee wrestling team opened the 2009-10 season with a 39-31 win over Benjamin Russell on Tuesday.

Safeties coach Tommy Thigpen calls Auburn’s latest Mr. Do-It-All, Demond Washington, a “big-picture guy.”

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — For the second straight game, Auburn’s basketball team faced a mid-major opponent that was physically outmatched.

Lee-Scott’s boys basketball team went cold at the worst possible time in its home opener Monday night.

TUSCALOOSA — Javier Arenas laughs at the notion of a letdown or a lack of focus as undefeated and second-ranked Alabama prepares for Chattanooga — and beyond.

Two more members from last year’s historic Beauregard baseball team signed on to continue their careers at the next level Monday.

Events of this weekend turned my thoughts back to 2001.

The Auburn women’s basketball season will hit the road today, as the Tigers travel to Philadelphia for a meeting with Temple. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. from Temple’s McGonigle Hall.

The Auburn men’s cross country team will return to the NCAA Championships for the second time in as many years, the USTFCCCA announced late Sunday.

MOBILE — Former Auburn High School standout Anna Maddox continues to make a strong impression at the University of Mobile.

For the first time in a long time, linebacker Craig Stevens doesn’t have any plans for Saturday.

Eltoro Freeman’s status remains uncertain heading into the Iron Bowl after suffering a concussion in the third quarter of Saturday’s game.

The words Missouri State and “hostile environment” don’t exactly go together very often, but that’s what coach Jeff Lebo is expecting tonight against the Bears.

Greg McElroy sounded as surprised as anybody after Alabama pounded Mississippi State, 31-3, in Starkville, Miss., on Saturday night.

The first recruiting class of Auburn head coach Nick Clinard’s tenure on The Plains was a strong one as three top-50 recruits, including a top-10, signed National Letters of Intent.

ATHENS, Ga. — Fear the thumb.

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Alabama didn’t really win the game in the second half.

ATHENS, Ga. — Is there a position Demond Washington can’t play?

ATHENS, Ga. — It started out as one of the best games of his college career.

OAKVILLE — Both Auburn High’s boys and girls cross country teams posted top-10 finishes at the Class 6A state meet at Indian Mounds Park on Saturday, with the Tigers’ girls finishing third and the boys taking seventh.

Sophomore strong safety Mark Barron took the SEC interceptions leads Saturday night with two picks.

ATHENS, Ga. — For conceivably every situation that can hit an offense in a game, Gus Malzahn has a play — all the way down to specific times in the game, yard lines and even hashmarks.