Sports

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SPORTS 7/26/22 2:25pm

Plainsman Park Upgrades Approved by Board Of Trustees to Include Seating Over the Green Monster and More.

By Colin Beyersdorf

AUBURN, ALABAMA (EETV) - Auburn Athletics continued to show its support to Auburn Baseball on Tuesday morning as it was announced that the Auburn University Board of Trustees approved upgrades to Plainsman Park. 

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SPORTS 7/24/22 4:02pm

Purifoy delivers for first win in 'War Ready' history

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Danjel Purifoy puts No. 6 War Ready over No. 3 WoCo Showtime with 3-pointer to reach the target score, 70, defeating WoCo Showtime, 70-67. 

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SPORTS 7/23/22 3:18pm

Auburn Basketball Alumni Team 'War Ready' Returns to TBT

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn's basketball alumni team, War Ready, returns for the third year (second as an Auburn Alumni team), hoping to bring home the million-dollar grand prize for winning The Basketball Tournament. 

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SPORTS 7/20/22 7:34pm

From Plainsman Park to the Big Leagues: Eight Auburn Players Selected in the 2022 MLB Draft

By Mikayla Kelly

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- In a historical MLB draft for Auburn Baseball, eight Auburn Tigers were drafted to Major League Baseball programs over the three days of the 2022 draft. This marks the second most in the school's history and most over 20 rounds. In seven years under head coach, Butch Thompson, 36 players have been drafted, including 16 taken in the first round. 

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SPORTS 6/23/22 9:26pm

Walker Kessler taken by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 22nd pick in the 2022 NBA Draft

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - With the 22nd pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, the Memphis Grizzlies select Walker Kessler, center from Auburn University and will trade him to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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SPORTS 6/23/22 7:26pm

Jabari Smith taken by the Houston Rockets with the third pick in the 2022 NBA Draft

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - With the third pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets select Jabari Smith, power forward from Auburn University. 

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SPORTS 6/20/22 7:02pm

Auburn weathers early Stanford lead to stay alive in College World Series

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn scored six unanswered runs to end No. 2 Stanford’s season and capture the Tigers’ first win in Omaha since 1997, 6-2. 

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SPORTS 6/18/22 10:08pm

Tigers’ offense stifled by Ole Miss pitching in Men’s College World Series

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Ole Miss's starting pitcher, Dylan DeLucia, was a showstopper in the first game against the No. 14 Auburn Tigers. DeLucia put on a pitching clinic with 10 strikeouts in seven and two-thirds innings and only let up four hits with no walks.  Behind DeLucia, Ole Miss defeated Auburn, 5-1.

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SPORTS 6/14/22 3:35pm

No. 14 Auburn wins Corvallis Super Regional to head to the College World Series

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn is heading to Omaha for the second time in three years after defeating Oregon State in the Super Regional, 4-3. 

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SPORTS 6/6/22 4:33pm

Auburn Baseball secures fourth Super Regional appearance in program history against UCLA

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - The Tigers are inevitable. After a two-hour delay before the first pitch and a 14-hour delay after the sixth inning, Auburn punched their ticket to the NCAA Super Regionals with an 11-4 victory over the UCLA Bruins. 

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SPORTS 6/4/22 10:57pm

Tigers’ offense continues to roll with victory over Florida State

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Another strong offensive night for Auburn against Florida State allows them an opportunity to go to the NCAA Super Regionals needing just one win in the next two games. Auburn put up another double-digit run game to beat the Seminoles, 21-7. 

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SPORTS 6/3/22 10:19pm

Auburn’s explosive first inning sets tone for win in NCAA Regional opener

By Zach Card

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn began the NCAA Regionals with 11 runs. Not in the game as a whole, but in the first inning alone. Auburn (37-19) defeated Southeastern Louisiana (30-29), 17-7.

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SPORTS 5/25/22 4:33pm

Late-game fireworks keeps Auburn from advancing in the SEC Tournament against Kentucky

By Zach Card

Hoover, Ala. (EETV) - After being delayed from the last game on Tuesday night to the first game of Wednesday amounting to 15 hours of delay, Auburn was unable to complete the comeback win in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. 

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SPORTS 5/21/22 7:05pm

No. 19 Auburn drops final series of the regular season against Kentucky

By Zach Card

AUBURN, Alabama (EETV) - Auburn baseball (37-18, 16-13 SEC) falls to Kentucky (30-24, 12-18 SEC) in the series, 1-2, after splitting the doubleheader yesterday. 

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SPORTS 5/21/22 2:51pm

Auburn Softball Falls Short in Pitcher's Duel at Clemson Regional

By Colin Beyersdorf

AUBURN, ALABAMA. (EETV) - The Auburn Tigers came up short in a pitcher's duel with the No. 10 overall seed Clemson Tigers. 

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SPORTS 5/21/22 11:01am

ICYMI: Auburn Softball wins first game of Clemson Regional behind Ellis' hot bat

By Colin Beyersdorf

AUBURN, ALABAMA. (EETV) - Auburn Softball handled business in the first game of the Clemson regional defeating Louisiana 4-3 in a game in which Bri Ellis hit not one but two homers. 

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SPORTS 5/15/22 9:36pm

Auburn Takes Down Alabama in the "Iron Bowl" of Baseball Series

By Mikayla Kelly

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- The Auburn Tigers took down their rivals, the Alabama Crimson Tide in the series at Plainsman Park this past weekend. Sunday's matchup resulted in a no-contest due to weather delays.  

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SPORTS 5/12/22 11:18am

Auburn Women's Golf Puts on a Clinic in Final Round of Stillwater Regional to make Fourth Straight Finals Appearance

By Colin Beyersdorf

AUBURN, ALABAMA. (EETV) - Auburn women’s golf put on a show in round three of the NCAA Stillwater Regional to punch their ticket to nationals for the fourth year in a row. 

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SPORTS 5/12/22 11:15am

Auburn Softball Knocked Out of SEC Tournament in Pitchers Duel

By Colin Beyersdorf

AUBURN, ALABAMA. (EETV) - Auburn softball was bounced in the first round of the SEC Tournament in Gainsville Florida on Wednesday. The Tigers fell victim to No. 24 Missouri and pitcher Jordan Weber with a final score of 1-0. 

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SPORTS 5/9/22 2:16pm

Series Recap: No. 18 Auburn vs No. 3 Arkansas

By Zach Card

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - No. 18 Auburn drops second straight SEC series against No. 3 Arkansas, 1-2. 

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