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    Kamala Harris is Sickening

    in Politically Speaking

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    On 6/15/2024 at 10:42 AM, Hay Field 101 said:

    A liability to Biden? That made my coffee shoot through my nose. That dude is a walking, sorry, shuffling liability all on his own. 

    so you love a rapist and crook and liar for president? how wonderful of you............now tell meyou are christian and you win the fiddy lotto of the day..........rolls eyes..............

    Barkleys delightful journey through life

    in AU Basketball Forum

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    PMARSHONAU Charles Barkleys delightful journey through life

    Phillip Marshall

    5–6 minutes

    Charles, a generous man who loves living, says he will retire from TV work, but will he?

    In 1984, Auburn had just won a big game, though my memory fails me on who was the opponent. In those days, locker rooms were open to the media and where postgame interviews with players were done.

    Charles Barkley was in his third Auburn season. Under the rules of the time, that made him eligible for the NBA draft. I asked him in the locker room if he planned to enter the draft. His answer: "Mr. Marshall, I came here for one reason and that was to get a ring. I'm coming back next season to get it."

    Believing I had a scoop, I moved on to talk to Chuck Person, whose locker was beside Barkley's. I heard another reporter behind me ask Barkley if he was coming back. Barkley's answer: "I don't like the way Coach (Sonny) Smith has been treated. I'm out of here after this season."

    That was and is Charles Barkley, a man enjoying life in his own inimitable way. He knew he'd given opposite answers to the same question. He couldn't wait to see what followed, which was nothing because neither I nor the other reporter put it in print.

    Charles was a great player at Auburn, great enough that a statue of him stands at Neville Arena. He was a unique athlete, so unique that he was a great NBA center at 6-foot-5. But if he'd been in the same kind of physical condition at Auburn that he was in a Hall of Fame NBA career, he would have been so much greater.

    I once saw Charles stand flat-footed under the basket and jump up and hit the backboard above the square. Seven-foot Kentucky center Melvin Turpin couldn't stand Barkley because he couldn't get a shot off against him.

    It was after his basketball career was over that Charles became a national star as a TV analyst. He is knowledgeable, funny and plain-spoken. I don't watch many NBA games, but I like to watch Charles and his cohorts on TNT.

    On Friday, Charles said next year will be his last on TV. He is retiring. I take him at his word that he intends to do just that, but will he? Of that, I am not convinced.

    Charles is a loyal Auburn supporter. He recently donated a million dollars to women's athletics at Auburn. He had donated millions more to other causes. He is a fervent supporter of Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and his program. He will tell you that Smith remains a father figure to him.

    For all the laughs he inspires, for all the great things on the court, for all his words that make some people wince, Charles is a good and generous man who hasn't forgotten what it was like to grow up poor and black in Leeds, Alabama.

     I am proud to call him my friend.

    Charles Barkley to retire from TV after next NBA season

    Barkley's decision coincides with the development that the NBA may not renew its television contract with TNT

    Auburn's most recognizable face in pop culture will soon step away from the spotlight.

    TNT analyst and Auburn basketball legend Charles Barkely will retire from television after 25 years, he announced after Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night.

    Barkley's decision coincides with the development that the NBA may not renew its television contract with TNT, which has broadcast games since 1989, after next season. Regardless of whether TNT will continue to operate in the NBA space, Barkley is hanging up the headset. 

    "There's been a lot of noise around our network the last few months — and I've talked to all the other networks — but I ain't going nowhere other than TNT," Barkley said. "But I have made the decision myself that, no matter what, next year is going to be my last year on television."

    The NBA is expected to reach deals with NBC, Disney (ESPN) and Amazon for game coverage after the 2024-25 season, and Warner Bros. (TNT) is continuing to work for a fourth bid. Regardless of the outcome, though, TNT will have a much smaller presence in the league's television product, and its long-running and beloved studio show, Inside the NBA, is considered to be in jeopardy.

    Now Barkley's decision throws another wrench in the situation. If the show were to continue, TNT would have to replace him alongside Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal, after Barkley joined the program back in 2000.

    "I'm going to pass the baton at the end of next year," Barkley said. "I hope the NBA stays with TNT. … I wanted to tell my NBA TV and TNT family that I'm not going to another network."

    So Auburn fans will get to see one of their most well-known ambassadors for another NBA season, but TNT will also carry two first-round College Football Playoff games this fall in a partner deal with ESPN — with Barkley presumably involved in the coverage. 

    An 11-time NBA All-Star and hall-of-famer, Barkley's No. 34 jersey is retired at Auburn, after he was a three-time All-SEC selection, three-time SEC rebounding leader, SEC Player of the Year and SEC Player of the Decade for his time at Auburn. 

    Les Miles sues over vacated wins, Hall of Fame ineligibility

    in Rivals Football

    Posted

    al.com

    Les Miles sues over vacated wins, Hall of Fame ineligibility

    Updated: Jun. 17, 2024, 11:14 a.m.|Published: Jun. 17, 2024, 11:02 a.m.

    3–4 minutes

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    Les Miles files lawsuit over vacated wins, which cost him Hall of Fame eligibility

    Les Miles was the head football coach at LSU between 2005-16. (Getty Images/TNS/Kevin C. Cox)

    By

    Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com

    Les Miles is suing LSU, the NCAA and the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame over 37 wins the school vacated due to NCAA violations during his tenure as head coach, arguing the school violated his constitutional rights to due process by not allowing him to challenge the ruling and cost him a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame.

    Last summer, LSU vacated all its wins from the 2012-15 seasons as part of the resolution of a case involving offensive lineman Vadal Alexander, who was by NCAA rules ineligible when he played in 50 games for the Tigers. Alexander’s father, James, was found to have accepted $180,000 in embezzled funds for a no-show job from a prominent booster.

    The vacated wins dropped Miles’ career record to 108-73 in 18 seasons at LSU, Oklahoma State and Kansas, a winning percentage of 0.597 that is below the threshold for induction into the College Football of Fame. In order to be eligible for the Hall of Fame, coaches must be at least 70 years old and have a winning percentage greater than .600 in 100 or more career games. (Miles’ winning percentage with the 37 vacated wins included is 0.665).

    In a lawsuit filed Monday in United States District Court in Louisiana, Miles and his attorneys accuse LSU of “conspiracy to violate Miles’ 14th Amendment rights” and seek “appropriate remedy for the blot placed on his good name and reputation when Defendants deprived him of his Hall of Fame eligibility without due process.” Miles — who turned 70 last November — is asking for a declaratory judgment reinstating his full record and thus making him eligible for the Hall of Fame.

    Miles coached at LSU from 2005-16, posting a record of 114-34 on the field. The Tigers won SEC titles in 2007 and 2011 and the BCS national championship in 2007.

    Miles was fired by LSU four games into the 2016 season, and was out of coaching for three seasons before he was hired at Kansas in 2019. He went 3-18 in two seasons with the Jayhawks, who cut ties with him in March 2021 after allegations surfaced regarding alleged inappropriate conduct with female students during his LSU tenure (Miles and Kansas settled on a reduced buyout in exchange for his departure).

    You can view the full lawsuit HERE.

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    Auburn baseball lands 2 most productive transfers yet

    in AU Baseball and Softball Forum

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    Auburn baseball lands 2 most productive transfers yet in Bristol Carter, Mason Koch

    Updated: Jun. 17, 2024, 11:20 a.m.|Published: Jun. 17, 2024, 11:19 a.m.

    ~3 minutes

    AUBURN, AL - MAY 03 - The Auburn Baseball Team during the game between the Auburn Tigers and the Ole Miss Rebels at Plainsman Park in Auburn, AL on Friday, May 3, 2024. Photo by David Gray/Auburn TigersDavid Gray/Auburn Tigers

    Auburn baseball head coach Butch Thompson secured the commitment of its two most productive transfers thus far in the offseason with the addition of ECU rising sophomore outfielder Bristol Carter and Creighton rising junior pitcher Mason Koch.

    Carter turned down MLB Draft potential as a former top 100 recruit in 2023 to go to ECU where he had an excellent freshman season hitting .346 — the third-best batting average on an ECU team that hosted a regional this season. He was selected as a second-team freshman All-American.

    Carter started 46 games and drove in 31 runs. He struck out just 23 times.

    Carter projects as an immediate outfield starter as already a top prospect for the 2026 MLB Draft and filling a spot vacated by Auburn centerfielder Chris Stanfield entering the transfer portal.

    Koch slots in as another bullpen arm that Auburn continues to bring in as it retools its pitching staff that had the league’s worst ERA in SEC games last season. But Koch was by far the most productive.

    In 38.1 innings all in relief this season, Koch struck out 60 batters. He allowed just two home runs and walked only 17 batters.

    The righty had a 3.29 ERA in 2024 and a 5-1 record.

    Koch joins LSU transfer Samuel Dutton and Cal Baptist transfer Ryan Hetlzer as the only pitchers Auburn has brought in thus far. None have any significant starting experience. Auburn has a strong freshman class of pitchers also incoming. Whether these new incoming arms will remain in the bullpen or transition to starters is unclear.

    But Thompson’s goal was to infuse new and improved talent into a pitching staff that struggled mightily both with its starters and bullpen. Thompson has now taken several positive steps.

    Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at mcohen@al.com

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    Isaiah Buggs arrested in Tuscaloosa

    in Rivals Football

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    al.com

    Isaiah Buggs’ bond on animal cruelty charges revoked after new domestic violence, burglary arrest

    Published: Jun. 17, 2024, 12:03 p.m.

    6–7 minutes

    Bond for former Alabama Football star and Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs on animal cruelty charges has been revoked following his weekend arrest on new charges.

    Buggs, 27, was arrested Sunday morning on charges of second-degree domestic violence and second-degree burglary. He was on a 24-hour domestic violence hold with bond set at $5,000 and was released early Monday.

    Prosecutors this morning filed a motion to revoke Buggs’ bond on the animal cruelty charges because a condition of his earlier release was to not commit any new crimes.

    Tuscaloosa County District Judge Joanne Jannik granted the request and ordered Buggs held without bond.

    As of noon, he had not yet been booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

    Efforts to reach Buggs’ representatives for comment have not been successful.

    Tuscaloosa police said Buggs was arrested after officers responded to a 911 call placed at 5:28 a.m. Sunday from the 1600 block of Mimosa Park Road.

    No additional details have been released.

    Buggs has been charged numerous times in Tuscaloosa this year, including allegations that he shoved Tuscaloosa Police Chief Brent Blankley, pushing him into several officers.

    Last month, Buggs was booked on animal cruelty charges after two “severely malnourished, emaciated, and neglected” dogs were found at a rental home in Tuscaloosa after he had moved out.

    Buggs, through agent Trey Robinson, stated that the dogs were not his and that he was unaware they were still at the rental property.

    Robinson did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday’s arrest but said previously that Buggs’ arrests were part of a “subversive campaign to force the close of his local business Kings Hookah Lounge.”

    Buggs was arrested twice for misdemeanors at the Kings Hookah Lounge, including the incident after the 2024 Alabama A-Day game in which Buggs allegedly shoved Blankley.

    According to police records, officers responded to the lounge in the early morning hours of April 14, after complaints that parking from the lounge had spilled into other businesses.

    Authorities reportedly counted 283 people in the club, well over its maximum capacity of 83.

    Officers made contact with Buggs, who was given a citation for overcrowding in violation of fire codes.

    Buggs, records state, became irate and said, “These boys better not touch me,” and “I’m not going in handcuffs.”

    Buggs started to walk away, and the police chief put his hand on Buggs shoulder to escort him back into the building.

    “Buggs turned around and shoved Chief Blankley into several officers,’’ records state. A scuffle ensued, and it took several officers to put Buggs into handcuffs.

    No one was injured.

    Buggs was charged with resisting arrest and two outstanding writs on violations from 2023 involving overcrowding at the lounge and a violation of the ordinance “alleys kept free of rubbish/trash.”

    The following week, Buggs was allegedly again involved in an incident at the lounge.

    A woman named Jamira Jackson said that on April 23, she was leaving the lounge when Buggs and his brother both were yelling at her to leave.

    Detarion Buggs, according to charging documents, threw a cup at Jackson’s car which bounced back and hit her in the face. One of the brothers got mad because they thought Jackson was rolling her eyes, and Detarion Buggs said, “Alright, I got something for that,’’ and pushed Jackson.

    Records state Isaiah Buggs was already holding a gun and his brother went and got a gun. Both pointed the guns at Jackson’s car and told her to leave.

    She left and later filed a police report, saying she didn’t call police that night because it was “too hectic.” Officers noted a small mark below her eye where the cup is believed to have hit her.

    Buggs was charged with menacing.

    Then, on April 25, he was charged with aggravated assault. While he was being served with the menacing warrant, authorities say, Buggs reached into his pocket and had a gun.

    Buggs played for the University of Alabama in 2017 and 2018, including a 2018 College Football Playoff Championship win.

    Buggs re-signed with the Chiefs on Feb. 14 after joining Kansas City’s practice squad in time to go to Super Bowl LVIII with the team last season.

    Buggs spent most of his 2023 season with the Detroit Lions before being released on Jan. 2. He signed with the Chiefs two days later.

    A sixth-round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft, Buggs had played 433 defensive snaps in 29 games in three seasons with Pittsburgh when the Steelers released him the day before their finale for the 2021 campaign.

    Signed by the Lions just before training camp in 2022, Buggs played in all 17 games, with 13 starts, for Detroit that season. He recorded 46 tackles, one sack, 10 quarterback hits, two pass breakups and one forced fumble while on the field for 755 defensive snaps.

    10-year-old killed in weekend crash on I-22; 3 others injured including toddler

    2nd man charged in fatal shooting of Montgomery mother killed in front of daughter

    61-year-old man killed in Tarrant crash

    Isaiah Buggs, former Alabama football star, arrested again in Tuscaloosa

    19-year-old dead, 2 wounded in East Lake shootout; car crashes through park fence as more than 50 shots fired

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    A Serious Question folks?

    in AU Football Forum

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    Mikey has not logged on in quite a while and many of us are worried about him. if you have any info or just know he is ok will you give a shout please? i would love to know he is alright and so would many others...................thanks guys

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