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As Sunisa Lee celebrates her gold medal win in the women's gymnastics all-around final today, the Team USA star has become an instant household name — but who is the 18-year-old gymnast who took the top spot in her first-ever Olympics Games? Sunisa, who hails from Minnesota, is the daughter of Laotian refugees who fled the country in the wake of the Vietnam War — and she's also the first Hmong-American to represent the United States at the Olympics. Her road to the Games wasn't an easy one, with the star persevering through personal tragedy after her father was paralyzed...

Auburn has fired head football coach Gus Malzahn, the school announced Sunday.The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-4 record after beating Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday."After evaluating the state of the Auburn football program, we've decided that it was time to make a change in leadership," Auburn director of athletics Allen Greene said in a statement. "We appreciate everything that Gus did for the program over the last eight seasons. We will begin a search immediately for a coach that can help the Auburn program consistently compete at the highest...

APAuburn's Danjel Purifoy, left, heads to the basket as Tennessee's Derrick Walker, right, defends in the first half of the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference championship game Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) It’s going to be an eventful Sunday for Auburn. First, the Tigers will play Tennessee vying for the SEC Tournament championship — something they haven’t played for since 2000 or won since 1985. Then, AU will head back to its Nashville hotel to watch the Selection Show at 5 p.m., where they’re currently projected as a No. 5 seed. Auburn has defeated Missouri,...

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was taken by ambulance to a hospital at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday after a truck crashed and overturned on the Church Street bridge over Interstate 277.

WAR EAGLE! Today is the day that we all wait for.  It comes once a year.  Every year.  It is all down to this.  And NOTHING else matters. IRON BOWL DAY! Beat Bama! I grew up in Auburn.  I was moved there in the fall of 1962 when my dad became a professor in the School of Engineering.  We lived across from Magnolia Dormitory, right in between the Day Boarding House and Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Nixon's home.    Bodie Hinton was the director of the Auburn Marching Band.  Ralph Brown Draughon was the President.  Jimmy Sidle was the quarterback...

GAINESVILLE - The Gators kept true to their bend-but-don't-break defensive philosophy Saturday, but they learned there is only so much bending a team can handle. Little by little, a typically mediocre Auburn passing game pecked away at Florida's defense, gashing it for 152 yards in the first half to take a 14-0 halftime lead. With Auburn controlling the clock and Florida's offense struggling, the deficit was too much for the Gators to overcome. After making a complete turnaround in the second half, the defense had one last chance to make good but allowed Auburn to drive into field-goal range for...

Auburn beats VA Tech in the Sugar Bowl, 16-13, to finish the season undefeated. 2 days ago Utah whipped Pitt in the Fiesta Bowl to also complete an undefeated season. USC and Oklahoma play tomorrow night in the bogus national championship game, but in truth, once again no one will know who was the best team this season.