For the Auburn football team, Thomas had three receptions for 45 yards. But for the Tigers baseball team, he led the SEC with 21 home runs in 1987 and topped the conference in batting average at ...

A former Florence High School standout, Grant Taylor zipped through the minor leagues after the Chicago White Sox chose him from LSU at No. 51 two years ago to make his MLB debut on June 10. In 14 ...

That was the day the Crimson Tide and Tigers ended a four-decade cold war between the schools, meeting on the gridiron for the first time since 1907. Alabama won 55-0 in the first modern Iron Bowl, ...

Hall of Famer Frank Thomas: ‘Baseball became very easy after playing SEC football for 2½ years’ The future MLB All-Star went to Auburn to play football after being passed over in the 1986 ...

Former Auburn Tigers star Frank Thomas made his name as a baseball player, but he was also No. 87 for the football team.

If Frank Thomas had been selected in the Major League Baseball draft coming out of Columbus (Georgia) High School in 1986, he wouldn’t have gone to Auburn to play football. And if he hadn’t ...

Former Auburn Tigers star Frank Thomas made his name as a baseball player, but he was also No. 87 for the football team.

87 days and counting till the Auburn Tigers kick off the 2025 football season against the Baylor Bears on August 29. The game will kick at 7:00 p.m. CT in Waco, Texas.