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Sports editor for a small weekly newspaper in West Alabama for the past 15 years. In career as a sportswriter, covered 12 state championship teams; followed the careers of three local football players who starred at college and played in the NFL and two local baseball players who played in the majors. Won numerous APA awards including Best Sports Column in 2004.

Strickland is also the lead columnist for TigersX.com, a website devoted to college sports discussion in general and Auburn sports in particular.

Kevin's Recent Articles

Why Auburn Will Pummel Furman; and Why Victoria Jackson Is Torn

Published 3 days ago
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Flag Wars: An Auto Anatomy of the Rivalry Between Auburn and Alabama

Published 5 days ago
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Auburn 33, Ole Miss 20: Halloween, the Resurrection

Published 6 days ago
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Auburn vs. Ole Miss: Why The Rebels Will Rip The Tigers

Published 9 days ago
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Larry Burton responded to a comment on LSU-Alabama: Why This Game Will Be QB Greg McElroy's Big Breakout
Larry Burton responded to a comment on LSU-Alabama: Why This Game Will Be QB Greg McElroy's Big Breakout

The Short List What Kevin thinks about sport's most pressing questions

Favorite Athletes

Bo Jackson, Dale Murphy, Greg Maddux, Manny Ramirez, Carnell Williams, LeBron James
Favorite Sports Teams

Auburn, Seattle Seahawks, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves
Favorite Coaches

Shug Jordan, Joe Paterno, Bobby Cox, Dan Reeves
All Time Sports Moment

Auburn 30 Alabama 20, 1989
Most Memorable Game Attended

Auburn v. LSU 2006
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Consecutive games with a hit
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Federer
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Nicklaus
Petty or Earnhardt?

Petty
Schumacher or Senna?

Schumacher
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

SEC

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by Kevin
16 days ago

Where is your preview this week? You are not feeling poorly are you? I have herd that Malzhan has cut his telegraph wires for the opposition. The bend but don't break defense LSU is running is made for Auburn's style of offense. On the other hand LSU has a higher level of Talent and is deeper at every position.
by Kevin
29 days ago

I finally got you meaning Kevin I thought I deleted that article this morning. I had no intention of rubbing salt in the young mans wounds. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
by Kevin
29 days ago

I herd this morning. I did not hear the circumstances. I sure hate to see a young man mess up his life. I guess he let his emotions get the better of him rather than pushing himself to improve. I guess my article did not help any. I am sure Coach Chizik has good reason for what he did.
by Ash
about 1 month ago

Heya Kevin, I really enjoy reading your lists.

I've just posted a new top 10, "If athletes were items around the house".

Who is the toilet brush, the flat screen TV, the cockroach and the Seinfeld box set?

Click here to find out.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/269216-if-athletes-were-things-found-around-the-home-why-brett-favre-is-the-cockroach

Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Ash
by Tom
about 1 month ago

Hi Kevin. I really enjoy your view on AU football. I'm definitely more of a cynical, "see-it-to-believe-it" kind of guy, so your takes tend to be closer to mine than other writers here. Part of what makes this place so enjoyable to visit is the divergence of views. Keep up that good work and I'll be looking forward to your next article! WDE!
by Kevin
2 months ago

You have the results of Auburn week one. Did this change your opinion of this team and coaching staff?
by Ingram
10 months ago

So much for the Furcal thing-I don't even want to know what happened with that. Unfortunately, this probably means in the long run that the Braves have no starting pitchers in the works, and this probably means another sub-500 year. On the bright side, we may be slipping back into that '80's mindset, where you know they're gonna lose, but you watch them anyway. I blame half of this on the management for feeling the need to pay Mike Hampton 96.4 Billion dollars to pitch like 8 games. He tied up so much of the payroll to ride the pine, that they could not recover. Now, I'm afraid, your starting rotation on opening day will be an absolute wreck, with a killer bullpen that's finally healthy. Unfortunatly, those guys in the pen do you no good if you're down 8-2 in the 5th. I think they need to bring back Chief Knockahoma to shoot the canon every time they hit a home run. At least I'd have something to look forward to.
by Ingram
10 months ago

Man, I just don't know about this. I suspect that they've got something in the works for an Escobar trade, because, judging by what little I know about baseball, you can't have 2 starting shortstops. Maybe they're gonna move Escobar to 2nd, but that wastes his arm. This would open up Kelly Johnson to move back to center, but that doesn't answer anything. Frank Wren, the semi-new GM, isn't exactly doing a bang-up job. He needs to throw most of his chips at starting pitchers-shortstop is one are that the Braves are actually okay. The fact of the matter is, unless they come up with at least 2 quality starting pitchers, they are 3rd in the division at best. I miss Bob Horner.
by Ray
11 months ago

I realized the BCS is better than a play-off, and decided it needed to be defended. I'd love your input.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/90374-bcs-football-in-the-wake-of-selection-sunday-we-defend-the-red-headed-stepchild

I'd appreciate it if you had the chance.
by Justin
11 months ago

hey kevin,
i really dig your writing. hopefully you'll keep posting stuff on B/R.

Justin
by SECSportsHub.com
11 months ago

Thanks, you can see the article posted on our blog here.

http://secsportshub.com/main/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=60
by SECSportsHub.com
12 months ago

Hey Kevin, I'd like to publish your article on a big SEC blog. You can view the blog at http://secsportshub.com/main

We will publish it under any name you like and give you full credit for the article. Let me know if you are interested.
by Gray Ghost
12 months ago

Kevin, welcome to B/R! This is a great place and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. If there is any way that I can help don't hesitate to post me.

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Why Auburn Will Pummel Furman; and Why Victoria Jackson Is Torn

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Auburn vs. Ole Miss: Why The Rebels Will Rip The Tigers

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