NEW YORK — Cam Newton thanked his mother, then his father. And then he paused to compose himself.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.– The University of Alabama has fired an employee who played songs aimed at Auburn quarterback Cam Newton before the Iron Bowl.

Auburn (AP)– No one knows how many more twists the Cam Newton saga still holds. But everyone has a pretty good idea where he will be when it’s over, regardless of how it ends: cashing paychecks in the NFL.