The United States men's basketball team was taking on Puerto Rico in the Olympics on Saturday, and later in the day football teams all over the state would pra…
Eli Drinkwitz arrived in Dallas a couple of weeks ago for SEC football media days in a good mood.
It's not a date on the Arkansas Razorbacks football schedule anyone probably has circled, but they should.
If it still seems strange three months later than John Calipari is the head men's basketball coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, that's understandable.
Because there is really no place in sports, especially on the opening night of the Olympics when much of the world is watching the opening ceremonies, for what…
Taking a short break from all the news conferences in Dallas last week to catch up with some local news.
DALLAS -- A couple of generations of Arkansas Razorback fans don't know the joy of flashing the upside down Hook 'em Horns sign, which will not be an automatic…
DALLAS -- In his first official act as an SEC football coach in 2022, Brian Kelly came across badly.
DALLAS -- Whole hog, half ham, Sam I am was back in town.
DALLAS -- Apparently Nick Saban got his own room at the media hotel here.
DALLAS -- He fidgeted and shifted the weight on his feet several times.
DALLAS -- After a traffic-heavy drive here Sunday for SEC football media days, it was early to bed and early to rise.
Starting early Monday morning and ending late every day through Thursday will be the annual SEC football media days.
When Arkansas plays Oklahoma State in its second game of the upcoming football season, barring injury, the Razorbacks will face Ollie Gordon II.
Apparently contracts that coaches and schools sign aren't worth anything.
If judging the book by the title, one would think the whole thing was about one night, one swing and one changing of the guard.
HOT SPRINGS -- On the day after the Fourth of July, Central Avenue is bumper to bumper for three blocks.
It would be nice if every American could take this July 4, the day we celebrate our independence that our forefathers fought for 248 years ago, and enjoy the g…
Chris Robinson has done it again. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff athletic director has made another great hire.
On Monday, the universities of Texas and Oklahoma became official members of the Southeastern Conference, a move that began three years ago and so shifted the …
While most colleges and universities are very concerned with millions of dollars in back pay to college athletes and a future payroll that could exceed $20 mil…
Growing up in Conway, Julia Flesher had many dreams. Owning part of the Brooklyn Nets probably was not one of them. But pending final approval, she is about to…
It came in late October 1989, a phone call from an acquaintance who needed a favor.
A lot has been written and said about the Boston Celtics' league-leading 18th NBA championship, and most of it is about Jayson Tatum and Finals MVP Jaylen Brow…
Just before Bryson DeChambeau made his final putt to win the U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy endured chants of "USA! USA!"
Probably the biggest part of Friday night's Game 4 of the NBA Finals came when it was over and Charles Barkley announced he would be retiring from television a…
While one-third of the Arkansas Razorbacks' football games will be played at 11 a.m. or noon this season, it did not come as a surprise.
After all the speculation and hoopla surrounding Dan Hurley and the Los Angeles Lakers, it obviously was a simple decision.
Now that the Triple Crown has been wrapped up with three different winners, it is time the thoroughbred racing industry took a hard, realistic look at itself w…
Maybe it should have been an upset.
While the winners of the first two legs of the Triple Crown have a showdown Saturday at the Belmont Stakes, neither is the morning-line favorite.
PINE BLUFF -- It is a Friday afternoon, just after lunch time, and a goodly number of cars are there, mostly with Arkansas plates.
Obviously, it wasn't what anyone expected.
In Jerry Tipton's book "Deja Blue," only Kentucky basketball is mentioned more than John Calipari, who coached the Wildcats for 15 years.
Brooks Robinson will be honored at 9:30 a.m. Saturday where it all started for him as a boy, at Lamar Porter Field in Little Rock.
Jerry Tipton was a sportswriter for 51 years.
WEST MEMPHIS -- An unofficial count while walking through the parking lot indicated the majority of those playing in Southland Casino were from Tennessee.
It is way too early to be making many football predictions.
Chicken Little never had a chance to yell the sky is falling, it fell on college athletics the day the Supreme Court said you gotta pay them.
It was hard not to marvel at the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes last Saturday.
It wasn't the homecoming hoped for as Mystik Dan ran good, but on a track deemed muddy minutes before Saturday's Preakness Stakes, Seize the Grey broke on top …
It is always a good thing for the field when the favorite drops out of a horse race, especially if he's coming off two impressive wins.
The Southeastern Conference didn't sway from its original basketball schedule just because John Calipari left Kentucky for Arkansas.
With each inning Mississippi State's dugout got louder Sunday.
In the late afternoon on May 4, by oral declaration, Mystik Dan became Arkansas' horse, joining the beloved Smart Jones, who captured our hearts in 2004 by win…
Former Central Arkansas Christian All-American basketball player and Gatorade player of the year Christyn Williams has spent the past two years in rehab and re…
It wasn't a surprise that Kenny McPeek trained Mystik Dan to the winner's circle in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.
It all started one Saturday night in 2013 or 2014 in the Crosswalk Bar across the street from Oaklawn Park (now Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort) with Lance Gasawa…
It was a rarity and at the center of the attention as Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort at Hot Springs had an Oaks-Derby double, and the kings of thoroughbred racin…
Anything can happen in the Kentucky Derby, and it has.
