COVID-19 might have canceled college sports, but it can’t take away fans’ passion. That’s why the Arkansas Razorbacks are calling on their fans to show off their artistic skills in a fun contest. The Razorbacks are holding a Woo Pig Weekend Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest in the lead-up to Woo Pig Weekend on April…
The Los Angeles Chargers may not have a top-flight quarterback, but they do have an elite tight end. This week, they paid him like it, too. The Chargers made former Arkansas star Hunter Henry the highest-paid NFL tight end by paying him just over $10 million dollars for 2020. Henry missed all of 2018 with…
Former Arkansas Razorbacks and NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died at the age of 36 in a car crash. The single-car crash occurred Sunday night around 8:50 p.m. near Montgomery, Ala. A native of Montgomery, Jackson enrolled at the University of Arkansas, playing quarterback in 2001 and 2002. He played three days in 2001,…
I found my social media post from a year ago this week when Arkansas hired Eric Musselman as its men’s basketball coach. Cautiously optimistic is what I’ll call it. Like many media types, I was a bit surprised by Musselman’s emergence as a top candidate but intrigued with the possibilities considering his NBA pedigree and…
by Nate Olson Baum-Walker Stadium may not be the happiest place on earth, but it is easily the happiest place on the University of Arkansas campus. The Hogs football team seems to be under the right direction with the energetic Sam Pittman at the helm, but a reclamation project won’t happen quickly. Fans…
Little Rock native Dusty Hannahs is expected to make his NBA return with the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are expected to sign Hannahs to a 10-day contract, according to a Commercial Appeal report. Hannahs currently plays for the Memphis Hustle, the G-League affiliate for the Grizzlies. Since joining the Hustle in 2017, he has…
There have been two major shake-ups in Arkansas high school football this week. In Little Rock, Daryl Patton is joining LR Southwest High School as head coach. Patton has coached at Bauxite, which is in Class 4A since 2016. Before, Patton was the coach at Fayetteville High School, where he led the team…
by Nate Olson Dre Greenlaw was a good story before he turned in a phenomenal rookie year for the Super Bowl-bound San Francisco 49ers. Some Arkansas fans might be familiar with him. The former Hogs linebacker entered foster care when he was eight years old. He was living in a group home in…
by Nate Olson Since its inception in 2000, the Landers Award has become Arkansas’ premier high school football honor. Longtime KATV sports director Steve Sullivan orchestrates the event that includes a dinner for 10 finalists and their coaches and families and a 30-minute live show to announce the winner. For more than 10…
Since 1990, the Arkansas Big Buck Classic has been celebrating hunting and conservation by recognizing the quality of Arkansas sportsmen and the whitetail deer in the state. Started in a Jacksonville indoor archery range, the Big Buck Classic only continues to grow. Only a few hundred people attend that first event, but now thousands…
