by Evin Demirel Somewhere above, Diane Johnson smiled. Her son, Joe Johnson, had always been one of the best in the world at hitting game-winning shots but had never before made one for a pro basketball championship. In early September, though, Johnson capped the greatest season of his professional career by sinking…
Hog fans await the end of the football season like a dutiful grandchild at the impending passing of a beloved patriarch, terminally ill and clutching to life fueled solely by rote. The 2019 Arkansas football season undoubtedly will go down as the worst in school history; a sad footnote in the tale of a…
The Hogs travel to LSU to face the No. 1 Tigers on Saturday night, but the bigger news, of course, marinates off the field. Interim head coach Barry Lunney Jr. will lead Arkansas for the final two games of the 2019 season after the firing of Chad Morris on Nov. 10. By all accounts,…
Arkansas hosts Western Kentucky on Saturday. As a 2-point favorite. Let that sink in. The Hilltoppers are 5-4, a middling team in a low-rent FBS conference. But they may just sneak out of Razorback Stadium on Saturday with an SEC notch on their belts. And in exclusively Razorback fashion, they would do it…
The Eric Musselman era at Arkansas is one-game old, but there are plenty of reasons for optimism. Musselman has checked all of the boxes since he was hired in the spring. He’s done everything right. Now, all he has to do is win. That won’t be easy, but unlike the guy who coaches up the…
The baseball season has officially wrapped up with the end of the 2019 World Series, but now it’s time to start planning for the next season. Teams will be preparing for the off-season, making adjustments to their rosters and releasing their 2020 game schedules. Luckily for Arkansas baseball fans, the Arkansas Travelers have released…
Forgive us our absence last week. But we thought it would be nice to give the Hogs a well-deserved week off so we all could sit back, take a deep breath, and prepare for the last third of the season. That’s what happened, right? We all took a week off and everyone’s refreshed and…
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has taken steps toward allowing student-athletes to benefit from the use of their image, name and likeness. During a NCAA Board of Governors meeting at Emory University in Atlanta, the members unanimously voted to begin the process for allowing student-athletes to profit from their image. The board directed…
by Dustin Jayroe On the bend of I-40’s elbow sits the city of Conway. To its east flows the Arkansas River. To the north winds the Highway 65 trail to Branson. To the south sits its namesake lake. At its heart, baseball? It is no small feat, establishing oneself as a haven for…
by Dustin Jayroe // Photos Courtesy of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunter Education: Learn the Basics. Hunter education is a great opportunity for those interested in hunting to learn the basics about hunter ethics, equipment, wildlife ID, habitat conservation, firearm safety, outdoor skills, regulations, and successful hunting techniques. The instructor-led classes are a great way…
