Longtime UA track and field coach John McDonnell announced Monday his intentions to retire after the 2008 outdoor track season.
The University sent out a release earlier this morning to announce the scheduling of a 4 p.m. press conference today for “a major announcement pertaining to Arkansas head cross country and track and field coach […]
Filed under: SEC Women's Sports, Other U of A Sports, SEC Basketball, Arkansas Women's Sports, SEC Football, Arkansas Basketball, Arkansas Football by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: April 21, 2008 at 9:36 am
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Quite a bit going on in Hog Land, especially for a day in March.
Nolan Richardson has pulled his name out of consideration for the Arkansas State job, Sonny Weems continues to pick up honors and the Diamond Hogs were THIS close to upsetting No. 1 Arizona State last night.
Before we get you to our quick […]
Filed under: SEC Baseball, SEC Women's Sports, Other Conferences, Other U of A Sports, SEC Basketball, Arkansas Baseball, SEC Football, Arkansas Basketball, Arkansas Women's Sports, Arkansas Football by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: March 12, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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Now this is some good news. New Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long plans to extend an olive branch to former UA coach Nolan Richardson in the near future, according to the Associated Press.
And it took exactly one month into Long’s tenure to make his intentions known.
Word has it Long wants to honor the 1994 team […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Basketball by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: January 31, 2008 at 10:06 pm
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We told you last week about the University of Arkansas cheerleader competing in the finals of CBSSports.com’s College Cheerleader of the Year playoffs.
Well, despite some mouse-clicking cheaters who forced the competition to be rebooted, Rogers native Laura Cole still came through as a No. 1 seed to defeat No. 7 Houston on Thursday in the […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Women's Sports, Uncategorized by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: January 26, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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Cheating. Scandal. Voter fraud. Eyeliner.
University of Arkansas cheerleader Laura Cole has dominated the opposition in CBSsports.com’s College Cheerleader of the Week playoffs the last three weeks. She’s done so fairly with the help of fan votes, beating the beauties of Colorado and Virginia Tech to advance to this week’s National Championship.
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Women's Sports by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: January 18, 2008 at 6:04 pm
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The University of Arkansas announced Thursday that it is combining the men’s and women’s athletic departments for the first time in school history.
As a result of the changes, UA women’s athletic director Bev Lewis will now become the associate vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics and executive associate athletic director. She will remain the top administrator […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Baseball, Arkansas Women's Sports, Arkansas Basketball, Arkansas Football by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: November 15, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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In a surprise ruling Thursday, the NCAA handed down some harsh penalties for violations committed by the Arkansas track and field program between July and September 2003.
On Wednesday, the NCAA’s committee on infractions put the university on probation for three years, and forced Arkansas’ track program to vacate two of its national championships. Before the […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Baseball, Arkansas Basketball, Arkansas Football by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: October 25, 2007 at 3:41 pm
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Steve Pederson has never worked at Arkansas. But the well-traveled athletic director, who was fired by Nebraska earlier this month, draws a lot of attention around these parts. His name first popped up on the radar when he courted Houston Nutt four years ago. At the time, the Cornhuskers were coach-shopping during Christmas after Pederson […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Basketball, Arkansas Football by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: October 22, 2007 at 11:40 pm
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The 19th-annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival is Saturday morning at Agri Park. It’s a fantastic event that’s as fun as it is athletic and it features John McDonnell’s Razorbacks and Lance Harter’s Lady Razorbacks.
It truly is one of top two or three cross country events in the nation, not affiliated with a championship. More […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports, Arkansas Women's Sports by Terry Wood . Posted on: October 11, 2007 at 2:10 pm
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If you weren’t aware that Jermain Taylor or Kelly Pavlik were professional boxers, you’d probably have guessed they were collegiate amateurs when they fought Saturday night for the middleweight title. Taylor, who was knocked out in the seventh round, wore a big Razorbacks logo on the back of his red-and-white trunks while Pavlik had an […]
Filed under: Other U of A Sports by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: October 1, 2007 at 1:44 am
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