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25-year-old female with Petrino during wreck (Updated)

Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino has been placed on paid administrative leave while University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long investigates details of an April 1 motorcycle wreck involving Petrino and a female staffer of the athletic department.

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 4:56pm

SEC Baseball: Gators seek to break slump against hot LSU squad

With Kentucky’s eighth national championship on the hardwoods clinched Monday night, the Southeastern Conference can now claim the reigning national champions in all three men’s major sports (Alabama – football, Kentucky – men’s basketball, South Carolina – baseball).

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:00pm

Busy March leads way into critical period for Arkansas football

As the calendar makes its way from March to April, it’s time to take a monthly look at what’s happened with the University of Arkansas football program.

Mon, 04/02/2012 - 3:23pm

SEC Baseball: Hogs looking to keep up hot start in Red Stick

How crazy has the first two weeks of Southeastern Conference baseball action been? If the SEC Tournament, featuring the top 10 overall squads of the 12 league institutions, were held today, the two-time defending national champions would not make the field.

Thu, 03/29/2012 - 1:57pm

Missouri’s season gives hope to Arkansas basketball fans

Now that the Final Four lineup has been set, most of America’s focus is turned towards next weekend’s big event down in the Big Easy.

Mon, 03/26/2012 - 6:29pm

SEC Baseball: Road challenges await top-rated squads

It’s going to feel like Memorial Day’s right around the corner this weekend as some very important series take place on the diamond within the Southeastern Conference.

Thu, 03/22/2012 - 9:07am

Lion Rifles ranked 5th in nation

Lion Rifles, the air rifle sport club at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, earned 5th place in the country in the Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championship at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga.

Wed, 03/21/2012 - 7:15pm

Championship revisited with 1997 Airedales

Head Coach Frank Vines of the Alma Airedales had already built quite a legend by the time the 1997 season rolled around. He’d come close a number of times, and even won the school’s only state championship in 1980, but 17 years later, there was no repeat.

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 5:45pm

UAFS officials remember Bert Wright

Legendary Westark College men’s basketball coach Gayle Kaundart and his longtime assistant Jim Wyatt built the Lions into a junior college power in the late 1970s and early 1980s by tirelessly crisscrossing the Arklahoma area in search of talented players.

Thu, 03/15/2012 - 7:52pm

SEC baseball play trumps March Madness this weekend

While most of America’s attention will be glued to CBS and its partner networks to find the bracket busters on the hardwoods this weekend, this is a very important three-day window for all 12 Southeastern Conference baseball teams as conference play begins.

Thu, 03/15/2012 - 3:30pm

Gatling leads Rebels for seven winning years

The Fort Smith Southside Rebels have seen many great coaches come through in their nearly 50-year history, from Jim Rowland, the man responsible for handing perennial powerhouse Northside its first defeat, to Barry Lunney, who won multiple state championships before building a nationally ranked p

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 12:51pm

Gordon named SEC team doc of the year

Dr. Alfred Gordon Jr., the head team primary care physician for Razorback Athletics will be honored as the 2011-12 Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year by the Southern Orthopaedic Association (SOA) next week.

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 4:20pm

Arkansas Football welcomes 24 in signing class

February was a relatively quiet month for Arkansas football, with two major newsworthy items to report. The more important of the two would be the 23 members that made up the 2012 Arkansas signing class, which ranked No. 33 nationally according to Rivals.com.

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:12pm

Homecoming with the Hurricanes

Arkansas will host the University of Tulsa on Nov. 3 as part of Homecoming festivities on the Fayetteville campus.

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:37am

A state title for the 1942 Subiaco Trojans

Since the later part of the 19th Century, its first official year as Subiaco Academy, the academy for boys was a hallmark of education and training for the humanities.

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 5:38pm

The 1967-1968 Fort Smith Northside Grizzlies

Many believe the 1967 and 1968 Fort Smith Northside Grizzlies were the best two teams in the school's long and glorious history. Whether that's true, they were certainly among the best.

Fri, 02/17/2012 - 2:30pm

Hogs to play LSU in Fayetteville

Arkansas will play Rutgers in a home-and-home non-conference football series set to begin on Sept. 22, 2012 at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, according to a press release issued Friday (Feb. 17) by the University of Arkansas Athletic Public Relations Office.

Fri, 02/17/2012 - 11:06am