Sports
Thunder star Kevin Durant makes $1M tornado pledge
posted: 05/21/2013 3:54 p.m. Discuss
Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home.
Three QBs Competing To Be ‘The One’
posted: 05/21/2013 5 a.m. Discuss
Terry Mounce wants to be a more accurate passer, and the possibility exists that he can be a starter as well.
Spring Football Notebook: Little Excited For Future
posted: 05/21/2013 5 a.m. Discuss
The Pioneers return seven starters on both sides of the ball, and construction has begun on a $3.5 million indoor practice facility.
Weather Puts Stop To Tigers’ Spring Game
posted: 05/21/2013 5 a.m. Discuss
Bentonville’s spring football game just wasn’t meant to take place, no matter what the Tigers tried.
Pea Ridge Rebuilds Team, Stadium
posted: 05/21/2013 5 a.m. Discuss
Pea Ridge is building a new football stadium, and the Blackhawks are rebuilding their football team after losing 21 of 22 starting positions to graduation.
Mitchell heading to N.C. State
posted: 05/21/2013 3:58 a.m. Comment 1
Former Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell wrote on his Facebook page Monday that he has decided to transfer to North Carolina State. Mitchell, a 6-4, 230-pound senior, and Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema said on May 6 that Mitchell elected to transfer after finishing spring No. 2 on the depth chart behind sophomore Brandon Allen.
97TH INDIANAPOLIS 500: Allmendinger racing, happy
posted: 05/21/2013 3:54 a.m. Discuss
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — AJ Allmendinger’s parents attended their first Indianapolis 500 in 1979, when they camped in a grassy lot and watched Rick Mears win his first of four 500s.
SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Top SEC baseball seeds yearn to square off, but when?
posted: 05/21/2013 3:52 a.m. Discuss
Vanderbilt and LSU are the nation’s top-ranked college baseball teams, but the SEC superpowers have yet to play this season.
LIKE IT IS: Bielema entertains at Hall of Fame shindig
posted: 05/21/2013 3:51 a.m. Comments 2
It was Bret Bielema’s 37th talk since he became the head football coach at the University of Arkansas.
TEXAS LEAGUE: Travs end homestand with defeat
posted: 05/21/2013 3:49 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Travelers’ longest homestand of the season didn’t end Monday night nearly as well as it began a week ago.
Second thoughts
posted: 05/21/2013 3:48 a.m. Discuss
Tasty pastry glazes over Reds closer Since he became the Cincinnati Reds’ full-time closer in 2012, Aroldis Chapman has been unflappable.
Off the wire
posted: 05/21/2013 3:48 a.m. Discuss
FOOTBALL Johnson violates probation Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now exwife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.
Robinson, 76, not one to give up easily
posted: 05/21/2013 3:47 a.m. Discuss
Brooks Robinson has spent the past several years recovering from several grim injuries and illnesses, but in the middle of last week, he said confidently in a phone interview, “I’m coming around, I’m getting better. I’m on the way.” He has never been an athlete who rested on the bench. From 1960-1974, for example, his averaged nearly 157 games per season. He has been a Hall of Famer since 1983.
NHL PLAYOFFS: Red Wings handle Blackhawks, take 2-1 series lead
posted: 05/21/2013 3:46 a.m. Comment 1
DETROIT — The young Detroit Red Wings have made the mighty Chicago Blackhawks look vulnerable, beating them two consecutive times to gain an advantage in their last playoff match-up as Western Conference rivals.
Grizzlies on rebound after Game 1 blowout
posted: 05/21/2013 3:45 a.m. Discuss
SAN ANTONIO — Zach Randolph’s miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session.
