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Booster club foots more of bill for ASU coaches
posted: 05/16/2012 4:19 a.m. Comments 4
Arkansas State heralded its hiring of Gus Malzahn in December as a big step in overhauling a modest football program into an elite midmajor one.
NBA PLAYOFFS: No Bosh, no victory for Heat
posted: 05/16/2012 4:17 a.m. Discuss
This does not sound like a winning formula. Miss 24 of 29 shots in one stretch, on the road. Watch an 11-point secondhalf lead turn into a deficit. Have your entire team get outscored by two players in the fourth quarter. Somehow, it worked for the Indiana Pacers.
COLLEGE BASEBALL: UA steals one in NLR
posted: 05/16/2012 4:14 a.m. Comment 1
Considering Arkansas’ track record with runners on base Tuesday night, Matt Reynolds really had no choice but to do what he did in the 10th inning against Louisiana Tech.
Abron next Hog to leave
posted: 05/16/2012 4:12 a.m. Comments 5
Devonta Abron is leaving the Arkansas men’s basketball team after one season.
LIKE IT IS: Forget World Peace, give Fisher a chance
posted: 05/16/2012 4:08 a.m. Discuss
It would be deeply gratifying, with a nice sense of irony, if Derek Fisher picked up his sixth NBA championship ring before Kobe Bryant.
COMMENTARY: NFL keeps taking hits over hitting
posted: 05/16/2012 4:06 a.m. Comments 2
The hits keep on coming in the NFL. Not the brain-rattling, bonebreaking blows that can occur during the season on any given Sunday, but wave after wave of negative publicity, mounting lawsuits and critical commentaries. It’s all part of our ongoing wrestling match, which pits our love for football against the game’s regretful consequences.
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Infield aligns for Molina to end Cardinals’ skid
posted: 05/16/2012 4:04 a.m. Discuss
Mike Matheny was feeling a bit giddy after the St. Louis Cardinals avoided an 0-5 homestand.
TEXAS LEAGUE: Travelers’ hitting woes, losing streak continue
posted: 05/16/2012 4:03 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Travelers’ fifth consecutive loss looked a lot like their previous four.
STATE COLLEGE ROUNDUPS
posted: 05/16/2012 4:01 a.m. Discuss
SEC/SUN BELT ARKANSAS STATE 10, MISSISSIPPI 5 JONESBORO — Third baseman Claude Johnson went 4 for 4 with three runs scored and an RBI to lead Arkansas State (29-21 ) over No. 22 Mississippi (34-18 ) on Tuesday night at Tomlinson Stadium in ASU’s final home game of the season.
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL DECATHLON/HEPTATHLON: Score it how you want, Culp, Poole still favored
posted: 05/16/2012 3:59 a.m. Discuss
The 49th annual state high school decathlon and 16th annual state high school heptathlon will have an international flavor this year.
NHL PLAYOFFS: Kings tie record with 7th consecutive road victory
posted: 05/16/2012 3:58 a.m. Discuss
Jeff Carter scored three goals, Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots and the Los Angeles Kings matched an NHL record with their seventh consecutive road playoff victory, beating the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 Tuesday night to take control of Western Conference final.
Second thoughts
posted: 05/16/2012 3:58 a.m. Discuss
Nationals want taste of success You know you’ve arrived as a ballplayer when food is named after you.
Off the wire
posted: 05/16/2012 3:57 a.m. Discuss
BASKETBALL Irving selected top rookie Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, winning the award with the same ease as he dribbled past defenders this season. Irving received 117 of 120 possible first-place votes from a nationwide media panel of 120 writers and broadcasters. Irving finished with 592 points, way ahead of Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio (170) and Denver’s Kenneth Faried (129), who was third. Faried, San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard and New York’s Iman Shumpert received the other first-place votes.
State sports briefs
posted: 05/16/2012 3:56 a.m. Discuss
FOOTBALL Texans sign OBU’s Supernaw Former Ouachita Baptist receiver Phillip Supernaw has signed a free agent contract with the Houston Texans. He earned second-team All-Great American Conference honors last season. A native of Katy, Texas, Supernaw was a four-year starter for the Tigers. Last season he recorded 22 receptions for 301 yards and 3 touchdowns, averaging 30.1 receiving yards per game and 13.7 yards per catch.
Ex-Hog Johnson earns spot in Hall
posted: 05/16/2012 2:21 a.m. Comments 2
Jimmy Johnson is going into the College Football Hall of Fame as a head coach, but before leading Miami to a 52-9 record and the 1987 national championship, he was a pretty good player and assistant coach at Arkansas, too.
