Jim Bailey
Recent Stories by Jim Bailey
COMMENTARY: Winning makes Mayweather rich
posted: 05/07/2013 3:14 a.m. Discuss
No wonder fight promoters can’t resist shoveling millions of dollars toward Floyd Mayweather, Jr., as long as he wins all 44 of his matches.
Arkansas was home to many solid trainers
posted: 04/30/2013 2:37 a.m. Discuss
At the age of 23 in 1971, Tom Hankins was barely back from Vietnam when he registered for an amateur boxing tournament. He didn’t win that one but he came close. “All I did,” he said recently, “was to run for endurance and speed.” Another major tournament was on the way, and he won that one. In 1973, he won the Golden Gloves championship.
Hudlin stirred Travs’ pot during wartime
posted: 04/23/2013 3:23 a.m. Discuss
Willis Hudlin, a long-time Cleveland Indians pitcher, retired in 1940 and looked forward to settling down as “a chicken rancher” near Hot Springs. Instead, Arkansas Travelers General Manager Ray Winder talked him into pitching for the Travs in 1941, and managing them in 1942. And 1942 was a good year.
COMMENTARY: 42 sparks memories of Robinson’s life
posted: 04/16/2013 2:31 a.m. Discuss
Near 6 p.m. on the evening of Jan. 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born somewhere near the Grady County town of Cairo in southern Georgia, a few miles north of the Florida state line.
Muleriders remain baseball hit with fans
posted: 04/09/2013 4:06 a.m. Discuss
MAGNOLIA — The past 33 or so baseball years have been so successful for the Southern Arkansas Muleriders that wishes of their home fans quite often are rewarded.
Dallas County Hall houses vintage talent
posted: 04/02/2013 4:12 a.m. Discuss
Sometime during April in 1952, while the Southern Arkansas University baseball team took batting practice, a man old enough to be called elderly parked his car and took a seat on one of the benches.
140-70 loss some going-away party
posted: 03/26/2013 4:03 a.m. Discuss
After more than 50 years, few people would recall that the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys defeated the Southern Arkansas Muleriders 140-70 at Russellville on the final playing date of the 1953-1954 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference basketball schedule.
Germany invades, takes over division
posted: 03/19/2013 3:38 a.m. Discuss
Believe it or not, American boxing was made for heavyweights (many people used to insist), but that was before Germany started landing a lot of heavyweight title bouts.
Hall has grown while speeches shrink
posted: 03/12/2013 3:43 a.m. Discuss
There have been 55 annual Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame banquets since 1959.
COMMENTARY: Impressive season and quiet ending
posted: 03/05/2013 3:39 a.m. Discuss
Soon after the 2012 football season opened, veteran fans of the Great American Conference teams (previously known as the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) realized they’d never seen anything like this.
