Stories by Marty Cook

  • Gamecocks defense grits and snares it

    Arkansas opened Saturday’s game against South Carolina with a long scoring drive, but Gamecocks Coach Steve Spurrier made his point as well on the drive.

  • Travelers get rolling, cruise

    SPRINGDALE — Arkansas Travelers right-hander Manny Correa just needed a little confidence boost, and 10 early runs seemed to do the trick.

  • Tesfaye loses way, paces UA

    Arkansas’ women’s teams gave local fans something to cheer about Saturday morning at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival.

  • Making do with less

    Margaux Isaksen had her pre-Olympics training all planned out.

  • No looking back for Spearmon

    Wallace Spearmon plans to run with his second chance. Spearmon, a former threetime national champion at Arkansas, won his third U.S. title in the 200 meters ea…

  • State sports briefs

    HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Pottsville back suspended indefinitely Pottsville senior running back Quwillien Porter has been suspended indefinitely by Coach Bryan Rust…

  • Dollins paces Tigers to title

    Bentonville Coach Barry Lunney has confidence in first-year starting quarterback Reese Dollins.

  • Bentonville ready to step into 7-on-7

    Bentonville Coach Barry Lunney didn’t want to wear out his players this summer, so he has stayed away from a busy schedule of 7-on-7 football tournaments.

  • Striving for perfection

    Macy Manning wants it made clear she’s not an airhead, a nerd or a jock. Manning laughs about the stereotypes people try to pigeon-hole on her. It’s not every …

  • State sports briefs

    GOLF Hardscrabble hosts Ben I. Mayo The Ben I. Mayo junior golf tournament begins today at Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith. The tournament will be a Pl…

  • McGreevy shakes off start, wins

    Max McGreevy knew he would have to handle his emotions if he wanted to win his first American Junior Golf Association tournament Thursday.

  • Embracing the heat

    The LPGA’s NW Arkansas Championship will return to Pinnacle Country Club in June 2013, hopefully with a bit cooler temperatures.

  • Aye, Ai

    The LPGA NW Arkansas Championship came down to experience.

  • NW Arkansas Championship Report

    Munoz cheers 65, country — Azahara Munoz started the final round six shots back at the LPGA’s Northwest Arkansas Championship so she figured her chances of wi…

  • One cool customer, so far

    Even on another day when the temperatures approached 100 degrees, Veronica Felibert didn’t show any signs of feeling the heat.

  • Warming up at Pinnacle

    Veronica Felibert came prepared to play her way into the LPGA NW Arkansas Championship through the Monday qualifier.

  • LPGA report

    Umbrella provides little relief — There was no escaping the heat, especially for the afternoon groups, at the LPGA NW Arkansas Championship on Friday.

  • Aiming for the green

    Stacy Lewis makes good money on the LPGA Tour, but she doesn’t make PGA Tour money.

  • Championship report

    Pak out to regain old form — Se Ri Pak is back at Pinnacle Country Club for the LPGA NW Arkansas Championship after a two-year hiatus.

  • Lewis makes donation to UA

    Former University of Arkansas golfer Stacy Lewis donated $100,000 to the Razorbacks women’s golf program Wednesday to help build an indoor facility for putting…

  • Mississippi WR ready to help Hogs

    Olive Branch (Miss.) Coach Scott Samsel knew D’Arthur Cowan could be a special football player when he saw Cowan as a sophomore. Seeing promising athletes is …

  • Lavy giving it another try

    University of Arkansas golfer Emma Lavy is taking another shot at playing with the professionals.

  • Irwin reaches for a new height

    When Arkansas track and field assistant Doug Case first saw Andrew Irwin pole vault, one thought popped into his mind. “This guy is going to be a national cha…

  • Victory goes through Dallas

    Fayetteville Coach Daryl Patton thought he knew how good a quarterback Dallas Hardison was.

  • Hatcher readying to play

    The third in a series profiling new additions to the Arkansas football team.

  • Kent St. isn’t just a Flash

    Starn, a seventh-round draft choice by Atlanta, is the school record holder for victories, innings pitched and strikeouts. ... Rider, a 20th-round selection by…

  • UA men keeping bar high

    Arkansas Coach Chris Bucknam isn’t as quick as others to dismiss his track and field team’s chances at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

  • Rice expecting to bounce back

    It would seem the Rice Owls are limping into the postseason after losing to Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA Tournament title game.

  • Lake Hamilton’s ‘worst group’ wins

    A Lake Hamilton team, which at one point early in the season appeared to be below average at best, hoisted the Class 6A softball championship trophy Saturday.

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