OPINION | WALLY HALL: Wilson working hard for Arkansas Baptist
Richard Wilson jumped out of his seat, ran across the room and shook hands.
Richard Wilson jumped out of his seat, ran across the room and shook hands.
It made sense that ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit knows Arkansas State Athletic Director Jeff Purinton.
Expectations for Kirk Herbstreit's talk Monday at the Little Rock Touchdown Club were high.
If college football is Saturday's religion, then Kirk Herbstreit is Billy Graham.
It has been 42 years since the Arkansas Razorbacks opened the season ranked in the top 25 against an opponent that is also ranked in the preseason poll.
It was a big indication that the Arkansas Razorbacks, under the guidance of Sam Pittman, have regained some national credibility.
At 11:15 a.m. Monday, several DoubleTree Hotel staffers were hurriedly setting up extra tables.
This column is not about homerism.
At least now we can be sure what Nick Saban considers a rebuilding year.
Overlooking Simmons Bank Field at War Memorial Stadium, a crowd gathered to learn this year's speaker lineup for the Little Rock Touchdown Club.
It was Joe Foley's first Sun Belt Conference Media Days. He was a little in awe of the event, and New Orleans, but his preference to listen rather than talk is…
Football is the tail wagging the dog in college athletics.
Every college coach and administrator is concerned about Name, Image and Likeness.
If you thought the college world of perspiring arts has been a little crazy with the transfer portal and NIL, brace yourself. It is about to get crazier.
Bryan Harsin had led a charmed life, until last year.
ATLANTA -- As expected, there were no shocking revelations during SEC Football Media Days last week.
Comfortable was the word that came to mind. KJ Jefferson was facing dozens of media types, and while he wasn't totally relaxed, he wasn't tense.
ATLANTA -- When Nick Saban and three Alabama football players arrived for SEC Football Media Days in Birmingham, Ala., it was bedlam.
ATLANTA -- He was presidential in his presentation.
When SEC Media Days begin Monday in Hotlanta, the news will be flowing like the Amazon River.
It was no surprise Andrew Benintendi said he was bringing his family to Dodger Stadium for Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game.
Unless he's asked, Nick Saban probably won't mention Name, Image and Likeness or conference expansion next week at the SEC Media Days.
This is not a drop-dead prediction of how the SEC will finish in football this season.
Last week, Nate Allen's wife Nancy took him home. Nate has been battling cancer at UAMS and after long weeks was cleared to go back to Northwest Arkansas.
It was an eye-opening headline on the sports page of your newspaper.
Eric Musselman had a dream come true this week when he threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game with the Seattle Mariners.
In about a year, the college athletics world has undergone drastic changes.
There used to be an old saying about the opera. No doubt it is no longer socially acceptable, but as far as college conference expansion goes, it won't be over…
If the stories are true, then the system may be broken and can't be fixed.
He will be missed at the University of Arkansas. Jon Fagg was the UA's deputy athletics director, one of Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek'…
Independence Day, July 4, is a glorious day in America. The birthday of our great country as a free nation brings parades, fireworks, family cookouts and mo…
In the throes of disappointment, some want to blame Dave Van Horn for the Arkansas Razorbacks' loss to Ole Miss that eliminated the Hogs from the College World…
KJ Jefferson attending the Manning Passing Academy is a natural now.
It could turn out to be one of his most brilliant coaching moves ever.
It's hard to believe after Monday night's performance, but Ole Miss was almost down and out to begin May.
Whatever happened to the Arkansas Razorbacks late in the season when they dropped six of eight games is gone.
Odds on the 2022 College World Series are varied.
Kenny Mossman is a Baptist minister in Carnegie, Okla.
They are playing with reckless abandon. The Arkansas Razorbacks, who swept North Carolina in the super regionals in Chapel Hill, had a flawless weekend defensi…
Saturday was a full day of perspiring arts. It started with the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team taking on North Carolina in the NCAA super regionals at 10 a.…
On June 9, 1973, only four horses dared contest Secretariat in the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes.
His bleached yellow mullet flowed from the back of his Oklahoma State baseball cap. You could almost sense the smile on his face. Or maybe a sneer.
It is always amazing to receive the ballot from the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
It wasn't a matter of was Sam Pittman going to get a raise on top of the $750,000 raise he earned by winning nine games last season, it was when and how much.
A lot of talk is going on at the SEC spring meetings in Destin, Fla., most of it about football and scheduling.
When Jaylin Williams tweeted that he was turning pro and would not be returning to play for the Arkansas Razorbacks, it was not a surprise.
Every seat was taken in every watering hole in the Miami airport Friday night.
When Rich Strike's owner announced the Kentucky Derby winner would not be in the Preakness this Saturday, the race took a huge hit.
It has been warned that the Name Image Likeness situation is going to get more confusing, and it has.
She is 41 with the energy, enthusiasm and smile of someone half her age.