This week will mark the 73rd version of War Memorial's 4th of July Classic. I'm heeding the call and finally giving it a go... read more >

I need no calendar to mark the arrival of the American Taekwondo Association's annual convention and Songahm Taekwondo World Championships in Little Rock... read more >

The First Tee of Central Arkansas will edge closer to its overall mission thanks to a serendipitous meeting between its executive director and one of the true movers and shakers among Little Rock athletics... read more >

Arkansas found a way to tie a contest in the ninth inning in Omaha that, for eight-and -two-thirds innings didn't appear to be the Razorbacks' game to win. That's been the story of the Hogs' season. That's always been the story of Razorback athletics... read more >

This would be one of those rare Mondays for Arkansas, especially one at the end of spring, in which there isn't enough time to detail every big state-related sports moment, or to narrow the list to three who are worthy of the most attention... read more >

While Dale Murphy wasn't a native Arkansan, back in cable TV's infancy around these parts in the mid-to-late 1970s it almost seemed like he was embraced as one. Nearly a generation has passed, but the former Atlanta Braves star remains revered for the way he played the game. He'll appear in Little Rock on Saturday for the Junior Deputy Program's "Night of Champions.".. read more >

Our regular little golf course that we began affectionately dubbing "Quagmire Hills" throughout May looks like it will survive after all. The mudslides have ceased and the Hills are still pretty much like they were in January... read more >

If only the University of Arkansas was as open about Patrick Beverley's academic record as Mr. Beverley has been about it, then we'd better understand how deep in the muck this Razorback basketball program truly is... read more >

We haven't seen this much companywide interest around a TV set at midweek at this workplace since the last time the Arkansas Razorbacks won anything in a Southeastern Conference post-season tournament. That would be only slightly more than a year ago in basketball, but for Hog fans that seems like eons... read more >

We knew some background on Kassim Ouma before his fight three years ago with Jermain Taylor, and we had heard how he had spent part of his childhood in a Uganda resistance force before making his way to the U.S. But had we been privy then to the award-winning documentary film "Kassim the Dream," which was made last year, we might have had a better understanding why standing up to Taylor was easy in light of what Ouma had seen growing up... read more >

On Sunday, John Daly was a world away from the PGA Tour, shooting another sub-70 round and finally winning more money playing the game he loves. This has to beat setting up shop on Washington Avenue across from Augusta National Golf Club and hawking your memorabilia... read more >

Poor, poor Monday. I feel sorry for Monday. It's always gotten short shrift. Working stiffs gripe most about Monday. Many golf courses shut down for Monday as a maintenance day. Some restaurants don't bother opening on Monday Many say the best thing about Monday is it's only 24 hours until Tuesday. For others, all that can make Monday palatable is when it's sunny after it rained the entire weekend, like it did this past one... read more >

What has happened in the past several months is: John Pelphrey's first full year recruiting class, the one from fall 2007 and spring 2008 - a group that was ranked by the experts among the nation's top 15 - has been cut by half... read more >

If an everyman took on Kobe Bryant or LeBron James on the basketball court, he might not get a shot off. In fact, he might not get a dribble off. He might be pulling the basketball out of his throat if he tried to drive the hoop. When he takes on Tiger, or Phil Mickelson, or Arkansas'own Ken Duke, though, he's got a chance to enjoy one swing at glory, or 18 holes with the handicap that supposedly evens the score... read more >

Kenyana Tolbert, who died Wednesday, surely didn't deserve what happened to him almost 12 years ago. But he inspired so many with his competitive fire while he was a healthy athlete, and he continued to inspire after suffering a nightmarish injury... read more >

Arnold Palmer may have long put away the clubs competitively except for some Masters par-3 fun with longtime rivals Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, but he's still the King. He still commands the title and the respect afforded to the man who not only ruled golf pre-Nicklaus but made it a TV staple as well, until a prince named Woods came along and took it further... read more >

If the Arkansas Razorbacks were coming off a little better basketball season than this past one, a November trip to St. Louis for hoops in that city's fancy arena might be a must-do for Hog fans. If some die-hard fans who still regularly set aside a savings for UA travel knew a little more about the makeup of next year's team, they would be making plans now just as they are for their annual pilgrimage to the spring SEC Tournament, to be staged in Nashville in 2010... read more >

They're coming to almost every indoor basketball facility in Little Rock or Conway this weekend: prep superstars galore... read more >

We were all set to marvel at how our recent former Arkansas Travelers have moved on to key roles in major league baseball, and then bad news from the baseball world arrived... read more >

With the spring signing date, April 15, looming for high school and junior college players, and Arkansas among others with significant needs to fill from a small pool at this point in the year, we thought we'd look at how this year's national champions were built... read more >