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Derby points good for fans and tracks
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 6:20pmLITTLE ROCK — In the graded earnings days of thoroughbred racing , trainer Bob Baffert would be making Kentucky Derby plans for Super Ninety Nine, confident the smashing winner of the $300,000...
Noel’s injury changes everything
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 19, 2013 4:58pmLITTLE ROCK — Almost through with the two capsules per day prescribed for flu-like symptoms, there was some empathy for Kentucky coach John Calipari dealing with a stomach issue for which there is...
Arkansas one of three in SEC without starting quarterback
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 16, 2013 9:27pmLITTLE ROCK — Arkansas, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt will begin the 2013 football season in a hole, spotting the other 11 teams in the Southeastern Conference a returning starter at quarterback.
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Outlaw’s teams always won
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 15, 2013 6:57pmLITTLE ROCK – Predicting high-school football games for The Associated Press, the successful formula was about coaches.
The only games staffed were the championships at War Memorial Stadium...
Horseplayers take “All Others” in future wager
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 14, 2013 5:03pmLITTLE ROCK — Skeptical of the quality of the opposition when Kentucky Derby prospects win by six to 16 lengths, horseplayers took the easy way out.
During the weekend, Churchill Downs...
Southeastern Conference football has some weak Saturdays
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 12, 2013 12:35amLITTLE ROCK — CBS figures to open 2013 with a blockbuster SEC game and follow up with a half-dozen other anticipated contests — an upgrade in scheduling after two straight years of declining...
Bielema and staff can sell Arkansas football
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 08, 2013 8:06pmLITTLE ROCK — Our last four cars have been purchased from the same dealership for a reason.
Leaving the showroom, we are confident that if something goes wrong, these guys are going to do us...
Tenpenny saluted for loyalty
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 06, 2013 11:49pmNORTH LITTLE ROCK — OK with Altee Tenpenny’s choice of schools or not, appreciate his steadfast loyalty.
At 18, the North Little Rock running back has been the target of a long-running, full...
Little time to contemplate road loss
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Feb 01, 2013 5:24pmLITTLE ROCK — Desperate for a road victory, Arkansas got the winning formula half right.
In my simplified world, the idea is for the visiting team to get the game into the final minutes and...
Option football can work in National Football League
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Jan 29, 2013 4:49pmLITTLE ROCK — The retrospective on Sunday’s Super Bowl will be more long-lasting than the legacy of a retiring linebacker or the maturation of a 20-something quarterback.
For years, offense...
