New ESPN documentary showcases most amazing part of former coach’s run with Hogs Eddie Sutton will forever be known as the man who put Arkansas basketball “on the map.” In his 11 years at Arkansas, he accomplished many things, most…
by Evin Demirel If you peer hard enough into the smoldering wreckage of Saturday’s 51-10 annihilation at the hands of Auburn, you will see the faint outline of a bright spot. That faint outline is in the shape of Treylon Burks’…
by Evin Demirel Time heals. This was never so evident as in Little Rock on Monday when Bobby Petrino at long last apologized to Razorback fans, more than seven years after breaking hearts statewide. “I wanted to be able to…
by Evin Demirel | Photography courtesy of the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University UA breaks tradition by scheduling in-state schools, but Arkansas State? In football? ADs already discussing such a game Arkansas State Athletic Director Terry Mohajir knew better. …
Brought to you by Anvil Custom Graphics Nearly three years ago, the first black Razorback died. In fall 1965, Darrell Brown broke the barrier as a tailback on the UA’s freshman football team. In those first couple weeks, Brown later…
In the Marianna home of 82-year-old James Banks lies a large part of the town’s athletic heritage. Trophies, plaques, yearbooks, clippings and more form a makeshift museum where alumni of the former Moten High take tours during reunions. There,…
By Evin Demirel In spring 1969, Hiram McBeth broke new ground by becoming the first African American in a varsity-level football game at the University of Arkansas. Few believed McBeth, who had played guard at Pine Bluff’s Townsend High School…
by Evin Demirel As the University of Arkansas publicizes it, Thomas J. Johnson became its first black basketball player in 1967 when he joined the freshman team. But that official record skips over the fact another African American, Louis Perry…
A Look at the Forgotten Corners of Arkansas History War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock has been the Razorback football team’s second home since its opening in 1948. While no African American played on the varsity Razorback football team until…
Bentonville’s Louise Thaden (above, right in cockpit) and Frances Marsalis moments after they landed their plane at Roosevelt Field in New York on August 22, 1932, after breaking the women’s endurance record of 196 hours and 6 minutes. Louise’s name…