by Nate Olson Since its inception in 2000, the Landers Award has become Arkansas’ premier high school football honor. Longtime KATV sports director Steve Sullivan orchestrates the event that includes a dinner for 10 finalists and their coaches and families and a 30-minute live show to announce...
by Nate Olson A familiar name to Arkansas football fans will be coaching just up the road in the Ozarks next year. Missouri State named Bobby Petrino its head coach Wednesday. A press conference is set for Thursday. Monday night, a local Springfield, Mo., outlet reported Petrino would be hired as...
by Nate Olson It took one visit, and Pat Bradley knew Arkansas had more in common with his hometown of Everett, Mass. than he thought. Pat was on a recruiting visit in September of 1994 and Hogs forward Davor Rimac was charged with taking the young Bradley to the Arkansas/Alabama football...
by Nate Olson As we take a step forward to 2020 and a new decade, Hog fans are eagerly anticipating what lies ahead. Or they’re just glad the 2019 football season is over, and Chad Morris is no longer the UA football coach. Whatever the case, 2020 is a new beginning. Here are five...
by Nate Olson A good college football coach isn’t only focused on winning and losing. He understands and accepts the fact that when parents drop their sons off for the first day of fall camp, they trust him and the staff to mold the young man and prepare him for the rest of his life. That gets...
by Nate Olson I nearly jumped in my car and drove down to the station to high-five Hayden Balgavy Tuesday night. The young THV sports anchor delivered a powerful commentary reminding passionate Arkansas sports fans to mind their manners on social media Wednesday – the first day of the college...
by Nate Olson There’s a couple of things I’ve realized in 20 years living in Arkansas – Arkansas football is king, we live in a poor, rural state, and Arkansas football is king. While the fans had their requirements for a new coach – head-coaching experience, great recruiter, Arkansas...
by Nate Olson Before Jarius Wright was a star wide receiver at Arkansas and played in the NFL, he was involved in one of the most controversial plays in Arkansas high school football history. Warren and Nashville were playing for the 2006 Class 4A state championship at War Memorial Stadium in...
by Nate Olson I remember many years when an Arkansas football game in Little Rock the day after Thanksgiving was a hot ticket. Some years, RVs would already be stationed on the golf course and fans would spend their Thanksgiving there. This, unfortunately, is not one of those years. Arkansas...
by Nate Olson My friend Rex Nelson could be considered an expert in many things. He’s worked in and around Arkansas politics for years including eight years on former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s staff. He is one of the great journalists our state has seen and is currently a senior editor at...
