Arkansas Sports
Thursday, November 24, 2011
What's going on / Arkansas Sports Friday To-Do: Arkansas vs. LSU
- Brian Chilson
- The Razorbacks take on LSU Friday at 1:30 p.m.
ARKANSAS VS. LSU
1:30 p.m. LSU Tiger Stadium. $50.
With the death of Arkansas tight end and Little Rock native Garrett Uekman, this game will no doubt be freighted with even more significance for the Razorbacks, who tragically lost a friend and teammate last Sunday. As the team members mourn, they also prep for the biggest game of the year in hostile territory.
Already, there was a lot riding on this year's Arkansas-LSU game. Not to get too worked up, but if Arkansas wins (and especially if Alabama loses on Saturday against Auburn), the Razorbacks could be headed to the BCS Championship Game.
Or to translate that into stiff sportscaster lingo, this is a game with divisional, conference and national implications. Now, the inner workings of the BCS are widely considered arbitrary and capricious, and it's entirely possible that, no matter what happens Friday, the Hogs will end up in Orlando or even Dallas come January.
But however that shakes out, Arkansas-LSU is an exciting match-up every year, even if the rivalry is a newer one compared to some of the other age-old annual SEC grudge matches. But it will only get better with each passing year, and with new addition Missouri slated to play in the SEC East, there's no danger of "The Battle for the Golden Boot" ever mutating into "The Cluster%&¢! for the Golden Hip-Wader."
Anyways, WPS! The game is on CBS.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Arkansas Sports The Razorbacks are Lando
Just when you think Lando is a turncoat — after all, he did betray the rebels to Darth Vader in Cloud City and got Han Solo frozen in Carbonite — he totally redeems himself by helping Leia and Chewie escape and then by helping Leia and Luke rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt. Just when you thought Arkansas was on life support — crushed by Alabama and down 18 at the half to Texas A&M — the Razorbacks redeem themselves with a comeback for the ages. Even without star receiver Joe Adams in the second half, quarterback Tyler Wilson threw for a school-record 510 yards. As Lando would say, that arm is operational. Life doesn't get easier for the Razorbacks this week as Auburn comes to Fayetteville.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Arkansas Sports Joe Johnson has a 500-square-foot shoe closet
In an interview with Joe Johnson in June, I learned that the NBA star has a shark tank in his condominium in downtown Little Rock. The latest ESPN The Magazine offers another domestic peculiarity about the hoops star. In a feature called "What's in my closet," Johnson reveals that he has a 500-square-foot closet, accessible only by using a fingerprint sensor, that houses 436 pairs of sneakers, mostly Air Jordans.
They're mostly unworn, he told ESPN. "I'll wear them all eventually."
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Arkansas Sports See photos from Joe Johnson's birthday bash
Looks like there was a packed house at the Metroplex to celebrate Joe Johnson's birthday on Saturday. The Times Brian Chilson was there to get red carpet shots and more.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
What's going on / Arkansas Sports Real Deal in the Rock this weekend
The NBA players you'll come to love or hate or cling to in your fantasy basketball league years down the road take to Little Rock and North Little Rock this weekend for this year's installment of the yearly Real Deal in the Rock basketball tournament.
The yearly event showcases the best of the best that high school programs across the country have to offer. Real Deal alumni include Kevin Durant, BJ Mullens, Blake Griffin and likely 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose, as well as a slate of college all-stars.
The definite face to watch this year, however, is nationally top-ranked center Andre Drummond of Oakdale, Conn. He plays tonight at UALR's Jack Stephens Center, 7 p.m.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
What's going on / Arkansas Sports Thursday To-Do: Arkansas Travelers home opener
ARKANSAS TRAVELERS HOME OPENER
7:10 p.m., Dickey-Stephens Park. $6-$12.
All right, let's not sugar-coat it: As of press time, our Travs were sucking. Like, "Seattle Mariners sucking." Monday, the team was 0-4 with a (get your Google ready) Bill Bergen-like combined batting average of .217, leaving the team firmly in the bottom slot in Texas League rankings. It's not the way you'd want to start a season, but we'll give the club a break and chalk up part of its failure to launch on the fact that they've been on the road.
Thursday, however, marks the season home opener when the Travs take the field against the Midland RockHounds, the league's leaders with a perfect season in four games. Sure, it would be great, heartwarming stuff to see the Travs deliver their first win of the season in their first home game, but take it from a Cubs fan who's too familiar with baseball futility: Drowning your disappointment in keg beer and Crayola-yellow nacho cheese isn't that bad a consolation prize.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Arkansas Sports Peyton Hillis is going to be on the cover of Madden
Or at least he's got a good shot. The Conway native and emergent Browns star is in the semi-finals of ESPN's bracket to determine the cover star of Madden 2012. Players advance based on fan votes.
According to ESPN's Jon Robinson yesterday, Hillis jumped to a large lead on Aaron Rodgers, the reigning Super Bowl MVP. If Hillis, a #10 seed advances to the final round, he'll face either Michael Vick or Adrian Peterson. The final match-up will be announced at noon on April 18.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
What's going on / Arkansas Sports Saturday To-Do: South Central Bike Polo Championships
SOUTH CENTRAL BIKE POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS
10 a.m., MacArthur Park Courts. Free.
In a town jam-packed with niche sport organizations (kickball, Gaelic football, bocce ball, roller derby and so on), the Little Rock Bike Polo league rolls hard, giving Arkansas a stake in what's become something of a nationwide phenomenon in the last few years. This year, the team hosts the South Central Bike Polo Championship, an official, regional qualifier for the 2011 North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Calgary, Alberta. It's expected to bring in 36 teams from as far as Wyoming and Mexico for two days of hardcourt action. For more information, visit leagueofbikepolo.com. And check out their awesome wizard artwork.
Also—the group is throwing a party at Vino's on Saturday night with music from The Yipps and Boogie Bones (Paul Morphis, DJ Bennett and Graeme Higgins, who you know from Damn Bullets). 9 p.m., $5.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Arkansas Sports Peyton Hillis to Park Plaza
Former Razorback Peyton Hillis and current apple of Cleveland's eye Peyton Hillis will sign autographs and pose for pictures from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13. He'll be set up on the second level near Dillard's East.
Last season, the Brown's running back was the first white RB to go for more than 1,000 yards in a season in 25 years.
You can bring things from home to be signed for $50. Otherwise, photos and mini-helmets will be on sale for $7-$29. Hillis will be posing for photos at a cost, too.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
What's going on / Arkansas Sports Weekend To-Do: Oaklawn Opening Weekend
OAKLAWN OPENING WEEKEND
Saturday, 1 p.m.; Oaklawn Jockey Club.
Ever since Duelist won the first race in Oaklawn history 105 years ago, opening weekend at Arkansas's horse racing mecca has been an institution not only for the state, but for horse-racing fans at large. Last year, more than 20,000 voices were lost hollering on opening day and almost four tons of Oaklawn's famous 50-cent corned beef sandwiches were devoured on Saturday alone. This season, the track offers 32 stakes races and $4.6 million in purses.
Of course, that's just the tip of the betting season. And I don't really know what it means. Get any deeper and we start talking about maiden allowances and breakages and quinellas and other words that are fun to look at but might as well be Greek to me. And besides, this isn't Today's Racing Digest. An expert I'm not, but I can assure you that no matter how plum-licking little you know about the ins and outs of the sport, it's worth the trek just to get lost in the circus.
For all you fellow know-nothings, here's a tip: The more beer you drink, the prettier the horses get. And that's good enough for me.
The Oaklawn gates open again on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 15 and 17, both at 1 p.m.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Arkansas Sports More from Hogs' win over LSU
Check out all of Brian Chilson's pics from Saturday's game on the jump.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Arkansas Sports High on the Hog
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Arkansas Sports Sooie and D-Mac on Twitter
Good stuff from both: A Boy Named Sooie and Darren McFadden.
Bet you can't guess who's who?
"Randle El Pink's Haunted Graffiti #indiefantasyfootballteams"
AND
"Watchin family feud again"
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Arkansas Sports A Boy Named Sooie is hopin' and wishin' and prayin'...
All the condescension wrapped up in the "darkhorse" narrative couldn’t dampen my spirit. Scouts may see us as glorified spoilers, but those same guys don’t know enough to fear Joe Adams and Jarius Wright same as Greg Childs. (We all know with the certainty of faith that Petrino’s fellow coaches will regret leaving our receivers off of the All-SEC team.)All the shameless baiting in the world won’t get a rise out of me. I'm done with the victim routine. The only way Hog fans could revise their image in the conference was by forging a new sense of self.
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