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Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:55:46
Cold Feet in Kentucky?
Anxious much?
I'm getting married in October, and I've never had a dream about my fiancee leaving. Last night, however, I did have a dream that she was someone else, and I kept wondering why I was marrying this person that I hardly knew.
While chatting this over ony minutes ago, Lindsey Millar lamented the dearth of lovable weirdos on the Razorbacks. I asked him if he ever heard of Brian Walker. God, I wish I had footage of the hula contest he won in Hawaii.
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 11:35:07
Sooie (7-24-08)
First-year athletic director Jeff Long has been busily dragging the University of Arkansas Athletic Department into the 21st century. Measures taken over the last couple of weeks signal a sea change for Razorback athletics. Gone are the days of old, when the organizational values of what is both a multimillion-dollar business and a department at our largest state-funded university descended directly from a white male septuagenarian. We now understand — or at least recognize — the cultural changes necessary to running a successful athletic department.
Frank Broyles understood progress in material terms. His vision of the Razorback athletic program was strictly brick and mortar. Say what you will about the negative aspects of his tenure, nobody can overstate his positive impact on the Hogs, from the Razorback Foundation to Donald W. Reynolds Stadium. That vision just never really included a url.
Even the most churlish among us will note that top-flight facilities were not limited to our most profitable programs. All of our athletic facilities — from softball to tennis, track to football — stand in the first class relative to other universities. If we can all call him Pawpaw, Broyles did a pretty good job of not playing favorites. [read more]
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 18:35:35
The Red Stockings do Arkansaw
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Lord knows I don't condone the Red Sox Nation, but this is pretty freaking cool, as is this. If you know what's good for you, you'll stick the Smithsonian flickr feed on your RSS forthwith. |
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 16:22:31
Sooie (7-17-08)
Nobody likes a scold. Few are more prone to tsk-tsking than pasty columnists with space to fill. I don't want to pile onto Matt Jones. He's still young enough and talented enough to make mistakes, learn from them and move on with his life. God knows I've racked up my fair share of bad choices. Adults of all stripes take recreational drugs, to varying degrees of impact on their lives.
Cocaine exits the system within three to five days. Random tests are all but helpless to detect it. Serious people are ready to admit that the drug enjoys widespread use in professional sports.
I just don't like being taken for a fool. The theater drives me batty. [read more]
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 21:30:25
Sooie (7-10-08)
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I was in my hometown of Crossett all last week for the funeral of a former Razorback. He had died on Sunday night — Wallace Wayne Jackson, class of '64. You wouldn't know his name. You won't see him in any team pictures. His stats aren't in the books. He was no bench-warmer — just ended up playing out his life off the field. [read more] |
Monday, July 07, 2008 - 11:22:40
53 Days & Counting
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