The Last Word: Relegation Ruminations As the 2022 NBA Draft unfolded last month, two things were top of mind for me: When and where would Arkansas native and Hog hooper Jaylin Williams go, and why professional sports in America…
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Opening Date Set for Waldo’s Chicken & Beer in North Little Rock
The much-anticipated Waldo’s Chicken & Beer opening date in North Little Rock has been set. JTJ Restaurants announced Thursday that the eatery would make its Arkansas debut this March. Waldo’s Chicken & Beer was founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2019. It has…
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Hogs, Bears Represent at This Year’s Super Bowl
On Sunday, Feb. 13, the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams will vie for football’s greatest crown at Super Bowl LVI. For the Bengals, it’s the end of a “Big Game” drought that dates back to 1989; for the Rams,…
“A thief believes everybody steals.” This pertinent proverb, credited to the late novelist and editor, E.W. Howe, has been bouncing around my brain a lot lately. It’s just one of those maxims that seems to only get better the longer…
Martin Scorsese caused quite a riff in the film world when he said that superhero movies were not “cinema” and that in them, “Nothing is at risk.” He’s wrong; let’s just get that out of the way. But it’s not…
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Razorbacks Raking in NIL Deals
It’s only been a couple of weeks since the NCAA’s new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rules took effect, but many Arkansas Razorbacks student-athletes have already been capitalizing on the opportunity. The new interim policy, adopted on July 1, suspended…
To be a state so locked by land, Arkansas has quite a share of liquid dividends. Freshwater flows in superfluity across our lands — from the highs of the Ozarks to the lows of the Delta — cutting and carving…
The Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 6-2 on Monday, advancing the Hogs to a Super Regional in dramatic fashion. It was a nail-biting night for Razorback fans on Monday. Nebraska defeated the Hogs 5-3 Sunday to force…
When it comes to college baseball in 2021, it’s always a safe bet to “call the Kopps.” The Hogs have done it all year, and the Collegiate Baseball did it Thursday by naming Kevin Kopps the National Player of the Year.…
Your line is spooled, rods all accounted for, and your tackle box restocked. Your bobbers, weights and lures are all organized to the color. There might have been some winter-weather-induced boredom behind that Marie Kondo-esque tidiness to your tackle, and…