Walter E. Hussman Jr. will be inducted tonight into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. Though his media conglomerate includes radio, television and cable television operations, Hussman remains a newspaperman to the core.

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My friend Brett “Stats” Norsworthy of Forrest City describes the late Raoul H. Carlisle as the original original. Carlisle, who was born in December 1897 and died in November 1980, indeed was one of a kind. He didn’t have readers outside of St. Francis County, but he was a constant presence at America’s top sports [...]

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The message was posted to this blog back on Nov. 11. It was a busy time for me, and frankly I missed the message when it first appeared. It was from Mary Dayle McCormick in Greenville, Miss., and it contained sad news.

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I attended Sporty Carpenter’s funeral in 1990 at Arkansas Hall on the Henderson campus. Yes, I’m a Ouachita man to the core. Yet as they rolled his casket down the aisle and the organ played the slow version of “Old Reddie Spirit,” I cried like a baby. He was quite a man. I miss him [...]

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Ray Rodgers calls Stan Gallup a mentor and the father of modern Golden Gloves. I happen to think Rodgers, who was born in Oklahoma but grew up in Conway, has just as much right to be known as the Father of Modern Golden Gloves.

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Among boxers, if not fans, the cut man is a revered figure in the sweet science. In a boxer’s corner, a cut man uses everything in his power to take care of cuts, nosebleeds and swelling. One of the best cut men in the business lives in Arkansas.

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The evening of Monday, April 4, 1994, remains seared into the memories of University of Arkansas Razorback fans. The national championship in basketball was on the line. With less than a minute remaining and the game tied 70-70 against Duke, the ball went to Scotty Thurman.

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Dr. Margaret Downing is a pioneer. She’s not a pioneer in the traditional sense of clearing land and homesteading an area. But she’s certainly a pioneer when it comes to advancing women’s sports in Arkansas.

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The opponent for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on that first Saturday of October 1965 was TCU. Harry Jones remembers carrying the ball for a good gain. And he remembers what the public address announcer said next: “There goes Light Horse Harry Jones.”

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It has been more than three decades, but there’s not a week that goes by that someone doesn’t mention The Shot to former University of Arkansas basketball star U.S. Reed. If not The Shot, it’s The Call they remember.

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