By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ basketball program has endured a decade to forget, especially considering the success the Razorbacks enjoyed in the mid-1990’s. Since 2000-01, Arkansas has had five losing seasons. The Hogs are 167-143 overall — a .538 winning percentage — during that stretch. There have been four trips to the [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach John Pelphrey said he doesn’t anticipate any roster turnover as the Razorbacks begin building for the 2010-11 season. But Pelphrey also said Friday he knows of at least one player pondering an early move to professional basketball this offseason. Pelphrey indicated that leading scorer Courtney Fortson [...]

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Arkansas Media Relations BATON ROUGE, La. – For the third time in his career, Brett Eibner hit two home runs to lead the offensive charge as the No. 13 University of Arkansas baseball team beat third-ranked LSU, 6-3, Friday night at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La, in the Southeastern Conference opener. Eibner posted a [...]

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You may remember last week, when Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long voiced more support for John Pelphrey after the Razorbacks lost in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. “I said it,” Long told me after the loss. “I said it back before we won five straight games. And I said it after we lost [...]

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This week may be the start of the NCAA Tournament, but I’ll remember it for something else: Very, very long press conferences. On Wednesday, the football program met with the media for more than an hour to discuss the start of spring practice. This morning, Arkansas basketball coach John Pelphrey held a 40-minute press conference to [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas and LSU went head-to-head two times in the 2009 College World Series, games the Tigers won en route to the national title. Both teams entered the 2010 ranked in the top 20 of national polls and are preseason favorites to make a run at the Southeastern Conference [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett has seen the scooter video. Not long after it made its way to YouTube — with music and slow motion included — he was flooded with e-mails. Yes, that was Mallett tooling around Arkansas’ campus on the four-wheeled contraption helping him stay off his [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino is counting on competition all over the field when the Razorbacks open spring practice March 30. But the most intriguing battle for playing time could come in the backfield. Ronnie Wingo, Broderick Green, Dennis Johnson and Knile Davis will all be fighting for carries [...]

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Arkansas may not step on the practice field until March 30, but the Razorbacks held their pre-spring press conference on Wednesday. Plenty of things to cover from a press conference that last roughly an hour. So much, in fact, that we won’t get to it all in one day. Bobby Petrino, Jake Bequette, Tyler Wilson, Isaac [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Matt Harris has plenty of regret. The former Arkansas safety knows it was a decision he’ll live with forever. Skipping out after curfew two nights before the Liberty Bowl cost him a chance to play in his final game. More important, it cost him the opportunity to spend [...]

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