| Golf Tidbits: Youth is served on the LPGA Tour | Thu Jul 3 13:43:11 2008 EST |
| er game last week at the U.S. Women's Open. The 23-year-old was playing her first professional event some five years after having back surgery to help correct her scoliosis. Kudos to her for battling back from the surgery and kudos to the University of Arkansas, which let her redshirt and keep her scholarship while she recovered from the surgery. Lewis won this week's event, the NW Arkansas Championship, last year, but the win was not official since the event was shortened to 18 holes by rain. - | |
| Arkansas-Little Rock extends contracts of head basketball coaches | Wed May 21 01:52:47 2008 EST |
| Little Rock, AR (Sports Network) - The University of Arkansas-Little Rock extended the contracts of men's and women's head basketball coaches Steve Shields and Joe Foley through June 2013 on Tuesday. The university also extended the contract of athletic director Chris Peterson through June 2013, rewarding the man who has reshaped Trojan athletics since taking over in November 2000. In five years at UALR, Shields has guided the Trojans to three Sun Belt Conference division titles. This past seas | |
| Arkansas hoping to get Mallett eligible for 2008 | Wed Feb 6 11:48:00 2008 EST |
| Fayetteville, AR (Sports Network) - The University of Arkansas intends to file a waiver on the behalf of quarterback Ryan Mallett in an effort to make the transfer from Michigan eligible for 2008. Mallett transferred from Michigan to Arkansas after Rich Rodriguez was named the new coach in Ann Arbor. Under NCAA rules, Mallett is required to sit out a year. "After visiting with Ryan and his parents, we feel that it is appropriate to file a waiver in this case based on extenuating circumstances," | |
| Former Michigan QB Mallett transfers to Arkansas | Thu Jan 17 11:16:32 2008 EST |
| Fayetteville, AR (Sports Network) - Quarterback Ryan Mallett, who spent his freshman year at Michigan, has officially transferred to the University of Arkansas. The 6-foot-7, 252-pound freshman from Texarkana, Texas had checked into a dorm room at the school Monday morning, but was not officially enrolled at Arkansas until Wednesday. After sitting out the 2008 season, Mallett will have three years of eligibility remaining. Mallett appeared in 11 games as a true freshman for the Wolverines, fill | |
| Arkansas' McFadden eligible for Cotton Bowl | Mon Dec 31 18:13:49 2007 EST |
| r contact with an agent and if McFadden did receive assistance from Conley in purchasing a vehicle, he would have been ineligible for the Cotton Bowl game against Missouri. But, Arkansas released a statement Monday clearing McFadden. "The University of Arkansas has conducted a thorough review of allegations reported in the media concerning Darren McFadden," the statement read. "Based upon the institution's review, Mr. McFadden remains eligible and will participate in the 2008 AT&T Cotton Bowl Cl | |
| Report: McFadden's eligibility for Cotton Bowl in question | Sat Dec 29 11:28:58 2007 EST |
| uld be ineligible for next week's Cotton Bowl game against Missouri. The newspaper report also stated that the Southeastern Conference was aware of the McFadden story and that the junior's status for the Cotton Bowl will be decided by the University of Arkansas in conjunction with the SEC. McFadden finished second behind Tim Tebow in the Heisman Trophy voting this year. McFadden, last year's Heisman runner-up to Troy Smith, has run for 1,725 yards with 15 touchdowns in 12 games. He tied an SEC r | |
| Arkansas picks Pelphrey | Mon Apr 9 21:22:13 2007 EST |
| Fayetteville, AR (Sports Network) - The University of Arkansas has named John Pelphrey its new men's basketball coach. Pelphrey spent the past five seasons as the head coach at South Alabama, guiding the Jaguars to an NCAA Tournament berth in 2006 and the NIT this past season. He was the Sun Belt Conference coach of the year in 2006. South Alabama was 80-67 under Pelphrey, including marks of 24-7 in 2005-06 and 20-12 in '06-07. The Jaguars were first-round losers to eventual national champion F | |
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