Back to reality
Admittedly, I’ve been a little out of touch as far as basketball goes. Almost as soon as the regular season for football ended I went on my honeymoon. And while we had ESPN in our cabin, we were four hours earlier so most of what little we saw, and yes, Rachel always starts her television [...]
Huge Week
As we head into one of the most exciting weekends in Arkansas for sports it is interesting how many people are still excited about the hiring of Mike Anderson. I’ve written Sunday’s column about some people I ran into at the Final Four and what they had to say about the Anderson’s hiring. What makes [...]
Houston Cougars
HOUSTON — My first Final Four was in New Orleans but only because of the Houston Cougars, winners of the Southwest Conference Tournament in 1982. It was the beginning of Phi Slama Jama, the world’s tallest fraternity, that consisted of Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Larry Micheaux and Rob Williams. A columnist, Tommy Bonk, [...]
Houston
HOUSTON — There was a time, during the old Southwest Conference days, you could have dropped me off anywhere in this major city and I could have either found my way back to the hotel or to a good Mexican restaurant, or both. Cafe Adobe was a favorite. While this metropolis is too big for [...]
1985 NCAA Championship
This weekend will be my 30th consecutive Final Four, and I’d be hard pressed to pick one as my favorite. Some, I admit, I would have to research to see exactly what happened, but most stand out, and one of those was the 1985 Championship in Lexington, Ky. There are a few reasons why I [...]
Week 2 of coach search
In my more than 30 years of covering sports in Arkansas, I’ve never seen a coaching search so quiet as the one the University of Arkansas is conducting right now. Which leads to people speculating. In a span of about an hour Sunday I got text messages that said: MA (Mike Anderson) to be named [...]
