Arkansas left-handed pitcher Mark Reyes will undergo Tommy John surgery on Friday. Reyes, a freshman, injured his throwing elbow during a 1 1/3-inning outing on April 17 against Stephen F. Austin and hasn't pitched since. In six appearances this season, Reyes has a 7.39 earned run average and has struck out eight...
Read More Post a comment (0)Arkansas missed hosting an NCAA regional last year by one spot. When NCAA officials met to determine the 16 host sites, Baum Stadium made the initial list. However, when they met again on Memorial Day to finalize the regional locations, Fayetteville was passed over for a city on the west coast. Instead...
Read More Post a comment (8)Arkansas confirmed Wednesday it won't face Texas A&M at Cowboys Stadium for at least the next two football seasons. After playing as nonconference foes the past three years at the neutral venue in Arlington, Texas, the Razorbacks and Aggies will play conference games in College Station, Texas next fall and Fayetteville...
Read More Post a comment (24)Wide receiver Quinta Funderburk has received a scholarship release at Arkansas, coach John L. Smith said Wednesday. Funderburk redshirted his freshman season with the Razorbacks in 2011. He enrolled at Arkansas in January 2011 after graduating high school at the midterm of his senior year. A source indicated Funderburk, a Roanoke, Va....
Read More Post a comment (69)Arkansas has won 29 games the last three seasons, but NFL talent - at least by the league's draft standards - has not been top-flight. Four former Razorbacks were taken in the NFL Draft this weekend, but none before Jake Bequette went off the board late in the third round. Since...
Read More Post a comment (30)On the heels of three SEC series losses in four weekends, Arkansas was likely looking for anything positive Tuesday night. What it found was nearly historic. Using seven pitchers against the Oral Roberts, the Razorbacks lost a no-hitter in the ninth inning at Baum Stadium. After coming in to pitch the ninth,...
Read More Post a comment (0)Garrick McGee's name arose several times publicly during Arkansas' search for a coach to replace Bobby Petrino. Enamored with his success as an offensive coordinator with the Razorbacks and subsequent hire as head coach at Alabama-Birmingham, a move back to Arkansas to coach a title contender he helped assemble seemed the...
Read More Post a comment (50)Speaking out for the first time since he was fired as Arkansas' head football coach on April 10, Bobby Petrino called the Razorbacks' hiring of his longtime mentor and friend John L. Smith as interim coach, "a great hire". In a statement released through his agent, Russ Campbell, Petrino complimented UA...
Read More Post a comment (17)John L. Smith agreed to a 10-month, $850,000 contract at Arkansas on Monday, making him the Southeastern Conference's lowest-paid and shortest-contracted head coach. While not the prototypical SEC head coaching contract, Smith's deal still includes several incentives. Among them, Smith will earn $200,000 bonus for leading Arkansas to a win in...
Read More Post a comment (31)Arkansas' starters flexed their muscle Saturday. Comprising the roster for the Red team, the Razorbacks' first-team offense and defense routed their understudies 65-0 in front of an announced crowd of 45,250 for the annual spring game at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Tyler Wilson completed 31 of 41 passes...
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