16+ hour, 42+ min ago  (502+ words) LAS VEGAS -- The Trump administration has selected a new candidate for Nevada's top federal prosecutor after challenges to its first pick's eligibility, marking another setback in the president's efforts to appoint U.S. attorneys who are unlikely to win Senate approval. Last…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (773+ words) FAYETTEVILLE " Putting together a complete game is something Arkansas women's basketball'coach Kelsi Musick is hoping her team can achieve soon. In their last two losses, the Razorbacks (11-11, 0-7 SEC) hung tight with Georgia and LSU for three quarters. But in each…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (600+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky fired the SEC's longest-tenured coach Monday, ending Mark Stoops' tenure following his 13th season with the Wildcats after posting back-to-back losing records. Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart said in a statement Monday morning that he informed Stoops they decided…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (638+ words) ARKADELPHIA -- Henderson State can now safely turn its attention to its Highway 7 rivals. The Reddies turned in perhaps their most businesslike offensive performance of the season as they outlasted East Central (Okla.) 45-35 on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (114+ words) Arkansas receiver commitment Keymian Henderson Jr. reopened his recruitment shortly after the firing of coach Sam Pittman on Sunday. Henderson, 6-4 and 190 pounds, of Carthage, Texas, chose Arkansas over scholarship offers from TCU, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Houston…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (159+ words) Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called "Southern Fried." After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (492+ words) SPRINGDALE -- It only took three Springfield batters to put the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in a hole Sunday afternoon, and they never had a chance to recover. JJ Wetherholt belted a two-run home run in the first inning to give the…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (508+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kansas State forward Temira Poindexter missed her first six shots against Kentucky in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament. She finished by hitting eight three-pointers, and the last one sent the visiting Wildcats to the Sweet…...